<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72744"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72998">To the person coordinating the monthly meetings nowadays, could this Chromebook/box "pro" do this presentation at the October meeting? </span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72743" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72742" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72741" dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72740" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "jlk@osml.eu" <jlk@osml.eu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jim Beckstrom <jrbeckstrom@sbcglobal.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 1, 2015 2:35 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433177645701_72999" class="y_msg_container"><br>Well, I've used a Chromebook as a daily driver since Dec 2012 and<br clear="none">a Chromebox with and without Crouton for the past year. Upgraded<br clear="none">the RAM and SSD and restored Chrome OS before installing Crouton.<br clear="none">That was a small education in itself. It should be simple, but<br clear="none">there are some "NOT OBVIOUS" gotya's just like reading a man page.<br clear="none">It's not as if it was my job, so my depth of knowledge may or may<br clear="none">not be sufficient for the group.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What is the usual format for a presentation? I can do a talk, but<br clear="none">doing a live install might be a challenge to get an overhead display<br clear="none">working while booting, re-booting, in "scary mode" (a chromeism).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">My background: Unix user-Sysadmin by default as there wasn't anyone<br clear="none">else since 1983. Unix III and V7 and yes that was a while ago.<br clear="none">Some form of Unix since then. C, shell, AWK from 1983 and perl<br clear="none">from about 1990. Linux: RH, CentOS on the server and Fedora, SuSE,<br clear="none">Ubuntu and now Mint on the desktop.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Retired now.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">over to you...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 2015-06-01 13:27, Jim Beckstrom wrote:<br clear="none">> not yet.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -------------------------<br clear="none">> FROM: "<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jlk@osml.eu" href="mailto:jlk@osml.eu">jlk@osml.eu</a>" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jlk@osml.eu" href="mailto:jlk@osml.eu">jlk@osml.eu</a>><br clear="none">> TO: Jim Beckstrom <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jrbeckstrom@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:jrbeckstrom@sbcglobal.net">jrbeckstrom@sbcglobal.net</a>><br clear="none">> SENT: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:48 PM<br clear="none">> SUBJECT: Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt8636943208" id="yqtfd94608"><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On 2015-05-17 16:09, Jim Beckstrom wrote:<br clear="none">>> Hoping someone could present in either October or November this fall<br clear="none">>> on this:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> CROUTON:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Hard-core Chromebook enthusiasts have long touted the ability to run<br clear="none">>> Linux side by side with Chrome OS, giving them a full-fledged <br clear="none">>> desktop<br clear="none">>> OS on a cheaper machine.<br clear="none">>> Now, thanks to a tool called Crouton, users no longer need to leave<br clear="none">>> Chrome to access their favorite Linux software. With Crouton, you’re<br clear="none">>> able to run a Linux build right on your Chromebook as another tab.<br clear="none">>> Crouton is essentially a set of scripts that bundle up a Chromium<br clear="none">>> chroot generator. It currently supports Ubuntu and Debian, though<br clear="none">>> other variants don’t translate so well.<br clear="none">>> You can grab the scripts directly from the Crouton GitHub site [1].<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> To use this you’ll want to have some working knowledge of Linux <br clear="none">>> tools<br clear="none">>> and the command line so that you can get yourself out in case you’re<br clear="none">>> in a jam.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">> Did you get anyone for a talk about Crouton?<br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>