I think native apps for chromeos is chrome browser based. CB can run Android apps but they are non-native. Android apps may not give good ux on CB.
Sat, 29 Jun 2019, Bill Harris написал(а): > I like Chromebooks, but I haven't installed J there yet. > > Two thoughts come to mind. > > First, many / most CBs support Android apps, so perhaps you can install the > Android version. > > Second, you can also run "Linux apps" (I think they mean packages) on > ChromeOS. See > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3314739/how-to-use-linux-apps-on-chrome-os.html. > The only thing that seems missing in that description is installing a > package that's not part of a standard repo, but that doesn't mean it's > impossible. > > I like the sound of these approaches better than enabling developer mode: > as I understand it, enabling developer mode shuts off some of the security > features ChromeOS is known for. > > Bill > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 10:15 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Patrick, > > > > I'm not familiar with chromebook. What is the CPU in your CB? Is > > it 64-bit x86_64? Or does it have avx? > > Perhaps you can get from output of > > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > > > > For Qt, apparently Qt lib has not installed. You may try > > $ sudo apt install qt5-default > > > > Sun, 30 Jun 2019, J. Patrick Harrington написал(а): > > > I'm taking a trip out of the US and don't want to take my good computer > > > along, but I'd like something for email & looking at photos I take. > > > I found that Chromebooks are really cheap: I picked up a Dell 11.6" > > > Chromebook at Best Buy for $129.00. The neat thing is that you can load > > > Ubuntu linux by using a special key combination to put it into "developer > > > mode"; then you can switch back and forth with the Chrome OS with just > > one > > > keystroke. You have to do a bit of work, like replacing the horrid > > "Netsurf" > > > browser with Firefox, installing openssh, installing gimp to process your > > > pictures, etc. > > > But ... of course I had to install J. j64-807 does install, but still has > > > problems. Jconsole works fine for numerical stuff, but plot fails with > > sh: > > > 1: : Permission denied. Viewmat almost works. But jhs does work, > > > so I can get plots there. Unfortunately, jqt will need some work: it > > fails > > > with libQt5Core.so.5: No such file or directory. Still, these problems > > may > > > have a solution, and if so, this is a really inexpensive way to run J. > > I've > > > not seen Chromebooks mentioned here -- anyone else used one? > > > > > > Regards, Patrick > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > > regards, > > ==================================================== > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > -- > Bill Harris > http://makingsense.facilitatedsystems.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
