Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LibO work with Google's Linux?

On 13/05/11 2:23 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 08:55 AM, John Shabanowitz wrote:
> > As I understand Chrome OS, it is totally web based. There are no 
> > installable
> > programs. It works totally off of Google products. I think you would 
> > need a
> > browser based version of LibO from an app server. However, Google 
> > docs does
> > save to Open Document Formats by default.
> Since they call it "Linux", I assume you would be able to install your 
> own applications and packages on that laptop or desktop.
>
> There seems to be a movement to make Google's Linux Chromebook a type 
> of OS that can be used instead of Windows or "normal" Linux distros, 
> or at least that is what I think they are planning.
>
> So if Google is planning to have a "Windows Killer" OS in a desktop or 
> laptop computer, you must be able to add your own package for things 
> that Google has not bought yet:  GIMP, Firefox, Thunderbird, 
> LibreOffice, Inkscape, K3b, VLC, Jablum, Filezilla, XSane, DeVeDe, 
> printers, plus all the other packages and devices  I use almost daily.
>
> Google must be able to have you install these types of packages and 
> devices, or it will not be able to function as a complete laptop or 
> desktop computer.
As I understand it this is the enterprise version. I believe it can't 
print to a wired printer but has some very useful enterprise management 
tools for the administrators. I also read it has no spinning drive (just 
some SSD) good battery and fast boot. The desktop is the browser and 
apps run in a tab (each tab has its own session). Last I read there was 
uncertainty as to how offline support for google docs would be achieved.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/acer-and-samsung-make-first-google-chromebooks/story-e6frfro0-1226054518158
We will have to wait and see if there is an opening for LO.
steve

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> > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press 
> > Productions<
> > webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
> >
> > > The following article's title got me thinking.  Does LibreOffice 
> > > work on
> > > Google's Linux OS?  It is starting to be installed in some computers 
> > > at the
> > > vendor, so it may come up.  It would be nice to be able to tell 
> > > people, in
> > > the near future, that it works on that OS as well.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5< 
> > >
> > > http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5 
> > >
> > > Five Reasons why Google's Linux Chromebook is a Windows killer
> > >
> > > Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: After years, decades, of talking about Linux
> > > taking on Windows on the desktop, we finally have a serious 
> > > contender with a
> > > serious backer, Google, behind it. Can it do in Windows on the business
> > > desktop?
> > >
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