Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-22 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12024-07-18): > I want to display a desktop and applications running on a Debian box on > the screen and keyboard of a ChromeBook. Over LAN+WLAN mostly, but if it > can also work more remotely in degraded mode it would be nice. > > I see various options to try: VN

Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 15:33:40 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > I've mostly used VNC and x2go for Windows-to-Linux and Linux-to-Linux. > > VNC was and is: > - Solid and we actually use it at work too. > - Limited in the number of mouse buttons at some point to five, minor > but annoying. At the tim

Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-19 Thread Anssi Saari
Nicolas George writes: > Would perchance somebody here have already investigated a similar need > and be able to tell which solutions are the most promising in terms of > reliability and user experience. I've mostly used VNC and x2go for Windows-to-Linux and Linux-to-Linux. VNC was and is: - So

Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-18 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 18-07-2024 om 23:20 schreef Nicolas George: Hi. I want to display a desktop and applications running on a Debian box on the screen and keyboard of a ChromeBook. Over LAN+WLAN mostly, but if it can also work more remotely in degraded mode it would be nice. I see various options to try: VNC

Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-18 Thread Nicolas George
Xiyue Deng (12024-07-18): > I have been using Chrome Remote Desktop[1] for a few years, and it has > been very reliable. Everything is handled through a web page so you > need not install anything in the Android subsystem. Recently (about a > year actually) it added support for pipewire so sound

Re: Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-18 Thread Xiyue Deng
Nicolas George writes: > Hi. > > I want to display a desktop and applications running on a Debian box on > the screen and keyboard of a ChromeBook. Over LAN+WLAN mostly, but if it > can also work more remotely in degraded mode it would be nice. > > I see various options to t

Remote desktop Debian -> ChromeBook

2024-07-18 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. I want to display a desktop and applications running on a Debian box on the screen and keyboard of a ChromeBook. Over LAN+WLAN mostly, but if it can also work more remotely in degraded mode it would be nice. I see various options to try: VNC with a native Android client, VNC with a client

mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x23f error, result=0x2 on your image Debian Bookworm for the ARM Chromebook.

2023-08-28 Thread Mario Marietto
Hello. I'm playing with my old ARM Chromebook,model xe303c12. I've recompiled the kernel to enable KVM,such as qemu 5.1 and libvirt from source code because I want to virtualize FreeBSD 13.2 arm 32 bit. As default OS I've installed Debian 12. So now my system sounds like this : $

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-13 Thread Joel Roth
technically possible? Crouton lets you install a native debian. You have to put the Chromebook into developer mode first. One problem I had (ten years back or so) was that every subsequent boot brings up a dialog to *leave* developer mode. Saying yes clobbers the system you painstakingly installe

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
gt; Crouton > > > or similar. I wonder if it's just possible to nuke all Google related junk > > > and install native Debian or is it not technically possible? > > > > On some of them, yes. The process is to flash a new BIOS, after > > which the Chromebook is just a laptop. > > > > https://github.com/MrChromebox/SeaBIOS > > Is that a special SeaBIOS for Chromebooks? For x86 Chromebooks, yes. -dsr-

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
t; junk > > and install native Debian or is it not technically possible? > ChromeOS has support to run Debian 10 Apps. They are installed using apt just like a standard debian install. > On some of them, yes. The process is to flash a new BIOS, after > which the Chromebook is just

Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

2022-07-11 Thread Dan Ritter
or less. > > I know it's possible to run some sort of Linux with trickeries like Crouton > or similar. I wonder if it's just possible to nuke all Google related junk > and install native Debian or is it not technically possible? On some of them, yes. The process is to flas

Re: I Simply Cannot Install Tor Browser in my Chromebook

2022-05-02 Thread didier gaumet
Le lundi 02 mai 2022 à 03:41 -0400, Terron Hampton a écrit : > Hello. I have spent hours the past week trying anything I can to > install Tor Browser to no avail. I've read all of the how-to guides > with detailed commands, etc. and nothing works for installing Tor > Browser in Debian Bullseye 1

Re: I Simply Cannot Install Tor Browser in my Chromebook

2022-05-02 Thread tomas
On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 03:41:46AM -0400, Terron Hampton wrote: > Hello. I have spent hours the past week trying anything I can to install > Tor Browser to no avail. I've read all of the how-to guides with detailed > commands, etc. and nothing works for installing Tor Browser in Debian > Bullseye 1

I Simply Cannot Install Tor Browser in my Chromebook

2022-05-02 Thread Terron Hampton
Hello. I have spent hours the past week trying anything I can to install Tor Browser to no avail. I've read all of the how-to guides with detailed commands, etc. and nothing works for installing Tor Browser in Debian Bullseye 11. I have the Tor Browser downloaded file, but I cannot seem to make it

