Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt minimal on chromebook
On Feb 17, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Martin maaca Rehula wrote:
I was using ConTeXt (ages ago) on my Nokia N800. There were/are pre-compiled Debian packages for arm architecture. Try looking this direction.
Martin
21:23:53 CET 2014, John Kitzmiller
napsal(a): I attempted to put ConTeXt minimal on Samsung chromebook and got: Error: your system "Linux armv7l" is not supported yet. Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)
This is not a request to support the armv7l (unless it is trivial) but,
is it futile to attempt installing minimal on a chromebook with Intel ATOM N570, or Intel Celeron-867? (If I had them at hand I would try.)
Thank you Martin. I was not clear. I can run Debian and other *nix flavors on the chromebook by various methods and then have ConTeXt, but I would rather not 'dual boot.' What I am after is to have ConTeXt run 'natively,' if that is the right word/concept, on a chromebook core platform. From the chromebook shell I know I can run vim to edit files but I would like to compile them. (Viewing will be the next chapter!)
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:49 PM, John Kitzmiller wrote:
Thank you Martin. I was not clear. I can run Debian and other *nix flavors on the chromebook by various methods and then have ConTeXt, but I would rather not 'dual boot.'
What I am after is to have ConTeXt run 'natively,'
If you want to run ConTeXt "natively" on a Chromebook, you probably need to run it on a cloud, right?
if that is the right word/concept, on a chromebook core platform. From the chromebook shell I know I can run vim to edit files but I would like to compile them. (Viewing will be the next chapter!)
One thing that is not entirely clear to me is whether Chromebook is running linux or not (that is: how wildly modified OS is it running). At least it says your system "Linux armv7l" Now the main question is whether the statically compiled binaries from Debian are compatible with Chromebook or not. In case they are not someone would need to compile new binaries on regular basis (now that "regular basis" isn't that often as it used to be, but you would need to do it at least once). Mojca
17. úno (Pondělí) v 23:49:47 CET 2014, John Kitzmiller
On Feb 17, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Martin maaca Rehula wrote:
I was using ConTeXt (ages ago) on my Nokia N800. There were/are pre-compiled Debian packages for arm architecture. Try looking this direction.
Martin
21:23:53 CET 2014, John Kitzmiller
napsal(a): I attempted to put ConTeXt minimal on Samsung chromebook and got: Error: your system "Linux armv7l" is not supported yet. Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)
This is not a request to support the armv7l (unless it is trivial) but,
is it futile to attempt installing minimal on a chromebook with Intel ATOM N570, or Intel Celeron-867? (If I had them at hand I would try.)
Thank you Martin. I was not clear. I can run Debian and other *nix flavors on the chromebook by various methods and then have ConTeXt, but I would rather not 'dual boot.'
What I am after is to have ConTeXt run 'natively,' if that is the right word/concept, on a chromebook core platform. From the chromebook shell I know I can run vim to edit files but I would like to compile them. (Viewing will be the next chapter!)
ChromeOS is Linux-based operating system. I don't know, what exactly is different compared to "normal" Linux distribution. You should be able to execute Linux binaries there. .deb packages are not any ultra proprietary, extra DRM-protected things. It is just .tar.gz archive enclosed in the ar archive. So, you can easily extract files from the .deb package, copy them to your chromebook and execute them. I don't expect dependency on too many libraries. Martin
On 2/18/2014 12:21 AM, Martin maaca Rehula wrote:
ChromeOS is Linux-based operating system. I don't know, what exactly is different compared to "normal" Linux distribution. You should be able to execute Linux binaries there.
.deb packages are not any ultra proprietary, extra DRM-protected things. It is just .tar.gz archive enclosed in the ar archive. So, you can easily extract files from the .deb package, copy them to your chromebook and execute them. I don't expect dependency on too many libraries.
Martin _
Actually, ChromeOS only uses the Linux /kernel/ but is not a Linux distribution in any way, shape or form. No shell, no utilities, no package manager ala apt-get. It boots directly into Chrome and that is the only application that is permitted to run on it. Any "apps" must be written as Chrome extensions and have very limited ability to run directly on the kernel. Google intends everything to be written in HTML5/Javascript. I won't even mention how Google reads almost everything to serve you "better ads." -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan "For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean -- and wrong." H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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