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 Message 2603 
 Rob Swindell to Richard Miles 
 The Chromebook 
 03 Jan 20 17:33:24 
 
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  Re: The Chromebook
  By: Richard Miles to Rob Swindell on Fri Jan 03 2020 06:59 pm

 > On 03 Jan 2020, Rob Swindell said the following...
 >
 >  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.
 >
 > Mine's a bit older so can't run any of the Android apps unfortunately.
 >
 > Still a useful tool though.

Yup. I failed to run Linux apps on mine, but ended up giving it to my teenage
daughter anyway (and she's happy with the available Chrome "apps"). Amazing
what you can do with a $200 system though.

                                            digital man

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