Re: chromebook

2019-07-17 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 09:46:08PM -0700, Diagonal Arg wrote: > > >>> On 11/7/19 10:44 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>> Enough reasons to change mail provider. > >> > >> I agree, but every time I look around, I find only other mega corporate > >> operators that offer realistic data storage limit

Re: chromebook

2019-07-16 Thread Diagonal Arg
>>> On 11/7/19 10:44 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> Enough reasons to change mail provider. >> >> I agree, but every time I look around, I find only other mega corporate >> operators that offer realistic data storage limits. > > I'd be interested in some suggestions, please https://riseup.net/

Re: chromebook

2019-07-16 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 11/7/19 10:44 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Enough reasons to change mail provider. Good afternoon All I agree, but every time I look around, I find only other mega corporate operators that offer realistic data storage limits. I'd be interested in some suggestions, please. Keith B

Re: chromebook

2019-07-12 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 07:57:33AM -, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-12, wrote: > > > > > > I have the impression you're being blindsided by ideology there. To me, > > C’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité. :-) But still, *my* ideology is right and *yours* is wrong ;-P Cheers -- t signat

Re: chromebook

2019-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2019-07-12, wrote: > > > I have the impression you're being blindsided by ideology there. To me, C’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité. -- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

Re: chromebook

2019-07-12 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 11:34:01AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > I think bigcorps love that, because they hate the decentralized nature > > of mail. > > I don't think they care (except that they don't want one of their > competitors in control). Oh, they do. You can't easily mone

Re: chromebook

2019-07-11 Thread John Hasler
tomas writes: > I think bigcorps love that, because they hate the decentralized nature > of mail. I don't think they care (except that they don't want one of their competitors in control). Government hates it, of course. It would have been easy to adopt anti-spam measures that would have made wh

Re: chromebook

2019-07-11 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 07:53:12AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, July 10, 2019 10:33:58 PM Kenneth Parker wrote: > > So now, > > Google is running the Internet? Those Universe emails were DEFINITELY text > > only! > > For quite a while -- they decide what goes in your (well, th

Re: chromebook

2019-07-11 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, July 10, 2019 10:33:58 PM Kenneth Parker wrote: > So now, > Google is running the Internet? Those Universe emails were DEFINITELY text > only! For quite a while -- they decide what goes in your (well, their) spam folder, and, quite often, if someone else decides something is spam f

Re: Own MTA is hard (was: chromebook)

2019-07-11 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 11:34:53AM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:22:40AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > Most probably you'll have to implement SPF and/or DKIM [1, 2] > > Both, and a DMARC too. Also, valid PTR records. While not required by > any RFC, va

Re: Own MTA is hard (was: chromebook)

2019-07-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:22:40AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:33:58PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:52 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > >

Re: chromebook

2019-07-11 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:33:58PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:52 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m=" > > http://schemas.microsoft.com/

Re: HTML mail (was: chromebook)

2019-07-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 11 iul 19, 12:31:07, John Crawley wrote: > > I was never trying to claim that it was OK to send messages as html - I > always use plain text myself - but I thought there might be something to be > said for user agents that could deal with html in some sane way, and without > exposing the re

Re: HTML mail (was: chromebook)

2019-07-10 Thread John Crawley
On 2019-07-10 15:31, Reco wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:35:33AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: Please post only text, not HTML. If your email agent *cannot* do plain text alone,

Re: chromebook

2019-07-10 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:52 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: > > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"; xmlns=" > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> content="

Re: chromebook

2019-07-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 10 iul 19, 09:25:02, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > 4. html viewers are known for being exploitable in many and >surprising ways. Thanks, forgot about that one. A recent example: https://efail.de/ In the 'Responsible Disclosure' section there is nice coloured table with popular clients

Re: mutt vs HTML (was: chromebook)

2019-07-10 Thread Reco
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 09:06:32AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 09:31:13AM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:35:33AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: > > > On Thunderbird the OP was perfectly readable, and I had no idea it > > > wasn't plain text till I checked th

Re: chromebook

2019-07-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 09:31:13AM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:35:33AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: > > On Thunderbird the OP was perfectly readable, and I had no idea it > > wasn't plain text till I checked the source. > > It was readable in my mutt too. Still does not make it r

Re: chromebook

2019-07-10 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 07:21:39AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 10 iul 19, 10:35:33, John Crawley wrote: > > On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > Please post only text, not HTML. If your email agent *cannot* do plain > > > text alone, at least configure it to send both p

Re: chromebook

2019-07-10 Thread Joe
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:21:39 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > 2. Some (many?) of us are reading messages on text-only clients. > >This may be for objective or subjective reasons, but it's probably >quite common here. > >Sure, there are ways to display html content, but see 1. > > 3.

