Re: [libreoffice-users] LO for Chrome OS - i.e. Samsung Chrome Book

On 04/17/2014 09:22 AM, Cley Faye wrote:
> 2014-04-17 14:43 GMT+02:00 Kracked_P_P---webmaster <
> webmaster@krackedpress.com>:
>
> > So I ask if there is any movement towards making a Chrome OS port.
> >
> > Actually this Samsung Chrome uses a microSD card for "some" storage.  I
> > cannot tell much about it, since I do not have access to the manual.  So
> > the version of LO would need to fit on a microSD card storage, like a
> > tablet, but it is not a tablet. This is really a really small net-book like
> > device running Chrome OS.
> ​As far as I know, making an application for ChromeOS is roughly the same
> as making an "application" (note the quotes) for Chrome. This mean it's
> mostly html based and javascript driven.​ Porting LO to this kind of
> platform mean two things:
> - We get an awesome, cross-system, cross-platform office suite
> - We have a insane amount of work, need to rewrite *everything* from
> scratch, redo the UI, handle the strict restriction of browser-based
> applications... I'm sure you see what I mean :)
> It *might* be possible to run some binaries part, as it is possible with
> some restriction for Chrome app/extensions, but it remain a formidable task.
>
> Honestly, I wouldn't hold my breath for a port of this kind for three
> reasons: it's a huge task, there's little incentive to do it (way less than
> an android port for example), and there's a solid alternative.
>
> First alternative (easier): it is possible to install Ubuntu (or other
> linux OS) on a chromebook. I did that long ago, and there's a handful of
> tutorials on how to do so. If your chromebook is Intel based, it's even
> better, but as far as LO is concerned, it can be installed on ARM devices
> too.

Sorry, she just bought the Chrome Book.  Maybe she will decide that 
Chrome OS was a mistake that she was talked into buying and get a 
Windows based "book".  Be better for her if she did.

She would not like Linux, no matter how easy its interface was.  She 
actually thought the device ran on Windows.

> Second alternative (trickier): there's way less tutorials, but I vaguely
> remember the possibility of using real software in chromeos, mainly through
> command line. However I don't have any more info, and I'm not sure that it
> isn't restricted to command-line stuff (I'm not even sure that chromeos use
> an X server).
>
> Also, regarding storage space: for previous models, it was a really good
> idea to replace the (really) small hard drive with a better one. I don't
> know the specs of the newest chromebooks, but it's worth checking.


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