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Chromebook offline activities

I read something about the announcement of Chromebook from Google and it seems that is heavily cloud-based OS, but I didn't understood if it works also offline.

Which activities can be done without a network connection?

Chromium OS on an EEPROM

I have a HP Mini that runs Splashtop OS as an instant-on OS and Windows 7 as the main OS. I've updated Splashtop through Windows 7 before, so I know it runs on an EEPROM or some other sort of flash storage. Anyone know how to put Chromium OS on there instead of Splashtop OS?

How to play mkv files on ChromeOS?

How can I play MKV files on ChromeOS?

I have a lot of videos in MKV format on my local network available over NFS/SMB? How can I get them to play, without transcoding, on a ChromeOS machine?

Can I use a chromebook as a ssh workstation? [closed]

For my work I develop and run a lot of software on remote clusters. Mostly I'm just using bash/vim over ssh and run only a terminal emulator and web browser locally. I was considering getting a lightweight chromebook for travel, etc. However, I've never actually used one and don't know anyone who owns one.

Does anyone know if a chromebook would be a suitable option, given the following requirements?

• Can ssh into a remote machine with a fully-capable terminal
• Can connect to a remote VNC server
• (bonus) supports X11 forwarding over ssh
• (bonus) has a local terminal emulator that can e.g. run bash and do some basic linux filesystem manipulation

As to the last point, I'd prefer if there was a local terminal that allowed me to define aliases, run ssh, etc; as opposed to having a completely separate ssh client like PuTTY.

Is the chromebook right for my use case? Or should I just get a cheapo normal laptop?

How do you disable swipe history navigation?

On my Surface Pro, when I drag my finger across the browser window, Chrome will navigate back and forth through the browsing history.

^{click to open on Youtube}

How do I disable this feature?

Setup Chrome OS (Hexxeh) in VMWare Player without network

I downloaded Chrome OS Vanilla in vmx format. When I run Chrome OS in VMWare , on chrome the startup screen the third option is for setting up the network since my virtual machine is not connected to a network, I can't go to next step. I want to access system offline - how would I set up ChromeOS to run offline?

How do I remap the Caps Lock key in Chrome OS?

I have a Chromebook and have attached an external keyboard to it. How do I remap the Caps Lock key on the external keyboard to another modifier? (The keyboard settings - chrome://settings/keyboard-overlay - don't provide a way to modify caps lock.)

Replacement AC adapter for my CR-48?

I managed to lose the AC adapter on my Google CR-48. Yeah, already, I know. I have a couple more places to check, but does anyone know where I could find a compatible AC adapter?

19.5v 2.0a is not the sort of thing Radio Shack carries.

where could I download the latest build of chrome os

Because when I search it on google. I only see the gdgt website with a download link for the first chrome os that has been release. Do you know where I can download a modified version of chrome os?

ChromeOS: kill a hung ssh session

I have a hung crosh terminal. I was in a ssh session and the wireless connection dropped. The screen froze. Normally, I open an other one, ssh into the remote machine again, and kill the sshd, and that clears it. However, the sshd on the remote machine closed itself overnight and now the crosh terminal is hung, thinking it's still connected.

What's the best way to kill the crosh terminal? Is there a magic key combo?

Sidenote: Couldn't create tags for crosh, chromeos

Note that I am not using the machine in developer mode.

Which Linux distribution is Google Chrome OS based on?

I'm interested to know which Linux distribution the upcoming Google Chrome operating system will be based on. Does anyone know?

What are the differences between ChromeOS and Jolicloud?

Jolicloud seems to be the first Cloud OS.

How does it compare to Chrome OS? What's the difference between them? Just mixed local/cloud vs absolutely cloud?

Reset root password for Chromebook

How could I do this?

I tried:

1. putting the chromebook in dev mode
2. enabling debugging options
3. set the root password
4. browse as guest(also tried with a google account)
5. open shell ctrl + shift + t
6. enter shell and sudo su
7. enter password I set in debugging options window

Password is incorrect.

I tried also to recovering with Chrome extension, and after that normal mode was set again. Then I went back to development mode, did the same steps above. Getting the same result.

Any advice?

How can I drag the browser window under Chrome OS back on-screen?

I am running Chrome OS in a virtual machine. For some reason, the browser has gone to the bottom right corner and there is no way I can drag it back. Because of this problem, the whole user account becomes unusable. I tried to delete the useraccount, but I cannot seem to do it as it's the default account.

I know everything works if I use a different account, but it's better to have it fixed. Any idea?

Chromebook: How do you increase the size of the Chrome webbrowser GUI?

I have a Chromebook with a small screen size and relatively high pixel count (aka resolution)[1]. Some of the text that normally would be easily readable on my large 27 inch screen is literally... 1/16 inch tall on this screen... and I don't like that! I can't find where to adjust the Chromebook for "High DPI" mode or adjust the DPI scaling.

Does the Chromebook have any such a "High DPI" mode? If yes how do I navigate to this option and use change such an option?

At the very minimal I require: How do you increase the size of the Chrome-webbrowser GUI interface? If there isn't a way I need to make a feature/enhancement request (Windows 7 has been around since 2009 and has some decent/good support for High-DPI settings...)

I know you can lower the screen resolution but this question wants to explore other solutions besides lowering the screen resolution [2].

Here is what I have tried so far.

I tried two things:

• Settings --> Web Content --> Font Size
• Settings --> Web Content --> Page Zoom

But neither of these increase the size of the Chrome-webbrowser GUI interface. (Also if you do crank these up too much... you get this absolutely ridiculous situation where you have some parts that are large... but then your mouse-pointer and Chrome-webbrowser are all so tiny that it makes your eyes bleed.)

For now I am using the "Page Zoom" at 125%. But it does not adjust the size of the Chrome-webbrowser... or the taskbar GUI interface with application icons or the settings icon in the lower-right.

UPDATE:

I tried a third solution:

• Settings --> Accessibility --> "Enable Screen Magnifier"

When you use this feature, the chrome webrowser-gui is bigger... but it only let's you see 25% of the screen... because you only see 25% this solution is not an option for me. I need to see all the windows at all times (i.e. see all the window and the tray when a window is maximized).

[1] I have heard a number of different people/groups use the term "High DPI" to describe such a screen that is small with lots of pixels.

Mobile phones support these "High DPI" screen types for almost all applications but Desktop applications are more hit or miss. A more recent application may present a GUI that is readable/easy-to-use on a High DPI device... but then the next application's GUI is so tiny that you can almost not use the application unless you do something like lower your resolution or something.

[2] Lowering your screen resolution IMO is not an option because then your screen becomes fuzzy/less-readable (because you are running at the non-native screen resolution) and you are wasting your money (buying an expensive/hi-res screen then using it like a cheap/lo-res screen... and you lose functionality because less pixels means you can display less).