Re: chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:35:33AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > > > xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/o

Re: chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 10 iul 19, 10:35:33, John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > Please post only text, not HTML. If your email agent *cannot* do plain > > text alone, at least configure it to send both plain text and HTML. Or, > > y'know, get a better email agent. > > > Of c

Re: chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread John Crawley
On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"; xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";>

Re: chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: >> > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > > Please post only text, not HTML. If your email agent *cannot* do plain > text alone, at least con

Re: chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 06:48:22PM +0200, mjonsson1...@gmail.com wrote: > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"; > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

chromebook

2019-07-09 Thread mjonsson1986
Anyone install debian on a chromebookI meen dualbootI already have a partitionSo if i start on a usb stick’ Where to install grub so i dont break chromeosSkickades från E-post för Windows 10 

Re: Debian on ARM Chromebook: how to get touchpad working?

2017-11-06 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
help me debug this. Here is some > info from my system: > > root@meus:/# uname -a > Linux meus 4.9.0-4-armmp-lpae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) > armv7l GNU/Linux > [...long line snip...] You are detail man, wow! Also i'm using chromebook, not ARM. And i did install Ubun

Re: Re: Debian on ARM Chromebook: how to get touchpad working?

2017-11-05 Thread Karl Noss
Yes, I’ve tried installing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, xserver-xorg-input-mtrack, and xf86-input-cmt (https://github.com/hugegreenbug/xf86-input-cmt) and none of them have made any difference.

Re: Debian on ARM Chromebook: how to get touchpad working?

2017-11-05 Thread deloptes
Karl Noss wrote: > I’m running stretch on an ASUS C201 > (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201) and I’m totally > lost as to how to make the touchpad work. I’m not sure if the system even > sees the device I don't see what more can be said than this https://wiki.debian.org/Install

Debian on ARM Chromebook: how to get touchpad working?

2017-11-05 Thread Karl Noss
I’m running stretch on an ASUS C201 (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201) and I’m totally lost as to how to make the touchpad work. I’m not sure if the system even sees the device. I’d appreciate it if someone could help me debug this. Here is some info from my system: root@m

Re: The End(Was: Re: IPv6 for Ubuntu on Chromebook)

2017-08-16 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Wednesday, 16 August 2017 20:03:31 -04 Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃 炳熙) wrote: > >> B. You have a tunnel account for IPv6 service. > > Just i did try, but the tunnel broker said: > > "IP is not ICMP pingable. Please make sure ICMP is not blocked." > > Well i have no lucky for IPv6, thanks!!! > >

The End (Was: Re: IPv6 for Ubuntu on Chromebook)

2017-08-16 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
>> B. You have a tunnel account for IPv6 service. Just i did try, but the tunnel broker said: "IP is not ICMP pingable. Please make sure ICMP is not blocked." Well i have no lucky for IPv6, thanks!!! Sincerely, Byung-Hee. -- ^고맙습니다 _布德天下_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: IPv6 for Ubuntu on Chromebook

2017-08-13 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
> B. You have a tunnel account for IPv6 service. Thanks, Dan^^ Sincerely, -- ^고맙습니다 _地平天成_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: IPv6 for Ubuntu on Chromebook

2017-08-13 Thread Dan Ritter
ic:1 > RX packets:130108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:114409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:84608453 (84.6 MB) TX bytes:18723437 (18.7 MB) > > (precise)soyeomul@lo

IPv6 for Ubuntu on Chromebook

2017-08-13 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:84608453 (84.6 MB) TX bytes:18723437 (18.7 MB) (precise)soyeomul@localhost:~$ #+END_SRC My hardware is google chromebook. Then i installed *Ubuntu 12.04* via Crouton on the chromebook. Currently i'm doing connect with IPv4 address. Samsung Galaxy 7 smart

Re: Debian support for samsung chromebook

2016-07-08 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)
On 2016년 7월 7일 오전 11시 46분 11초 GMT+09:00, Jacob Adams wrote: >(Please CC me as I am not subscribed) > >I have an old samsung arm chromebook that I would like to try and >install Debian on. The wiki has a page on it >(https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung/ARMChrome

