[NBLUG/talk] Chromebooks in schools?

[Walter Hansen]

I'm not bad with vi. Haven't tried vim. I can ssh to the servers on my 
Android at any Mcds. I have a couple Androids that serve quite well as 
small computers although some of the key combos can be interesting.

On 3/11/2014 9:41 PM, E Frank Ball III wrote:
> Chromebooks have terminals and ssh, but no vim :(
>
> I need three things:  browser, ssh, & vim.
>
>     E Frank Ball          frankb at frankb.us
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:22:11PM -0400, Zack Gold wrote:
>   >    My experience with Chromebook, while not school-related, has been similar
>   >    to that of claustrophobia. You are limited to your capabilities under the
>   >    Chromebook, strictly to the browser, so you're unable to go beyond the
>   >    flexibility of the browser itself.
>   >
>   >    On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Steve S. <[1]northbaygeek at gmail.com>
>   >    wrote:
>   >
>   >      Not quite a general Linux query, but...
>   >
>   >      Has anyone had experience bringing Chromebooks to a school? **The
>   >      latest generations seem to include reasonably-priced models that
>   >      aren't pure POS units...
>   >
>   >      My youngest's elementary-school uses Google's educational "walled
>   >      garden" and I'd expect the Chromebook to Play Well there. **The latest
>   >      ChromeOS is also supposed to have available (or about to, I'm not
>   >      sure) the kinds of parental controls needed for elementary-school
>   >      students.
>   >
>   >      I'm also curious if anyone knows of any grants/etc that could help
>   >      getting them in sufficient quantity that each student could have
>   >      one...
>   >
>   >      Any info/pointers/etc gratefully accepted!
>   >
>   >      - Steve S.
>   >
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