Semi-OT: ChromeOS

[Stephen Partington]

I take it you opened up dev mode and dual booted it?

On Jul 3, 2017 12:18 AM, "Carl Parrish" <cparrish at carlparrish.com> wrote:

> I have a Pixel 2. I *love* it. The very few things I can't do in ChromeOS
> I just boot into Ubuntu for.
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:12 PM Kevin Fries <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:
>
>> I love my chromebook and use it allot.  One of the few things I can't run
>> on it is CAD.  But I have found excellent programmer ide, graphics, etc.
>>
>> Here is a hint for you.  Try running the chrome browser for everything.
>> Use the apps, they will be your chromebook apps.  If you can do what you
>> need... Then go for the ChromeBook.  If you can't, it's time for a cost
>> benefit analysis.  Is the inexpensive cost worth it to accomplish what you
>> need, or do you really need a full Linux box.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> On Jul 2, 2017 11:03 PM, "trent shipley" <trent.shipley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A few weeks ago I tried to get ChromiumOS installed under VirtualBox on
>>> an older (but Intel)  iMac and a newer PC laptop--with no joy.
>>>
>>> Has anyone on the list managed to run ChromiumOS as a guest on a virtual
>>> machine or by dual booting? It's supposed to be based on Gentoo.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a Chromebook? I'm pretty poor. How would you evaluate
>>> your Chromebook? (Yes, I realize it's a Google product, so a lot of the
>>> value to Google is your personal information. My attitude to privacy is
>>> that you don't have any anymore; get used to it. The security of your data
>>> is important though.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Trent, who uses Linux when nothing else seems to work.
>>>
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