Debian support for samsung chromebook

2016-07-06 Thread Jacob Adams
(Please CC me as I am not subscribed) I have an old samsung arm chromebook that I would like to try and install Debian on. The wiki has a page on it (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung/ARMChromebook ) but the process it uses requires copying the chromeos kernel and only installs

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 24 June 2016 13:23:53 Byung-Hee HWANG (.) wrote: > >What DO you want?? > > Dear Lisi, > > My words was lack to express my aim (translation-work[1][2]) with > chromebook. That gave people some confusion. > > And now i get all informations that i was needed f

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 23 June 2016 13:19:10 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > A Google search for 'emacs on chromebook' [snip] > On Thursday 23 June 2016 14:17:33 Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희) wrote: > However, possibly i like to install Emacs on Debian Linux or *BSD. But you said that you wa

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-23, =?UTF-8?B?Qnl1bmctSGVlIEhXQU5HICjtmanrs5Htnawp?= wrote: > On 2016년 6월 24일 오전 1시 8분 38초 GMT+09:00, Curt wrote: >> [...] >>Another possibility is to run Debian on a Chromebook within a chroot >>(open source project): >> >>https://github.com/dnschn

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)
On 2016년 6월 24일 오전 1시 8분 38초 GMT+09:00, Curt wrote: > [...] >Another possibility is to run Debian on a Chromebook within a chroot >(open source project): > >https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Crouton: it seems easy to install something. Firstly i will try it after buy chrom

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Curt
iki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer/C710-2615-Chromebook >> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung/ARMChromebook >> >>Typically you'll get problems with some hardware support (suspend, >>bluetooth, video...) but those are not crucial for Emacs to work >>pro

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)
ogle search ... >> >> Patrick, thanks for comments. >> >> Good to know about NaCl. >> >> However, possibly i like to install Emacs on Debian Linux or *BSD. >> That is my worry with chromebook. > >Poossibly I don't understand. Do you want to i

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread tomas
bout NaCl. > > However, possibly i like to install Emacs on Debian Linux or *BSD. > That is my worry with chromebook. Poossibly I don't understand. Do you want to install Debian on the Chromebook? That will depend on the hardware. But once you get running Debian on it, Emacs won't

Re: off topic: chromebook

2016-06-23 Thread Patrick Wiseman
A Google search for 'emacs on chromebook' (which you surely could have conducted yourself?) yields, as its top result: http://endlessparentheses.com/emacs-is-available-on-chromebook-and-chrome.html Patrick On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희) wrote: > Is there

Re: OT: Strange boot behavior after upgrade on Asus chromebook (SOLVED)

2014-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 12:39:49AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > This posting is slightly off-topic because the OS in > question is Ubuntu, which I ended up using because the > chromebook install procedure seemed better documented. (It > took me a few days to get any non-chrome install

Re: OT: Strange boot behavior after upgrade on Asus chromebook

2014-09-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:39:49 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > This posting is slightly off-topic because the OS in > question is Ubuntu, which I ended up using because the [clip] > The PC is a $200 chromebook that I set up for my dad to use. > I visit him a few couple times a year, so I t

OT: Strange boot behavior after upgrade on Asus chromebook

2014-09-02 Thread Joel Roth
This posting is slightly off-topic because the OS in question is Ubuntu, which I ended up using because the chromebook install procedure seemed better documented. (It took me a few days to get any non-chrome install to succeed.) It is possibly on-topic because * I am a debian user * it relates

RE: Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze (and eventually Wheezy)

2013-02-24 Thread Mark Allums
> -Original Message- > From: Dom [mailto:to...@rpdom.net] > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:43 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze > (and eventually Wheezy) > > On 23/02/13 23:25, Mark A

Re: Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze (and eventually Wheezy)

2013-02-23 Thread Dom
On 23/02/13 23:25, Mark Allums wrote: Hi, all. I possess an ARM Chromebook, and was not smart enough to get Debian onto it using instructions from the Web, but I found I could follow the Ubuntu-based instructions, and I successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 for ARM on a 64GB SDXC card. Is there

Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze (and eventually Wheezy)

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
Hi, all. I possess an ARM Chromebook, and was not smart enough to get Debian onto it using instructions from the Web, but I found I could follow the Ubuntu-based instructions, and I successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 for ARM on a 64GB SDXC card. Is there a decent way to leverage Ubuntu over

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I have no knowledge of the Chromebook than from that presented by Matt > Garrett. From his explanation, the BIOS erases user data when its > secure mode is disabled. So long as it's not easy to do accidentally, I > actu

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> >> The readers of this thread might find this blog posting interesting. >> Don't like Secure Boot? Don't buy a Chromebook. >> http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/22465.html > > Which reminds me of a quest

