Thanks Pat for the well detailed and informative dissertation, and we'll try to work through it on our "old" Acer Chromebook 15 machine!
Ken On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:20 PM Pat Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > You need Linux to run CHIRP on a Chromebook. IMNSHO, however, the best > Linux solution for a Chromebook is NOT Google's Crostini (the "official" > way), which has been and still is a "work in progress." (Others may > disagree, and that is fine, and it is totally your choice). The best > solution by me is Crouton, developed by a Google engineer, Dan Schneider. > Crostini only allows you to run Linux apps, it does not provide a full > LInux desktop, and requires you to do most everything from the command > line. Crouton provides a full Linux desktop (I prefer xfce) so you have a > nice graphical interface much more like what you are used to. Also, there > are a number of Chromebooks, including my high-end-for-2017 Asus Flip c302 > for which for whatever reason Google did not even make Crostini available > (oddly, it works on a lot of older and less powerful Chromebooks). > > Here > <https://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/> > is a very complete article on installing Ubuntu with Crouton. > > Here <https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton> is an article that is also > required reading, since some of the steps have changed due to changes in > ChromeOS. I also explains how to use different versions of Ubuntu, and do a > lot of other cool stuff. Be sure to install the Crouton extension in > Chrome, it is necessary to share the Clipboard between Chrome and LInux. > This is all explained in this article. > > Now, don't be afraid of putting your Chromebook in Developer Mode. It is > "not secure" but it is still more secure than a Windows or Mac computer. > The main vulnerability is that somebody with PHYSICAL ACCESS to your > Chromebook could do bad things. It does not expose your Chromebook to bad > things from the Internet. > > So after you have Ubuntu installed, you need to install CHIRP. Installing > and running CHIRP requires three commands on the command line. It is > explained here > <https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux>. > One cool thing about CHIRP under Linux is that updates are made with a > single command at the command line. The command line can be intimidating, > but for the most part you can copy and paste from the web pages into the > Linux command line terminal. > > I probably left something out, but give it a try! > > Pat Anderson > KD7OAC > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:45 PM Chance Fulton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Impossible without serious knowledge of Linux I believe. It can be done >> if you reload chrome os with generic Linux though. >> >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:33 PM Ken & Sarita Strawn < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How to download CHIRP to the Google Chrome OS ? Thanx! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> chirp_users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>> This message was sent to Chance at [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Chance Fulton >> [email protected] >> 810.441.5795 >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Pat Anderson at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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