[chirp_users] chirp on Chromebook
Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Thu Oct 25 16:42:54 PDT 2018
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 at 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
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>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:38 AM Aubrey Turner < aubrey.c.turner at gmail.com mailto:aubrey.c.turner at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > > Here's how to run Linux apps on Chromebook (if you have the requisite
> > version 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 at gmail.com mailto:jriechert at gmail.com
> > >>> <mailto: jriechert at gmail.com mailto:jriechert at 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. Suggestions on how to proceed greatly appreciated.
> > >>>
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