[Elecraft] Chrome OS and Elecraft Utilities

[Gwen Patton]

If you use the Crouton tool, you can load a separate FULL version of Linux
onto a Chromebook. You will then have the option of using the Chromebook in
ChromeOS mode, in which you will "have to deal with "a lot of 'cloud based'
stuff" OR you can do the secret Chromebook handshake and use a full version
of Linux. The default is Ubuntu. The issues with this are few but are
significant: This does not, of course, affect your available RAM or
storage space except that you'll have less of each, because you just put
Linux on it. The other is that it's an ARM version of Linux, and anything
relying on an Intel processor, or a specific chipset will fall over holding
its throat making gurgling noises, then expire dramatically.

But using Crouton it IS a true version of Linux. You CAN use a "lite"
version to save space, but I didn't and it pretty much runs anything you
can compile for the ARM processor. A lot of utilities these days that
support Linux have builds for the ARM branch, so this is less of a problem
than you might think.

The Pixelbook ability to run some Linux programs is different, but may have
some things in common with it. I don't know, I don't have a Pixelbook, I
have a Chromebook I installed Ubuntu on using Crouton.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/06/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook/
https://gist.github.com/garthvh/07805317032ce7d55887
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

73,
Gwen NG3P

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:23 AM Rob Campbell <kg6hum at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is now possible to run Linux apps on many newer Chromebooks. I do not
> have one, so I have not tested that yet, but it is making me consider a
> Chromebook now.
>
>
> https://www.computerworld.com/article/3314739/chrome-os/how-to-use-linux-apps-on-chrome-os.html
>
> --
> Rob Campbell
> KG6HUM
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 5:59 PM Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
>
> > Anyone know if Elecraft utilities can be made to run on a Chrome OS?  The
> > reviews I have been reading about the Google Pixelbook make it seem
> > attractive.
> >
> > Ted, KN1CBR
> >
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