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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