25 Oct
2018
25 Oct
'18
4:42 p.m.
I doubt it. They've been rolling out Android support for Chromebooks for a couple of years and not yet got far.
On 25 October 2018 at 19:02 Jerry jriechert@gmail.com wrote:
They are rolling out Linux support to some of the Chromebooks. I don't know, yet, if it will come to my Asus C302CA with m3-6y30 processor. That would be the way to go if it does. -- Jerry R W7JER On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:38 AM Aubrey Turner < aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com mailto:aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com > wrote: > > Here's how to run Linux apps on Chromebook (if you have the requisiteversion of ChromeOS, etc.) https://www.howtogeek.com/363331/how-to-set-up-and-use-linux-apps-on-chrome-os/ Also found an old (2 years old) Reddit article where someone mentions in passing running CHIRP using Crouton on a Chromebook (and that it was working for them). Crouton lets you run Linux apps on ChromeOS. But its function has been rolled into ChromeOS now (see the link above). On 10/25/2018 01:24 PM, Peter wrote: > There are lots of different ways to *try* to run Windows software on a > Chromebook: > > https://www.howtogeek.com/173353/how-to-run-windows-software-on-a-chromebook/ > > ... My guess is that none will work well with regards to accessing the > USB port on the device. > > I am a VMware Workstation owner since version 2.04, and a Connectix > Virtual PC user on Macintosh since long before Microsoft bought that > product and sold a version for the Wintel platform. IIRC, USB port > sharing was not in the original feature set for either product. So the > virtual machine based solutions in that article may not provide any > access to your radio. > > Anyway, based on that article, you'll have more options with an Intel > (vs. ARM) based Chromebook. In which case, maybe install Windows there > instead? > > https://www.howtogeek.com/278953/how-to-install-windows-on-a-chromebook/ > > > On 10/25/2018 11:08 AM, Aubrey Turner wrote: >> Chromebooks can run Linux apps now (or at least some of them can). >> I've not tried it, though (I have a really old Chromebook). But if >> you want to run CHIRP on a Chromebook, that seems like the most likely >> way to do so. >> >> >> >> On 10/25/2018 12:48 PM, Dennis Wage wrote: >>> I don’t think you can install anything on a Chromebook. I’ll find >>> out though. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 12:32 PM Jerry < jriechert@gmail.com mailto:jriechert@gmail.com >>> <mailto: jriechert@gmail.com mailto:jriechert@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> Ay of you running C >>> Are any of you running chirp on a recent Chromebook?. All the >>> searching I've done brings up results from a year or more ago. >>> I'm assuming that installing some version of wine is still the >>> way to go. 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