On 05/15/2013 11:57 AM, SilverTip257 wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 11:44 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> I'm thinking of buying a Samsung Chromebook,
>>> largely for use while travelling.
>>> But I'd like to use it at home linked to my CentOS-6.4 server,
>>> rather than to the cloud.
>>> I'm wondering if this is practicable?
>>> I use LaTeX quite a lot,
>>> and I don't know if I could (a) download LaTeX to the Chromebook,
>>> (b) run LaTeX on the cloud,
>>> or (c) run LaTeX on my server from the Chromebook.
>>> Has anyone experience of doing this sort of thing?
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>
> It all depends what you (the OP) is looking to do in conjunction with your
> CentOS box.
> I'd start by finding out from somebody what the stock OS has in terms of
> functionality and packages (ex: VPN support [2]).
>
> [0] http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/
> [1]
> http://www.zdnet.com/chromebook-pixel-google-io-could-reveal-its-secret-mission-7000015420/
> [2] http://support.google.com/chromeos/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1282338
>
I have been using one for a client to test for integration. Prominently
app driven so you will be looking for your support there. If it were
actually mine the OS would have been replaced by now. It is handy
though since there is a choice of ssh clients available making working
on my CentOS servers easy and the 8+ hour battery life gives me a days
work without plugging in. Printing is cloud based and most of your life
is spent in gmail (drive, calendar, docs, etc). Google does give you
100Gb of online storage with your purchase I believe but make sure the
first user you log on with is the one you want to have it;
non-transferable from what I understand.
Native OS makes it easy to reset when you push too hard :) I plan on
testing NX for GUI connection to *nix systems but haven't gotten that
far yet. Right now, my personal position is you can get more bang for
your buck else where. Hope this helps.
Fred
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