Subj : Re: The Chromebook
To : Rob Swindell
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sat Jan 04 2020 09:25 pm
01-03-20 13:07 Rob Swindell wrote to Ed Vance about The Chromebook
Howdy! Rob,
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RS> Re: The Chromebook
RS> By: Ed Vance to All on Fri Jan 03 2020 10:58 am
> Howdy!
>
> A Chromebook user told me I should get one.
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> My question is: If I had created an Account on the Chromebook would there
> be any thing (Programs, etc.) on the screen after I Logged on the Account?
RS> Yes. The window manager / user interface is the browser (and its
RS> "apps"). You can also run Linux and Android apps on Chromebooks if
RS> you're interested in that kind of thing.
So am I correct, the Chrome Browser is the only Program included with the
Chrome O/S?
RS> They work pretty well in general (long battery life, boot fast,
RS> stable), but I haven't seen one yet with a high quality display. Also,
RS> you're (by default, anyway) trapped in the Google walled-garden.
On this XP pc I use Firefox with the NoScript Add-On and most websites I
visit the NoScript dropdown list has Google this, Google that etc....
Google: Analytics, Gstatic and many others that want my TEMPORARILY OK
when I visit the pages.
So I live in the Google walled-garden when I'm on the internet.
I'm not so sure about ALLOWING all of those Google thingy's instead of
selecting Temporarily Allow on the sites I visit.
It would take less time for a page to load if those Google Thingy's were
marked Allow in NoScript.
What do You do?
And there is DOUBLECLICK always asking permission, but I don't do that.
I've been thinking about marking JQuery, Cloudflare and a few others as
ALLOWED in NoScript.
There are others I need to read up about to see if they too need to be
ALLOWED also. Bootstrap maybe?
Is there a Chrome O/S Emulator for Windows where I could run it on a
"Live CD"?
I could play some with some of the things my Chromebook Friend uses and
be more knowledgeable talking to him about his computer.
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
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