Lyx on Chromebook - Yes it works!

[Doug Martin]

Paul,

That is really great to see, close to home.  My wife uses Chromebook, and I
have often been
frustrated as a Windows user not being able to help her with some things.
Also, I have the
impression that more and more students use the affordable Chromebook, and
many of them
could make good use of LYX.

Doug

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 7:42 AM Dr Paul Verschueren <paul at verschueren.org.uk>
wrote:

> I assumed that the relative silence indicated I’m on my own, so I thought
> I would make an initial investigation this lunchtime.
>
> Great news - it turns out to be relatively trivial to get Lyx working
> under Chrome OS, and there is no need to compile a native app.
>
>
>
> Chrome OS sets up a small VM with a copy of Debian 10, and Lyx 2.3.2
> installs cleanly via apt(?) - even for a Windows die-hard like myself with
> no previous Linux exposure.
>
> Performance does not seem an issue – there is a slight slow-down
> noticeable compiling a complex 40 page math paper, but it is perfectly
> acceptable (to me at least).
>
> I now have several Word docs open, about 20 Chrome browser tabs, some
> pdfs, Debian and Lyx all running happily in 4Gb RAM and with a 32Gb disk –
> amazing!
>
>
>
> The more challenging steps now will be replicating my custom Lyx
> environment under Linux (all those weird path names!), and gaining access
> to all my OneDrive disks (I’ve found a Linux utility called rclone, but it
> doesn’t seem to like my multiple OneDrive setup). Again any previous
> experience/hints/tips would be most welcome.
>
>
>
> My congratulations to all the team who have obviously kept the product
> lean and mean – I did not have high expectation of getting it working well
> on a Chromebook, but I was wrong!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> *From:* Richard Kimberly Heck <rikiheck at lyx.org>
> *Sent:* 15 April 2021 22:26
> *To:* Dr Paul Verschueren <paul at verschueren.org.uk>; LyX Users <
> lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Lyx on Chromebook
>
>
>
> On 4/15/21 1:01 PM, Dr Paul Verschueren wrote:
>
> I’m just evaluating a friend’s Chromebook – and I’m very impressed. It
> seems to do everything I want, at a fraction of the weight and cost of my
> old dying laptop … with one exception – Lyx!
>
> This link: https://www.bestchromebookapps.com/lyx-for-chromebook/
> promises Lyx is available as an app. This is presumably just nonsense?
>
> Yes, garbage. there's no LyX app.
>
> Qt does exist for Android, so it might be possible to compile LyX for
> Android. It would probably take some adjustments here and there. There's
> some info here:
>
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35231168/how-to-build-an-executable-for-android-shell/35275134#35275134
>
>     http://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2016/07/01/android-cli/
>
> but it may be a bit out of date.
>
> Riki
>
>
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-- 
R. Douglas Martin
Professor Emeritus in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Founder and Former Director of MS-CFRM Program
depts.washington.edu/compfin/
University of Washington
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