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|    Rob Swindell to Ed Vance    |
|    Re: The Chromebook    |
|    05 Jan 20 13:29:18    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 8266.windows@1:103/705 2277ab78       REPLY: 1966.windowsb@1:2320/105 22768876       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32 Jan 4 2020 MSC 1924       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.149 Jan 4 2020 GCC 6.3.0       COLS: 80       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.103        Re: Re: The Chromebook        By: Ed Vance to Rob Swindell on Sat Jan 04 2020 09:25 pm               > 01-03-20 13:07 Rob Swindell wrote to Ed Vance about The Chromebook        > Howdy! Rob,        >        > RS> @MSGID: <5E0FD5EE.1959.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        > RS> @REPLY: <5E0F6573.1958.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        > 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.        > -snip-        > > 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?              Pretty much, though Chrome plugins can look like "Programs" to the user.               > Is there a Chrome O/S Emulator for Windows where I could run it on a        > "Live CD"?              Yes: https://www.howtogeek.com/128575/how-to-run-chrome-os-from       a-usb-drive-and-use-it-on-any-computer/                      digital man              Synchronet "Real Fact" #29:       Rob Swindell first called BBSes (at 300bps) with an Apple II computer in 1982.       Norco, CA WX: 69.4øF, 36.0% humidity, 3 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 227/114 229/426       SEEN-BY: 229/452 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854       SEEN-BY: 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1       PATH: 103/705 280/464 229/426           |
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