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 <techkoe...@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 <russ...@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! > > > > -- > > Russell Senior > > russ...@personaltelco.net > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > 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 PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug