Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-24 Thread V F
Dear Phoebe, For all x86 ones - I found using crouton + Xubuntu LTS on a chromebook very good. Including 3D acceleration [1]. Provided the HDD has space you can have complete workstation. Of course needs the students need to enable developer environment. Which model are you talking about? ARM

Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-24 Thread Horrell, Sam
Being on the ccp4bb I feel I should ask if ccp4mg isn't suitable for your purposes? Sam From: "Phoebe A. Rice" <pr...@uchicago.edu> To: "ccp4bb" <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2018 22:01:16 Subject: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics fo

Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-24 Thread luis.fuentes-mont...@diamond.ac.uk
Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook? As an alternative option you might consider IcmJS which will run on Chromebook as well as Windows and Mac. It is a free JavaScript/HTML5 3D molecular viewer which does not require any plug-in or browser extension and runs inside any modern

Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-23 Thread Andrew Orry
As an alternative option you might consider IcmJS which will run on Chromebook as well as Windows and Mac. It is a free JavaScript/HTML5 3D molecular viewer which does not require any plug-in or browser extension and runs inside any modern web browser. There is more information about IcmJS

Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-23 Thread Barad, Ben
t; on behalf of Phoebe A. Rice <pr...@uchicago.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 1:01:16 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook? One for fellow educators: For years, I’ve given students pymol-heavy homework assignments. Today I found out tha

Re: [ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-23 Thread Diana Tomchick
If the chromebook has a USB port, and if the laptop can be booted using an external drive, you could boot the laptop with a Linux operating system and the educational version of PyMOL installed on a USB stick. Or you could just pay the $269/year for the Laboratory & Classroom subscription,

[ccp4bb] teaching question: graphics for chromebook?

2018-05-23 Thread Phoebe A. Rice
One for fellow educators: For years, I’ve given students pymol-heavy homework assignments. Today I found out that at least one has a chromebook and can’t install Pymol. I gather that these chrome thingies are becoming more and more popular with students, so I’m wondering if someone out there