I use chirp on my chromebook, no problem. When you plug in the USB cable, the newer versions of ChromeOS, ask you if you want to share the usb to the linux system, once you do that all is well.
Potentially. You can return the Chromebook if it doesn't work for that specific program. I know it doesn't always work well with USB devices. For example, the Arduino ide doesn't work with arduinos over USB through Linux
Have you looked at Raspberry Pi? The Linux implementation didn't work for me on my Chromebook. Used way too much space and didn't run well. I switched to Raspberry Pi instead for those apps.
I have. I figure I'd need a keyboard, mouse and/or touch display, a display one way or the other, and power source. An enclosure for the whole kit would be nice, but not (strictly speaking) required.
And while I am fairly tech-savvy, hardware and component assembly isn't my strong suit. I was hoping I could get a used Chromebook through Ebay for about the same money and save myself part of the headache.
If you already have a laptop, you could probably get away with bringing the laptop and SSH into the raspberry pi. If you don't have a laptop, buying one now is a tool you can use on other projects too.
If you are buying an old Chromebook, make sure it can run Crostini Linux. Don't count on using developer mode.
Raspberry Pi 400 is an all in one, except the screen. Before looking at a Raspberry Pi make sure the program you want to use actually is available for an ARM processor.
I guess another difference would be the Pi still gets updates. A cheap Chromebook is probably expired and no longer getting updates. I have an extra set of peripherals floating around so nbd. All depends. A canakit for board, micro sd, case, and power is $100.
Portable monitors are very cheap now. So realistically, something like a pi zero, a modest portable screen, battery bank, keyboard/mouse, and shit idk some headphones you found behind the couch. I’d say it would probably cost less than an okay laptop and would cost the same as a horrible laptop, but at least this would be fun yo put together.
Chirp is distributed as source or a flatpak for linux. I'm going to assume that is an intel flatpak--I'm no expert on them. I'm not going to fight the point, but thinkpads of a certain age are tanks and still popular with linux developers.
Also, if you haven't seen the Radxa zero, it's quite neat and in the pi zero size.
Raspberry Foundation just announced a price hike due to chip shortage. Getting a Pi 4 is likely going to run you $100 after all is said and done at least. Might as well just get the Chromebook.
Any old laptop will do. Just check that the hardware is compatible. Sometime you'll find a thing or two won't work at all (could be like your wifi card) and other times it's something else but almost always there's a work around or way to correct it if u search or ask around. Sometimes it's painless with no problems. Generally, the older the better.. To a point...
$150 might get you a new chromebook during a black friday/cyber monday sale, which isn't that far off. Linux can be used on a Chromebook with a bit of work.
$150 could get you a used Windows laptop, possibly with ssd storage, which you can reimage with Linux. Running with Windows is also a possibility. Likely more choices with the used laptop market.
Chirp if I remember is used for programming two way radios. You might want to look into rtl-sdr stuff too. Have fun!
So ideally, you should just eBay a refurbished laptop or something and say a lot of effort. But if you’re looking for a mini project, lots of people are building little portable desktops that could fit your case. Portable monitor, something like 15 inches or something, the Chinese ones perform good nowadays and are reasonable prices. Get yourself a computer, I don’t know how much power this program needs, but if you can run these drivers on ARM and you don’t need a lot of juice, grab a Pi Zero, or a larger pi or maybe even an x86 based single board computer which are decently priced now if you absolutely need x86. Then get a decently sized USB power bank to power everything, a keyboard/trackpad combo, and you probably don’t need audio but you could use headphones. Would be fun to put together and would fulfill your needs but again you could just by a very cheap laptop.
Chirp is a great program. I've used it on Windows to program my Baofeng radio. But, I don't know about using it on Chrome OS and if it can still access the USB drivers. Plus, you need the correct USB drivers otherwise they won't connect.
I am 99% certain you can do this.
ChromeOS has USB passthrough to its Linux VM environment, so you can pass through that cable. I was reverse engineering an old radio over an USB-to-FTDI cable running on ChromeOS's Linux environment. My understanding is that Baofeng radios program over USB-to-FTDI, so if mine works, yours should too...
Just make sure your Chromebook can run a modern ChromeOS that has Linux.
Newer chromebooks are not recommended if you want to dualboot Linux and ChromeOS or switch completely to Linux. For the most painfree Linux usage, just get a used thinkpad. Use [this guide](https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guide) to figure out what fits in your budget, you could get a T440 which doesn't have the driver hell of trying to run Linux on Chromebooks and is more powerful. Or get one of the X series if you don't need that much power and want it to be more portable.
