[WLUG] Fw: Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings

[Jim Beckstrom]

To the person coordinating the monthly meetings nowadays, could this Chromebook/box "pro" do this presentation at the October  meeting? 
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 To: Jim Beckstrom <jrbeckstrom at sbcglobal.net> 
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 Subject: Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings
   
Well, I've used a Chromebook as a daily driver since Dec 2012 and
a Chromebox with and without Crouton for the past year.  Upgraded
the RAM and SSD and restored Chrome OS before installing Crouton.
That was a small education in itself.  It should be simple, but
there are some "NOT OBVIOUS" gotya's just like reading a man page.
It's not as if it was my job, so my depth of knowledge may or may
not be sufficient for the group.

What is the usual format for a presentation?  I can do a talk, but
doing a live install might be a challenge to get an overhead display
working while booting, re-booting, in "scary mode" (a chromeism).

My background: Unix user-Sysadmin by default as there wasn't anyone
else since 1983.  Unix III and V7 and yes that was a while ago.
Some form of Unix since then.  C, shell, AWK from 1983 and perl
from about 1990.  Linux: RH, CentOS on the server and Fedora, SuSE,
Ubuntu and now Mint on the desktop.

Retired now.

over to you...

On 2015-06-01 13:27, Jim Beckstrom wrote:
> not yet.
>
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>  FROM: "jlk at osml.eu" <jlk at osml.eu>
>  TO: Jim Beckstrom <jrbeckstrom at sbcglobal.net>
>  SENT: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:48 PM
>  SUBJECT: Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings


>
> On 2015-05-17 16:09, Jim Beckstrom wrote:
>> Hoping someone could present in either October or November this fall
>> on this:
>>
>> CROUTON:
>>
>> Hard-core Chromebook enthusiasts have long touted the ability to run
>> Linux side by side with Chrome OS, giving them a full-fledged 
>> desktop
>> OS on a cheaper machine.
>> Now, thanks to a tool called Crouton, users no longer need to leave
>> Chrome to access their favorite Linux software. With Crouton, you’re
>> able to run a Linux build right on your Chromebook as another tab.
>> Crouton is essentially a set of scripts that bundle up a Chromium
>> chroot generator. It currently supports Ubuntu and Debian, though
>> other variants don’t translate so well.
>> You can grab the scripts directly from the Crouton GitHub site [1].
>
>> To use this you’ll want to have some working knowledge of Linux 
>> tools
>> and the command line so that you can get yourself out in case you’re
>> in a jam.
>>
> Did you get anyone for a talk about Crouton?


  
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