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
I have no knowledge of the Chromebook than from that presented by Matt Garrett. From his explanation, the BIOS erases user data when its secure mode is disabled. So long as it's not easy to do accidentally, I actually think this is a feature for its target market segment. If that is implem

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Weaver
it >>> wasn't signed. Google has some way of allowing developer >>> self-signing, but I never looked into how that works. >> The readers of this thread might find this blog posting interesting. >> Don't like Secure Boot? Don't buy a Chromebook. >>

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
per >> self-signing, but I never looked into how that works. > The readers of this thread might find this blog posting interesting. > Don't like Secure Boot? Don't buy a Chromebook. > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/22465.html Which reminds me of a question I have about t

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-05 Thread Bob Proulx
loper > self-signing, but I never looked into how that works. The readers of this thread might find this blog posting interesting. Don't like Secure Boot? Don't buy a Chromebook. http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/22465.html Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Mark Allums wrote: From: Chris Bannister [mailto:cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz] On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older netbook, but good luck installing

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 feb 13, 21:06:55, zxcvbob wrote: > > I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a > SSD. It should run Debian just fine; Beware of the graphics, the integrated chips of newer Atoms are not supported by the usual intel driver. Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
the price, it's acceptable. I wonder what pixel real-estate can do for you. As far as I'm concerned, if the DPI is reasonable[1] the size of the screen will be the limiting factor. [1] my Thinkpad has 129x127, which is good enough for me. According to my calculations the Chromebook sho

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread zxcvbob
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older netbook, but good luck installing it! (My info is about a year old and from memory

RE: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Mark Allums
> From: Chris Bannister [mailto:cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz] > On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: > > I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a > > SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older > > netbook, but

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: > I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a > SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older > netbook, but good luck installing it! (My info is about a year old > and from memory) Chrome

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Weaver
On Sat, February 2, 2013 7:06 pm, zxcvbob wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across >> the chromebook C710 from Acer: >> http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 >> or >

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread zxcvbob
Rick Thomas wrote: I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across the chromebook C710 from Acer: http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215914 • Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Weaver
On Sat, February 2, 2013 5:51 pm, Rick Thomas wrote: > Thanks! > > For myself those look great. But she is *extremely* price conscious. > > Rick > > On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:28 AM, Weaver wrote: > >> Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and >> remove >> any potential proble

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 2, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: Also beware of the screen resolution. It might not be what you think it is. I notice it is missing from the stats above. Staples "technical details" section says this: HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCD Display (1366 x 768) Int

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks! For myself those look great. But she is *extremely* price conscious. Rick On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:28 AM, Weaver wrote: Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and remove any potential problems completely? https://zareason.com/shop/Laptops/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Weaver
On Sat, February 2, 2013 2:17 pm, Miles Fidelman wrote: > On Sb, 02 feb 13, 03:28:39, Weaver wrote: Samsung are having serious firmware problems right now. Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and remove any potential problems completely? > > This may be a

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
On Sb, 02 feb 13, 03:28:39, Weaver wrote: Samsung are having serious firmware problems right now. Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and remove any potential problems completely? This may be a silly question, but how exactly does one design a general-purpose comput

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Weaver
On Sat, February 2, 2013 10:41 am, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 02 feb 13, 03:28:39, Weaver wrote: >> >> Samsung are having serious firmware problems right now. >> Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and >> remove >> any potential problems completely? > > As far as I

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 feb 13, 03:28:39, Weaver wrote: > > Samsung are having serious firmware problems right now. > Why not go for hardware that is specifically designed for Linux and remove > any potential problems completely? As far as I know ChromeOS is Linux. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussion

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Weaver
On Sat, February 2, 2013 2:37 am, Bob wrote: > Good question I was mulling over the posibillty of getting an ARM based > Samsung Chromebook > >> http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/samsung-chromebook.html#specs >> http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Bob
Good question I was mulling over the posibillty of getting an ARM based Samsung Chromebook http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/samsung-chromebook.html#specs http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Samsung/ARMChromebook It looks like a real possibility On 02/02/2013 07:48 AM

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread Lars Noodén
On 02/02/2013 11:22 AM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 02/02/2013 00:48, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across >> the chromebook C710 from Acer: >> http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/p

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 02/02/2013 00:48, Rick Thomas wrote: I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across the chromebook C710 from Acer: http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215914 • Intel Celeron

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 01/02/13 06:48 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across the chromebook C710 from Acer: http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215914 • Intel

Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-01 Thread Rick Thomas
I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across the chromebook C710 from Acer: http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215914 • Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz • 2GB Memory