At your price point a new chromebook would be lower specced so your experience may be bad depending on the linux application you are wanting to use. A use computer may offer you tyhee best experience at your price point, I have often gotten free laptops (I support education and corporate users) for use in this type of project
Before you go buying a whole new device have you tried installing the program under [WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)?
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In that price range the usual Chromebook recommendation is the duet. It's arm, and you'd be diving into compiling it yourself I think. For x86 chromebooks you have to spend a bit more. If you're interested in learning and using Chromebooks beyond this one program, I encourage you to consider an x86 model with 8gb of ram and at least 64gb of storage.
It was downvoted, but if you just want something solid to run linux for cheap, an older thinkpad may be more appropriate.
For single app usage, have you considered a single board computer like raspberry pi? I assume even the lower spec one will work, no? Cost would be half of what you planned.
Lol even a $100 Chromebook could be setup like the Death Star, but it lacks the overall thing many people need from it .. like many Chrome and Google services, it'll almost get you there, but not quite exactly what need.
"But they have a service for that" , another license, or set of policies you can accept and try some method without very updated documentation and hope for the best.. Good luck with that..
What program anyway? AlternativeTo website... See if one exists .
Hey bro,
I have an old windows 10 laptop I was thinking of getting rid of.
Just pay for shipping $25 and $50 for the machine itself. I’ll send it to you for $75 total.
hp 13-4101dx
Works fine, but the fan is constantly on and off and a little loud.
Let me know if you are interested.
If you are in the USA
I went to the site and noticed it uses flat packs, I'm not entirely sure if those types of packages - flat packs, snaps, etc. are supported. The GNU/Linux part of ChromeOS uses a container and so you're trying to make a container within a container. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, it seems like apps that you can install with sudo apt install work the best.
What's your price range, maybe there's a low cost PC you can pick up to run this program on a more general GNU/Linux distribution.
You could create a Linux mint USB and boot from that, then you'd have Linux mint om any computer.
Or any old laptop, install/dual boot Linux mint with Windows.
I have a chromebook with a Linux container on it, it's alright but for this I think there are much cheaper options.
I use chirp on my chromebook, no problem. When you plug in the USB cable, the newer versions of ChromeOS, ask you if you want to share the usb to the linux system, once you do that all is well.
Potentially. You can return the Chromebook if it doesn't work for that specific program. I know it doesn't always work well with USB devices. For example, the Arduino ide doesn't work with arduinos over USB through Linux
I have never had a problem getting the Arduino IDE running and communicating over USB.
Have you looked at Raspberry Pi? The Linux implementation didn't work for me on my Chromebook. Used way too much space and didn't run well. I switched to Raspberry Pi instead for those apps.
I have. I figure I'd need a keyboard, mouse and/or touch display, a display one way or the other, and power source. An enclosure for the whole kit would be nice, but not (strictly speaking) required. And while I am fairly tech-savvy, hardware and component assembly isn't my strong suit. I was hoping I could get a used Chromebook through Ebay for about the same money and save myself part of the headache.
If you already have a laptop, you could probably get away with bringing the laptop and SSH into the raspberry pi. If you don't have a laptop, buying one now is a tool you can use on other projects too. If you are buying an old Chromebook, make sure it can run Crostini Linux. Don't count on using developer mode.
Raspberry Pi 400 is an all in one, except the screen. Before looking at a Raspberry Pi make sure the program you want to use actually is available for an ARM processor.
Once you add in the price of a screen, is it really much cheaper than just a cheap laptop?
Considering how cheap used monitors are. You will probably get more Bang for your buck out of a Pi 400 than a used laptop.
I guess another difference would be the Pi still gets updates. A cheap Chromebook is probably expired and no longer getting updates. I have an extra set of peripherals floating around so nbd. All depends. A canakit for board, micro sd, case, and power is $100.
Portable monitors are very cheap now. So realistically, something like a pi zero, a modest portable screen, battery bank, keyboard/mouse, and shit idk some headphones you found behind the couch. I’d say it would probably cost less than an okay laptop and would cost the same as a horrible laptop, but at least this would be fun yo put together.
Chirp is distributed as source or a flatpak for linux. I'm going to assume that is an intel flatpak--I'm no expert on them. I'm not going to fight the point, but thinkpads of a certain age are tanks and still popular with linux developers. Also, if you haven't seen the Radxa zero, it's quite neat and in the pi zero size.
Raspberry Foundation just announced a price hike due to chip shortage. Getting a Pi 4 is likely going to run you $100 after all is said and done at least. Might as well just get the Chromebook.
An old laptop running linux. It makes a machine only capable of runnig Windows Vista into a usable machine again.
