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There are a couple of Chrome apps that can run offline and do coding. I've used Caret and Advanced REST client on occasion for things. It gets a bit tricky if y

by ecspike 10y ago

There are a couple of Chrome apps that can run offline and do coding. I've used Caret and Advanced REST client on occasion for things. It gets a bit tricky if you need something that can't work without a real webserver but there's a lot of beginner stuff you can do with it. crouton unlocked a bit more functionality giving you the possibility of a Linux base layer, albeit likely not a great idea to have kids put the machines into dev mode. But that might be workable if staff did it. I've dogfooded a bunch of the Web Development content we make at Udacity using either a pure Chromebook or Chromebook + Crouton.

canuckintime 10y ago
Please describe your PURE Chromebook setup to take the Udacity Web Development Course. Also is there a PURE Chromebook (or Chromebook+Android apps) setup to take an Udacity Android course?
- pjmlp 10y ago
  Apparently ChromeOS devices are so useful that everyone has to force developer mode with Crouton to make use of them. Never got the point of a browser based OS.
  - toast0 10y ago
    A browser only OS isn't for everyone, but it does work well for the many people who literally never use anything other than their browser. If you know someone who never uses office applications and is always ending up with three layers of malware, a chromebook might be good for them. Video chat is a bit iffy too, if you don't care for google hangouts.
  - bitmapbrother 10y ago
    No, everyone does not have to force developer mode on. If you need the extra functionality then it's an option for some people. As for the point of Chrome OS, well, it's for people that don't need the bag of hurt desktop OS's provide.
intoverflow2 10y ago
> crouton Correct me if I'm wrong but is this not the hack where every time you boot your system it tells you to press a key to reset it and if you press that key it instantly blanks the partition. This seem absurd even for an expert user to use full time let alone school kids.
- carussell 10y ago
  That's not crouton. That comes from Google's coreboot-derived firmware. See https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/2014-firmware-summit https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/2014-firmware-summit It's true, though, that the whole process needs to be made more straightforward and easily circumventable. It's just not a part of crouton.
  - intoverflow2 10y ago
    Ok but one press of space during boot on this scary looking screen [1] and the whole system will need to be reinstalled and all data on the linux partition will be lost correct? Just finding it ridiculous that HN users suggest this with a straight face every time we have this discussion. [1] https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/os-verification-is-off.jpg https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/os-veri...
    - carussell 10y ago
      Yes. It's stupid and is worse than it needs to be. See my last paragraph. I don't know what else I can say.

by ecspike 10y ago

canuckintime 10y ago

Please describe your PURE Chromebook setup to take the Udacity Web Development Course. Also is there a PURE Chromebook (or Chromebook+Android apps) setup to take an Udacity Android course?

pjmlp 10y ago
Apparently ChromeOS devices are so useful that everyone has to force developer mode with Crouton to make use of them. Never got the point of a browser based OS.
- toast0 10y ago
  A browser only OS isn't for everyone, but it does work well for the many people who literally never use anything other than their browser. If you know someone who never uses office applications and is always ending up with three layers of malware, a chromebook might be good for them. Video chat is a bit iffy too, if you don't care for google hangouts.
- bitmapbrother 10y ago
  No, everyone does not have to force developer mode on. If you need the extra functionality then it's an option for some people. As for the point of Chrome OS, well, it's for people that don't need the bag of hurt desktop OS's provide.

intoverflow2 10y ago

> crouton Correct me if I'm wrong but is this not the hack where every time you boot your system it tells you to press a key to reset it and if you press that key it instantly blanks the partition. This seem absurd even for an expert user to use full time let alone school kids.

carussell 10y ago
That's not crouton. That comes from Google's coreboot-derived firmware. See https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/2014-firmware-summit https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/2014-firmware-summit It's true, though, that the whole process needs to be made more straightforward and easily circumventable. It's just not a part of crouton.
- intoverflow2 10y ago
  Ok but one press of space during boot on this scary looking screen [1] and the whole system will need to be reinstalled and all data on the linux partition will be lost correct? Just finding it ridiculous that HN users suggest this with a straight face every time we have this discussion. [1] https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/os-verification-is-off.jpg https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/os-veri...
  - carussell 10y ago
    Yes. It's stupid and is worse than it needs to be. See my last paragraph. I don't know what else I can say.