Subj : Chromebook
To   : solarbaby
From : Tiny
Date : Tue Jan 24 2017 05:24:00


23 Jan 17 19:30, you wrote to me:

 so> Is yours a touch screen?  hope so.  That makes google apps a lot more
 so> useful.

  No but I only want to run one specific android app and it is fine without
a touch screen. ;)  I live in a program called "Pimlical" and have managed to
hack java onto the chroot and use the desktop version that way.  The big issue
is the lack of certain things in the chroot ie: for some reason it can't 
launch
the "BROWSE" function so I'm un able to sync to google calender.
  Once I can install the android version on the chromebook I will have access 
to
everything again.  Currently syncing calender on a windows box that is in 
serious
need of some TLC. ;)

 so> You'll find me in mrc chat if you want to chit chat about chromebooks
 so> or whatever

  Not real good on a real time chat.  I tend to start arguments and I won't 
back
down even when I'm wrong.  It's best I stay with echomail where I only blow up
a few times a year. ;)

 so> Major difference between mine and yours would be that I have a Armv7
 so> processor.  Slower by quite a bit then yours most likely but it is
 so> amazing on minimal energy consumption.

  This one is an intel cpu of some type but it's not a new one. :)  We bought
them (2 of them) because of the 15" screen and the fact that batteries last 
12+
hours.

  Originally purchased one for Andrea because they are so cheap and she only 
ever
uses a web browser anyway.  After playing with hers I liked it so much I went 
and
bought myself one. ;)

  Once I got cups talking to the network printer, ubuntu running under 
crouton,
and libreoffice in that... I had a $250 laptop that preforms better then my 
12+ year
old laptop (Which runs Ubuntu as well, but will live at the trailer for the 
trailer
season - saves me lugging a laptop back and forth!)

 so> Last night I had to fsck my micro sdcard with the linux partition.  It
 so> had a lot of errors from previous crashes.  Best advice I could ever
 so> give to you or anyone is to backup regularly.  These microsd's can
 so> loose your data so fast if your not careful.

  I don't keep anything important on any laptop.  Work stuff is in the cloud,
calendar backed up on a few devices, if it died now I could re-do everything
in about an hour.

  I do however back the SDCard from the BBS up in an image every week or so. 
;)

Shawn

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