[PLUG] Chromebook experiences?

Chuck Hast wchast at gmail.com
Sat Apr 11 04:58:01 UTC 2020


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.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:29 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> 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 <russell at personaltelco.net>
> 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!
> >
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> > Russell Senior
> > russell at personaltelco.net
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