Subj : Need a Chromebook Helper
To   : Ed Vance
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Mar 28 2020 02:16:39

Hi Ed..

On 3/26/2020 11:53 AM, I wrote..

 AA>> https://getchrome.eu/download

 AA>> "Cr OS Linux (pronounced like Cros Linux) is the free OS
 AA>> built around the revolutionary Chromium browser - a
 AA>> foundation for Google Chrome. We call it the chrome plated
 AA>> OS, because it is stable and shiny."

 AA>> I'm grabbing a copy (via torrent) to check it out.


I just tried it.

It is nothing but OpenSUSE with an added Chromium browser.  The desktop is 
branded with a familiar Google Chrome logo.  At bootup, it launches the 
Chromium browser prepopulated with familiar google products.

I do NOT think this will help in your preparedness for learning about a 
Chromebook.

The OpenSUSE build is 12.2 (from around 2012?) ..I had trouble accessing some 
updates to install specific "action" games.  Even so, those games would likely 
only be designed around linux OpenSUSE anyway.

For an up to date experience with OpenSUSE, it would be best to grab the latest 
version and play with that in Live CD mode if you want.  But the environment is 
NOT anything like a Chromebook.

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