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|    Ed Vance to August Abolins    |
|    Need a Chromebook Helper    |
|    25 Mar 20 22:34:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 2032.windowsb@1:2320/105 22e15983       REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e7ab1fc       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Mar 14 2020 GCC 7.4.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.152 Mar 14 2020 GCC 7.4.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       03-25-20 03:21 August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance about Need a Chromebook Helper       Howdy!, Again August,               AA> @MSGID: <5E7AC98F.2026.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        AA> @REPLY: <5E796CFC.2020.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        AA> On 3/23/2020 10:12 PM, between "Ed Vance : Ed Vance":               EV> I just thought to find out if there is a Live CD download        EV> for the CHROME OS.               EV> Hope so, then maybe I can understand what my Chromebook        EV> friend is seeing.                      AA> I think you are looking for this:               AA> https://www.neverware.com/freedownload              That website didn't show up in a DuckDuckGo Search I did using the words:              Chrome OS Live CD              but I got over 50 URL's to look through, one of them is about making       your netbook a Chromebook.              There were many sites with Live CD for Chrome OS.              I will take me a while to go through that list.       I will probably first read the pages with help about using Chrome OS on       this XP box.               AA> I don't think it's "Live". But an install in a VM might do the trick.              Using Chrome OS in a VM also came to me last night before I went to sleep.       Yes!, I think about computer stuff a lot, even if it is something I can't       understand.              I have used Innotek VirtualBox a little bit, like instead of Running UBUNTU       7.02 as a Live CD I Installed it in a Innotek VM, and also some other stuff       that I wanted to play with but not install.               AA> Overview        AA> What you need:               AA> 20 minutes for USB installer creation.               AA> To create the USB installer: a PC, Mac or Chromebook running the        AA> Chrome browser.               AA> An 8GB (or greater) USB stick                      AA> BUT... it is wise to confirm compatibility with their "Certified        AA> Models" compatibility guide. However, I do believe that the list does        AA> not preclude you from trying it on the computer want.              Thanks for the Help!              73 de Ed W9ODR . .                            ... I'm in shape ... round's a shape isn't it?       --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/5 15/0 19/36 34/999 90/1 103/705 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 120/302 331 123/140 153/7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/101 426 452 1014 230/150 152 240/1120 5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155 275/100       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 282/1031 1056 288/100 291/1 111 292/854 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 396/45 423/120 633/267       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 1384 712/620 848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 2320/105 261/38 712/848 280/464 229/426           |
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