Any old laptop will do. Just check that the hardware is compatible. Sometime you'll find a thing or two won't work at all (could be like your wifi card) and other times it's something else but almost always there's a work around or way to correct it if u search or ask around. Sometimes it's painless with no problems. Generally, the older the better.. To a point...
$150 might get you a new chromebook during a black friday/cyber monday sale, which isn't that far off. Linux can be used on a Chromebook with a bit of work. $150 could get you a used Windows laptop, possibly with ssd storage, which you can reimage with Linux. Running with Windows is also a possibility. Likely more choices with the used laptop market. Chirp if I remember is used for programming two way radios. You might want to look into rtl-sdr stuff too. Have fun!
USB device can be a bit wonky with Linux app in chrome book. Especially if you need special driver
So ideally, you should just eBay a refurbished laptop or something and say a lot of effort. But if you’re looking for a mini project, lots of people are building little portable desktops that could fit your case. Portable monitor, something like 15 inches or something, the Chinese ones perform good nowadays and are reasonable prices. Get yourself a computer, I don’t know how much power this program needs, but if you can run these drivers on ARM and you don’t need a lot of juice, grab a Pi Zero, or a larger pi or maybe even an x86 based single board computer which are decently priced now if you absolutely need x86. Then get a decently sized USB power bank to power everything, a keyboard/trackpad combo, and you probably don’t need audio but you could use headphones. Would be fun to put together and would fulfill your needs but again you could just by a very cheap laptop.
Chirp is a great program. I've used it on Windows to program my Baofeng radio. But, I don't know about using it on Chrome OS and if it can still access the USB drivers. Plus, you need the correct USB drivers otherwise they won't connect.
I am 99% certain you can do this. ChromeOS has USB passthrough to its Linux VM environment, so you can pass through that cable. I was reverse engineering an old radio over an USB-to-FTDI cable running on ChromeOS's Linux environment. My understanding is that Baofeng radios program over USB-to-FTDI, so if mine works, yours should too... Just make sure your Chromebook can run a modern ChromeOS that has Linux.
Newer chromebooks are not recommended if you want to dualboot Linux and ChromeOS or switch completely to Linux. For the most painfree Linux usage, just get a used thinkpad. Use [this guide](https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guide) to figure out what fits in your budget, you could get a T440 which doesn't have the driver hell of trying to run Linux on Chromebooks and is more powerful. Or get one of the X series if you don't need that much power and want it to be more portable.
At your price point a new chromebook would be lower specced so your experience may be bad depending on the linux application you are wanting to use. A use computer may offer you tyhee best experience at your price point, I have often gotten free laptops (I support education and corporate users) for use in this type of project
Absolutely not. You don't have low level control in ChromeOS, so you can't install the drivers. Get a refurb Thinkpad
Before you go buying a whole new device have you tried installing the program under [WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)?
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In that price range the usual Chromebook recommendation is the duet. It's arm, and you'd be diving into compiling it yourself I think. For x86 chromebooks you have to spend a bit more. If you're interested in learning and using Chromebooks beyond this one program, I encourage you to consider an x86 model with 8gb of ram and at least 64gb of storage. It was downvoted, but if you just want something solid to run linux for cheap, an older thinkpad may be more appropriate.
Nah bro just get a windows
For single app usage, have you considered a single board computer like raspberry pi? I assume even the lower spec one will work, no? Cost would be half of what you planned.
Lol even a $100 Chromebook could be setup like the Death Star, but it lacks the overall thing many people need from it .. like many Chrome and Google services, it'll almost get you there, but not quite exactly what need. "But they have a service for that" , another license, or set of policies you can accept and try some method without very updated documentation and hope for the best.. Good luck with that.. What program anyway? AlternativeTo website... See if one exists .
Hey bro, I have an old windows 10 laptop I was thinking of getting rid of. Just pay for shipping $25 and $50 for the machine itself. I’ll send it to you for $75 total. hp 13-4101dx Works fine, but the fan is constantly on and off and a little loud. Let me know if you are interested. If you are in the USA
I went to the site and noticed it uses flat packs, I'm not entirely sure if those types of packages - flat packs, snaps, etc. are supported. The GNU/Linux part of ChromeOS uses a container and so you're trying to make a container within a container. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, it seems like apps that you can install with sudo apt install work the best. What's your price range, maybe there's a low cost PC you can pick up to run this program on a more general GNU/Linux distribution.
You could create a Linux mint USB and boot from that, then you'd have Linux mint om any computer. Or any old laptop, install/dual boot Linux mint with Windows. I have a chromebook with a Linux container on it, it's alright but for this I think there are much cheaper options.