On 05/15/2013 06:55 PM, Fred Roller wrote: > On 05/15/2013 11:57 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: >> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org >>> 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? > [snip] > >> 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 actually mine the OS would have been replaced by now.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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I'm glad this was posted....even if it IS OT. I was planning on getting a Chromebook, but was going to install a different OS...(I was hoping for either Debian or Fedora!) I don't know if either will work with the machine without "glitches"..... EGO II