Subj : Re: The Chromebook
To   : Ed Vance
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Jan 06 2020 07:09 am

-=> Ed Vance wrote to Richard Miles <=-

 EV> Can ChromeOS run in a virtualbox on a XP pc?

I ran one of the distributions inside of Virtualbox, can't remember which 
version of ChromeOS it was. I don't think the official version runs on a lot 
of hardware, but others have ported it.

 EV> While I'm chatting about Chromebooks I'm wondering if something like a
 EV> Spreadsheet either from the Google Store or OpenOffice or LibreOffice
 EV> could be used without a internet connection to Google?

All of the google docs can work offline on Windows. I wrote a novel in 
Google Docs and was able to work offline, then it'd upload the documents 
when I got back onto the network. I'd guess ChromeOS would do the same.

 EV> I sure wouldn't want to be using the Internet for personal stuff I
 EV> would use a Spreadsheet for.

 
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