I take a Chromebook running chrome is when I go on long bicycle camping trips. It's so cheap as to be disposable, durable, and has incredible battery life for my use. I installed the linux container, and used it to write blog posts even without an internet connection, pushing to git (from which my website was automatically updated), anytime I had cell signal to tether. It worked well for that but as mentioned, it was pretty bare bones, just a terminal with vim.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 22:32 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 9:58 PM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My wife has one, she just got it the other day. It allows you to > > install Linux and/or Linux apps depending on what is needed. > > I played with it a bit but did not do too much as I did not want > > to load a bunch of stuff on there she will never use. > > > > I did install Linux on it ( B-]) for grins, it is command line but > > I could have then installed linux apps and I guess run them. > > What installed was of the Debian family it used apt to install > > apps... So I felt reasonably at home. > > > > What apps did you try out? The "developer mode" is a linux container that > is downloaded and launched within chromeos. My understanding is that this > little container is isolated from the rest of the OS, and access to > hardware is limited. You can't even access the GPU properly with it. The > only real developer use-case is for sysadmins writing scripts in > bash/python for text processing and config file editing... > > I don't know how many different implementations there are for > the different chromebooks, but from my research it looked like their > developer mode is completely bogus. > > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:29 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I recently wiped chromeos off of a Pixel Slate. For the brief time I > > spent > > > with it chromeos seemed to be exactly what I expected. > > > > > > You log in to the OS using your Google account, however it does not > > appear > > > to implement "accounts" in the way you would expect a computer to since > > > things like wifi settings have a tendency to persist even after you > "log > > > out". Key things I noticed were: > > > - A guest account is available if internet access is not available. > > > - Local storage is provided for photos, but the default > > > settings will typically sync with the cloud so it's mostly a staging > > space > > > - App experience is complete garbage > > > > > > > > > Chrome app development has stalled in a big way. When looking through > the > > > web store you will probably be shown more fake apps than legit ones. > > i.e. I > > > searched for "newegg" and the first hit was some bogus app from a > > nameless > > > developer that appeared to be skimming passwords. No moderation > > whatsoever > > > on the chrome web store. > > > > > > The built in apps aren't even actual apps. There is no built-in app for > > > gmail or drive, instead what it does is provide a link that launches > the > > > browser to gmail. As I recall only the photo/camera app ran as an > actual > > > native application. > > > Simply put, add google chrome to your desktop's autostart and configure > > it > > > to open in fullscreen by default without any other applications.... you > > > will be running chromeOS. > > > > > > Android app emulation is implemented, but doesn't work very well. > > > > > > As a fun side story, while I was doing tech support for Costco's photo > > lab > > > some of their staff would trash talk chromebooks while we waited > > > for windows-based computers to reboot. Apparently their electronics > > > department saw a sizeable number of returns due to the fact that it > can't > > > really do much without an active connection to the internet. It's just > a > > > neutered linux distro. > > > -Ben > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 8:54 PM Russell Senior < > [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I own a couple chromebooks, and have recommended them to others, but > I > > > > don't actually use ChromeOS on the ones I have access to. We > installed > > > > GalliumOS for a more normal Linux experience. So, I am actually > fairly > > > > unfamiliar with ChromeOS. I am curious what the experience is like > > with a > > > > ChromeOS Chromebook if you don't have access to the Internet? > > > > > > > > Does anyone know, or can someone try for me? Is it possible to do > > > > anything? That is, is there any functionality that's native to the > > device > > > > and doesn't live in the cloud somewhere? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Russell Senior > > > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > > Ph 4:13 KJV > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
