Chrome Remote Desktop moves to the web browser

[rcjordan]

https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-remote-desktop-web-app-821603/

[Chunkford]

This has been a lifesaver ATM. I'm currently trying to use a Chromebook as my daily driver.
Frustration is just the tip but being able to log into a windows PC has helped me over some most of it.

[ergophobe]

>>Frustration

Care to elaborate? I've been contemplating buying a light, cheap Chromebook for on the road work so if it's stepped on or stolen, I'm not out too much.

More and more, everything I do is through a browser and there are a lot of add-ons (like SSH terminal in browser) that mean I don't *need* a lot of applications now.

[rcjordan]

> for on the road work so if it's stepped on or stolen, I'm not out too much.

Same here. I also considered buying one of those 10" Android Fire tablets when they hit $115 on Black Friday.  Ultimately, I decided that those Win10 hybrids on Amz simply give more bang for the buck when compared to everything else when it comes to a throwaway.

https://www.amazon.com/iRULU-Walknbook-Detachable-Workstation-Entertainment/dp/B0748C2385/

[Chunkford]

>>elaborate

It's more getting used to a different work flow and finding the programs that I need to use.
Having android on them has helped loads, as JuiceSSH is a lot better than Secure Shell.
But I still miss Notepad++ with the FTP plugin, though being able to VNC into a Windows PC has helped me out there.

Still yet to try developer mode, but as I do most through a client I haven't had the need to develop locally.

[Chunkford]

>notepad++

Nice, just seen I can mount the server directly into Chrome OS - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sftp-file-system/gbheifiifcfekkamhepkeogobihicgmn?hl=en
I can use Caret now, yay

[ergophobe]

>> Win10 hybrids

I always thought they were fairly crippled and had a smaller app ecosystem than Chromebooks. Wrong?

>>FTP plugin

I do almost nothing via FTP these days. Generally, I would want git on any machine I use, but I envision using this while logged into a console, so git would be on the server end. I would just need an SSH client.

>>Caret

I almost mentioned that, but then saw that FTP was the issue.

Looking into git, I found this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-storage/ibfbhbegfkamboeglpnianlggahglbfi?hl=en (the reviews are depressing - product says it is for Chrome OS and yet most of the bad reviews are because it doesn't work in Windows or Ubuntu).

[rcjordan]

>assumed

I assumed it would be a piece of crippleware when I bought the first one as a throwaway.  Other than a now short battery span (I kept it plugged in. too lazy to bother.) it has taken everything I've thrown at it.  I don't, however, run anything that I'd consider heavy-duty, cpu-intensive.  Still, my tampermonkey scripts running arrays of filter keywords on top of known-to-be-a-hog Chrome browser works ok with a second or two lag during rendering of ajax-ridden multiple news feeds.  There have been plenty of times that I thought that "this will *surely* choke this machine" and it just didn't.  At just $50-ish more than buying a copy of Win10, it's hard to justify anything else.

>app ecosystem than Chromebooks. Wrong?

I'm a desktop man, what are these 'apps' you speak of, infidel?!  hhh

I mostly live in a chrome extensions world now.  Maybe a few .exe's like DimScreen.  So far, if it'll run on a big Win10 desktop, it'll run on my walknbook.

[ergophobe]

I'm a desktop man, what are these 'apps' you speak of, infidel?!  hhh

As I understand it, the word is short for "application" but it seems mean something different than what we call an "application" on the desktop. People above a certain age may know these desktop "applications" as "programs," but generally should not use that word unless angling for the seniors discount at Applebees. I have heard that "apps" are useful for everything from organizing your finances to broadcasting what you had for breakfast to, in the worst cases, broadcasting your financial data.

But, as I am also not deep into the "app" world, I'm still fairly confused about what I can and can't do with these machines.

So far, if it'll run on a big Win10 desktop, it'll run on my walknbook.

But I assume that you aren't throwing, say, Photoshop at it?

[rcjordan]

>you aren't throwing, say, Photoshop at it?

No, but I do run Sketchup Ver8 on it and I'd expect 3d drafting to be at least moderately intensive.  It does lag significantly when I load up some large-ish, detailed 3d floorplans but still finishes the job.  Besides, it was meant to be my 'crap' computer and I still have plenty of horsepower lying about on other desktops ...I just rarely use them as the Walknbook eventually weaseled its way into becoming my go-to machine.

Like I said, I'd *like* to buy some of the new, trendy, cheap alternatives but I can't even remotely justify them versus a W10 hybrid at <$200.

[ergophobe]

can't even remotely justify them versus a W10 hybrid at <$200.

I'm a cheap, trailing edge kind of guy for computers. So I was looking at <$200 Chromebooks. I didn't know about this option (though in fact, it rings bells and I realize you have mentioned it before, but I forgot)