On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:45:47 AM ed chan wrote:
Hi Chris,
Hi Ed,
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:06:39 AM ed chan wrote: [...] [Toshiba Chromebook]
boots in under 10 secs, has battery life of 8 hrs +, charges in less than 2 hrs , weighs 3 lbs and only cost $349 ( at the time from JB - Hi fi ).
[...]
Wow, thanks! :-) Would that be this?
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/chromebooks/toshiba/toshiba-cb30...
Yes ( sort of ). The model @ JB is a later model ( Bay Trail vs Haswell cpu). From what I read the Bay Trail models are a touch slower. Mine is an Intel 2995U processor.
Probably doesn't make too much difference for a $350 device.
Thanks so much - given that they're on special at JB-Hifi now at just under $300 I decided I'd take the plunge and pick one up, I suspect you'll be right about the speed with Haswell Celeron vs the N2830 Silvermont but I won't know for sure until it's finished charging and I fire it up. That said it is just $300.. ;-)
How much internal storage does it have?
16 Gb ; I have an external SD card 32 Gb.
I reckon I can live with that, thanks!
I reckon that information is really useful, would you like to send that to the mailing list as well?
I will try.
But I I fail you can re-post with my permission of course.
Thanks - it looks like your post didn't make it through to the list so they should see this copy instead.
For those interested, you can run GNU root ( an enitre debian ( cmd line )system rootfs ) on any Andriod 4.1+ device. That means you don't have to worry about apps like Connectbot. You can run this on an un-rooted device ( I have on Smartphones, tablets, TV sticks ), except server port have to be on above 1024 ports. ( you are not root ).
That may also be useful to Brian, thanks! All the best, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:24:04 PM Chris Samuel wrote:
Thanks so much - given that they're on special at JB-Hifi now at just under $300 I decided I'd take the plunge and pick one up, I suspect you'll be right about the speed with Haswell Celeron vs the N2830 Silvermont but I won't know for sure until it's finished charging and I fire it up. That said it is just $300.. ;-)
Impressed so far, powertop (running in the Kubuntu chroot I've installed) says: The battery reports a discharge rate of 2.50 W The estimated remaining time is 12 hours, 25 minutes ...and that's after an hour or so of use. Only 7-8GB free on the SSD now, but that's plenty for me. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 at 14:24 Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:
For those interested, you can run GNU root ( an enitre debian ( cmd line )system rootfs ) on any Andriod 4.1+ device. That means you don't have to worry about apps like Connectbot. You can run this on an un-rooted device ( I have on Smartphones, tablets, TV sticks ), except server port have to be on above 1024 ports. ( you are not root ).
That may also be useful to Brian, thanks!
I had a look at it, it seems less broken then some of the other Android chroot solutions I have already looked at. However I can't seem to run ssh on it. If I run it with fakeroot, it complains that it can't setuid (not sure why it is trying actually); if I run it without fakeroot, it complains that there is no /etc/passwd entry for the user. Also related, I have root access on this device, but GNURoot, unfortunately, does not seem to support giving me real root privileges. (shame it doesn't have Jessie yet too). Does seem to best bet so far, creating and entering the chroot was relatively easy, with no need to work around broken shell scripts (which I have had to do with other solutions).
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