Re: [Gimp-user] Google Chrome OS

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

Caveat: the fundamental principle of Chromebooks is that they are built
to run ChromeOS, and in ChromeOS a lot of the heavy-processing is
off-loaded to Google servers. This allows to make Chromebooks with small
CPUs and RAM to keep their price low.  An application like Gimp can
require a lot of CPU and RAM to process some images, so you may find
your Chromebook to be struggling when you process decent-sized images.


On 10/05/2021 21:25, Partha Bagchi via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Disclaimer - I haven't tested out linux on Chrome OS, though I've played
> with Chrome OS on a spare laptop. so you'll have to do the heavy lifting.
>
> Chrome OS has had the ability to run  linux apps for quite a while. So,
> first enable linux apps on your Chromebook. This should help:
> https://opensource.com/article/20/9/linux-chromebook
>
> Then once you've done that, it "should" be as simple as "sudo apt-get
> install gimp".
>
> Hope this helps. If not, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Partha