Paul, That is really great to see, close to home. My wife uses Chromebook, and I have often been frustrated as a Windows user not being able to help her with some things. Also, I have the impression that more and more students use the affordable Chromebook, and many of them could make good use of LYX.
Doug On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 7:42 AM Dr Paul Verschueren <[email protected]> wrote: > I assumed that the relative silence indicated I’m on my own, so I thought > I would make an initial investigation this lunchtime. > > Great news - it turns out to be relatively trivial to get Lyx working > under Chrome OS, and there is no need to compile a native app. > > > > Chrome OS sets up a small VM with a copy of Debian 10, and Lyx 2.3.2 > installs cleanly via apt(?) - even for a Windows die-hard like myself with > no previous Linux exposure. > > Performance does not seem an issue – there is a slight slow-down > noticeable compiling a complex 40 page math paper, but it is perfectly > acceptable (to me at least). > > I now have several Word docs open, about 20 Chrome browser tabs, some > pdfs, Debian and Lyx all running happily in 4Gb RAM and with a 32Gb disk – > amazing! > > > > The more challenging steps now will be replicating my custom Lyx > environment under Linux (all those weird path names!), and gaining access > to all my OneDrive disks (I’ve found a Linux utility called rclone, but it > doesn’t seem to like my multiple OneDrive setup). Again any previous > experience/hints/tips would be most welcome. > > > > My congratulations to all the team who have obviously kept the product > lean and mean – I did not have high expectation of getting it working well > on a Chromebook, but I was wrong! > > Best wishes > > Paul > > > > *From:* Richard Kimberly Heck <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 15 April 2021 22:26 > *To:* Dr Paul Verschueren <[email protected]>; LyX Users < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Lyx on Chromebook > > > > On 4/15/21 1:01 PM, Dr Paul Verschueren wrote: > > I’m just evaluating a friend’s Chromebook – and I’m very impressed. It > seems to do everything I want, at a fraction of the weight and cost of my > old dying laptop … with one exception – Lyx! > > This link: https://www.bestchromebookapps.com/lyx-for-chromebook/ > promises Lyx is available as an app. This is presumably just nonsense? > > Yes, garbage. there's no LyX app. > > Qt does exist for Android, so it might be possible to compile LyX for > Android. It would probably take some adjustments here and there. There's > some info here: > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35231168/how-to-build-an-executable-for-android-shell/35275134#35275134 > > http://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2016/07/01/android-cli/ > > but it may be a bit out of date. > > Riki > > > -- > lyx-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users > -- R. Douglas Martin Professor Emeritus in Applied Mathematics and Statistics Founder and Former Director of MS-CFRM Program depts.washington.edu/compfin/ University of Washington
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