John, Tom On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:23 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 08:55 AM, John Shabanowitz wrote: > > As I understand Chrome OS, it is totally web based. There are no installable > > programs. It works totally off of Google products. I think you would need a > > browser based version of LibO from an app server. However, Google docs does > > save to Open Document Formats by default. > > > Since they call it "Linux", I assume you would be able to install your > own applications and packages on that laptop or desktop. > > There seems to be a movement to make Google's Linux Chromebook a type of > OS that can be used instead of Windows or "normal" Linux distros, or at > least that is what I think they are planning. > > So if Google is planning to have a "Windows Killer" OS in a desktop or > laptop computer, you must be able to add your own package for things > that Google has not bought yet: GIMP, Firefox, Thunderbird, > LibreOffice, Inkscape, K3b, VLC, Jablum, Filezilla, XSane, DeVeDe, > printers, plus all the other packages and devices I use almost daily. > > Google must be able to have you install these types of packages and > devices, or it will not be able to function as a complete laptop or > desktop computer. > > > *John Shabanowitz > > http://libodocs.wordpress.com > > We're recruiting, come join us.* > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions< > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The following article's title got me thinking. Does LibreOffice work on > >> Google's Linux OS? It is starting to be installed in some computers at the > >> vendor, so it may come up. It would be nice to be able to tell people, in > >> the near future, that it works on that OS as well. > >> > >> > >> http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5< > >> http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5 > >> Five Reasons why Google's Linux Chromebook is a Windows killer > >> > >> Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: After years, decades, of talking about Linux > >> taking on Windows on the desktop, we finally have a serious contender with > >> a > >> serious backer, Google, behind it. Can it do in Windows on the business > >> desktop? > >> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > >> > > The problem the Google stupidity is they are charging you $28/mon over 3 years for a netbook that you can get for may be $250. They are playing on the ignorance of most non Linux users. They mostly are unaware of open source software or free(dom) software and their communities. So they do not know, initially, that Google is basically taking money they from them for something that is available at no charge. There are no cost Linux netbook OS's available that are fully supported by the developer. Ubuntu has an official netbook version that has LO installed and presumably if you wanted to use Google Apps/Docs you could. Ubuntu netbook is available and maintained for no charge to the users, like most Linux distro's. I only mention Ubuntu because I am aware of it, Distrowatch.com probably lists several others. The only cost is time for downloading (in the background), burning the ISO on disk, and install time. The last two are may be 1 hour total plus disk. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
