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

Well the lady showed up and she tells me that her printer will plug into 
the router, but I did not set it up since I would have to go to her 
place to do so.

There is some confusion about whether or not she needs to set the 
printers up with the Win7 system first, according to the documentation.  
What I did was open Chrome in my Win7 system and "allowed" the printers 
to be used.  Then they showed up on the ChromeBook.  I tried to use the 
option for printers that have Chrome Cloud service supported, but it 
would not work on the printer I tried.   The printer's own setup screens 
tried to do the task, but it kept failing to set up the internal "cloud" 
support.

So if you do not have a Windows XP and later OS to set thing up in their 
Chrome browser's settings/printer option[s], then it looks like it will 
not work properly.  Or at least for me.

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As for the changing the Samsung Chrome device to Ubuntu or other OS, 
well right now that is not an option.  Now that I got the router setup 
and created a Gmail account for her, since that is required to use the 
device properly, all she has to do is plug the router into the Cable 
Modem and go from there.

As for an LO app for Google Chrome, Android tablet, or other "app" type 
of package. . .
Well it would be nice to have LO represented, even if it is a stripped 
down version.

Yes it would be a big issue to create them.
YET if the market increases for Android tablet app, iOS app, or Chrome 
OS and Chrome Browser app, then there may be a need - in the future 
sometime.

Android's market share is increasing while Windows is going down. Chrome 
OS is increasing as well, but its market share is not as strong as 
Android [so far].  IT would be nice to get into that market share for 
LO, when possible.

With Win XP loosing support, articles are now recommending these user to 
switch over to Linux Mint with MATE desktop.  This may help with the 
Linux marker share to increase.  That will take all of the MSO users off 
those older/slower devices and give LO a boost.  Mint 16 has 4.1.3[?] in 
their install disc "repository". Ubuntu 14.04LTS has 4.2.3.3, if I 
remember correctly [came out yesterday, but MATE is not ready for it 
YET, so I am waiting for MATE before I use it by default].

I do not know how well LO works with Win8, since I only used it for 
about 10 minutes for trying to setup a package for someone and thought 
it was worse than Unity, and I hate Unity.

Windows - yes
Linux - deb and rpm
Mac - Intel only for the newer versions

Android tablets - use an AOO/OOo based or other version[s] for Android 
that is available, for now.
iOS - told it is being looked into
ChromeOS - not in the future plans, so far.


On 04/18/2014 08:53 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> This link might help setup the printer properly for Chromebooks
> https://support.google.com/cloudprint/answer/1686197?rd=1
> Errr, notice that is an https site!
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2014 11:14, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi :)
> > Is she likely to be happier with Windows 8?  Just because this mailing
> > list doesn't know how to configure Chrome to print to her printer doesn't
> > mean it can't be done r isn't easy.  It just means we don't have the
> > expertise here yet.
> >
> > Maybe this link?
> > https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1069693?rd=1
> >
> > Try the official Chromebooks website to find documentation, user-support,
> > official forums etc.  Perhaps try finding a Chrome forum! or google-it.
> >   I'm not sure if these links help
> > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=HowTo%20set-up%20a%20printer%20for%20Chromebook
> > http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
> >
> > Chances are that her printer wont work with Win8 either and maybe not even
> > with Win7.  The Windows route means buying new stuff to replace perfectly
> > decent older stuff.
> >
> > Staying with Windows means a radical change for almost everyone.  Moving
> > to Gnu&Linux is actually less of a change for most.  Chances are that she
> > would be more "at home" with Chrome than with Win8 or Win9.  She could
> > always buy into Win7 for the 1 year that's got left and then buy into
> > Win8/9 in a year or so.  Or stay with a more familiar interface by going to
> > Gnu&Linux
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 18 April 2014 00:38, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <
> > webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> >
> > > yes, but the lady I am dealing with is a person who did not know the
> > > difference between ChromeOS and Windows, let alone would want to try to run
> > > Ubuntu off of her Chrome Book.
> > >
> > > She does not understand even how to set up a wifi connection properly on
> > > a Windows laptop, or install and keep up security software properly.
> > >
> > > Yes a Chrome Book might be a nice idea for some but without printer
> > > support and software support I need, and she needs, it is not the best deal.
> > >
> > > I have not told her that this device will not work with her Canon Printer.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 04/17/2014 11:47 AM, Don Myers wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm quite pleased with Crouton. It has some quirks here and there, but
> > > > once
> > > > you understand them, it really works well. Neither Crouton or Chrubuntu
> > > > are
> > > > exactly like using Ubuntu on a typical desktop of notebook, but I do
> > > > consider both of them to be young projects which will only get better
> > > > with
> > > > time. My wife has been thinking about tablet for several months now.
> > > > After
> > > > seeing my chromebook, yesterday she asked for one for her birthday!
> > > >
> > > > Don
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Cley Faye <cleyfaye@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   2014-04-17 16:40 GMT+02:00 Don Myers <donmyers@myersfarm.com>:
> > > > >   The other way is to use Crouton, where you are actually running Ubuntu
> > > > > > through the Chrome OS
> > > > > ​Ah, thanks for that. The name slipped my mind, and I might need this
> > > > > soon
> > > > > too, for roughly the same reason :)
> > > > >
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