On Thursday 19 June 2014 19:31:08 Arthur Schiwon wrote: > On 19.06.2014 18:57, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > > It's more of an ownOS maybe > > Frankly, we already have an ownOS. Lot's of them, acutally. They all > use GNU/Linux and server different usage cases. Given, ChromeOS is one > of them, but being in the hand of Google the value for free software > is limited. > > My experience with ChromeOS is extremely shallow, but what I wonder > about is that why would this ownBook not be build open "real", or > better more independent free software as it is existing. > > I.e. a solid distribution, maybe a lean LXDE Qt (if a simple but fast > desktop is the goal) on top and mimicking the wanted features of > ChromeOS. And innovating on top of that. Maybe it makes even more > sense to help make $FAVORITE_DISTRIBUTION total-cloud-enabled. At > least you can scan and print properly :D [1] > > I do not want to take enthusiasm away, and I also maybe totally wrong, > but maybe it is worth to think about this.
Honestly, I think that is an entirely different thing. Chromebooks are VERY precisely targeted systems. Everything is being taken care off for the user (updates etc - you'll never see it). Being able to, with a relatively simple hack (hopefully) replace the Google services with ownCloud would make a great range of devices suddenly 'ownCloud devices'. I mean, how many laptops can you buy with LXDE on it? Even Ubuntu you'll rarely find. But Chromebooks - they are everywhere. And cheap. Replacing the OS isn't an option - if it was, Linux would have had 50% of the desktop market years ago. But replacing the backend - that might just work. I think it'd be cool to discuss this at the ownCloud conference, perhaps... > > A crucial point in this is offline capability of the ownCloud web > > app. Without apps working offline, a Chromebook is of very limited > > use. > > Totally agree with Jan! > > Also, I think, Documents would be a key component. > > > Actually, I did not intend to flip my 50¢ here, because I do not have > time to contribute on this. But now I did it^^ > > Cheers > Arthur > > [1] Datamation: Google Chrome OS vs. Ubuntu > http://www.datamation.com/open-source/google-chrome-os-vs.-ubuntu-page-2.ht > ml > > -- > XMPP: bli...@jabber.arthur-schiwon.de > > www.owncloud.com - Your Data, Your Cloud, Your Way! > > ownCloud GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, Holger Dyroff, Frank Karlitschek > Schloßäckerstrasse 26a, 90443 Nürnberg, HRB 28050 (AG Nürnberg) > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@owncloud.org > http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
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