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Complain about the office is outdated. After CrossOver app appeared in Play Store, anyone can install full office and use it on any x86 Chromebook (on stable channel as well, since no Crostini needed for this, just Android apps support). This is how Excel 2013 looks on my PixelBook (Office 2016 may be even better, but I don't have spare key for it to try...).
You're thinking of Crossover, and it is indeed intended for use on Chromebooks:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
As with running Crossover/Wine on any OS, app stability is variable, so it may or may not work for what you need.
They're a hell of a lot more useful now than they were before.
With android apps you can run a good deal of stuff, especially with crossover which is just wine.
In fact, it works on both! Wine built for ARM needs to run Windows software that was also built for ARM. Unless you have source, this more or less doesn't exist. Wine also supports Android, including the Android that ships on Chrome OS. However most Android devices are ARM, so there is no software to run. But if you have an x86_64 Android or Chrome OS device (yes, these exist!), you can run Windows applications on it with Wine! Building Wine for Android is a major chore, but, wouldn't you know it, CodeWeavers has an Android app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
Experience is still pretty rough. I don't know if CLIs would be all that useful in any of the possible VMs if you're trying to reach out over IP.... I've had trouble with that. Good luck though! :)
(Wish I owned a United plane for testing). Don’t quite remember and don’t have my Chromebook in front of me. There were two things I tried. Spoofing Windows using the CodeWeavers crossover browser extension. And the default chrome “request desktop” version. Can’t remember which helped.
Note: You don’t need to install crossover to use their browser extensions to spoof different environments. I just can’t find a link to them. Pretty sure they were in the installed documentation.
I’m pretty sure I then downloaded the United app using the Google Play webstore link.
Tricking the app into thinking I was on a Windows machine to get it to run. I know that was part of the equation.
It’s possible that I after spoofing as windows in chrome beta that I opened the United in flight entertainment right in the browser.
In the end, it did work. Some combo of the android apk, Chrome beta, and windows desktop spoofing.
I really wish I wrote this all down after I did it the first time. It was a 6 hour flight and I had time to mess with it and wasn’t really worried about future me.
What about crossover from playstore? (its the same as wine)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en
You can buy Windows version of Office for cheap and install it to chromebook using Crossover Android app or Crossover/Wine for Crostini container. I saw Office keys for around $10, which is much cheaper than Office 365 Subscription.
It's saying it's incompatible with my Asus Flip still so I haven't been able to test. Not sure what the problem is.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice Just remembered an app called Lutris (Linux app btw) that utilizes Wine in a more user friendly way.
It's a virtual machine that runs windows on ChromeOS. Available in the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
EDIT: You need an Intel processor. This will not work on ARM.
There's an app called CrossOver for ChromeOS that lets Chromebooks run .exe files: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en_CA
try pressing install on this link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en_CA
if this does not work then they are no other options
I don’t think it’s possible with crostini(Linux(Beata)) it’s only possible on a chromebook if you install a full Linux distro, however this may work for you: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
Check this out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en_US before you try wine/crostini.
I got the Windows version installed using CrossOver on Chrome OS Beta but it doesn't detect my phone when I plug it in via USB.
You could try running Paint.NET v3.5 (v4.x will not work) with CrossOver.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
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Let us know how it goes.
If you just want some 'traditional' software and are willing to tinker, the Linux app support is pretty decent. It depends on if the software you want has a Linux version. I use this Linux support professionally.
If you really want actual Windows software than might as well return it, the support I know of is via Android, it's literally a beta of multiple compatibility layers stacked together.
There's an Android app for Chromebooks called "Crossover" - it works great for old games and things like df - it probably can even automate the install.
(Crossover is technically not free; it's a commercial fork of WINE)
Notepad++: you could install it using CrossOver on Chrome OS, which allows you to run Windows software on Intel-based Chromebooks Google playstore
If you are pining for Notepad++ you could install it using CrossOver on Chrome OS, which allows you to run Windows software on Intel-based Chromebooks Google playstore
If you have an x86 Chromebook you can use the Windows version of Audacity by installing Crossover from the Android play store. You will get sound output. You can even record from a USB microphone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
Maybe using CrossOver app.
>Chromebooks do not work without WiFi.
Strange. I use mine all the time without an internet connection.
>You can do more things with a conventional laptop offline than you can do with a Chromebook.
The only thing I can do with my Windows laptop that I can't with my Chromebook is run applications that were written for Windows. That's not even completely true, since I run Notepad++ and MS Office on my Chromebook through CrossOver. By the end of the year I expect that I'll be running Linux apps also with Crostini. If I really wanted a Linux app, I could just load up Crouton also.
>No apps except from the Chrome Web Store - Think Windows 10 S.
Hmmm... there's that whole thing of running Android apps and Linux apps directly on the device and a lot of Windows apps with the help of CrossOver, so I'm not really seeing that one.
>Little RAM
Mine has 8GB of RAM, and if I had wanted to spend the extra dough I could have gotten 16GB
>Lack of ports
I guess that depends on what you want. I've got two USB-C ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Just went and checked and the MacBook has a single USB-C port and a 3.5mm headphone jack, so it seems like I'm a port up on that selection.
>weak processor (1.1, 1.6 GhZ)
Mine has an Intel i5-7Y57 running up to 3.30 GHz on four cores with 4MB of cache
>little storage
I've got 128GB of storage on mine, but I could have gone up to 512GB if I had wanted to.
It seems to me like you explained your dissatisfaction with one of your upsides...
>Cheap
I guess you get what you pay for. This reminds me of an old saying...
We provide three types of service, good, fast, and cheap. You can choose any two, but not three. If it is fast and cheap, it won't be good. If it is good and cheap, it won't be fast, and if it is good and fast, it won't be cheap.
You can also use this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en
You could try installing Excel using CrossOver on Chrome OS, which allows you to run Windows software on Intel-based Chromebooks Google playstore:
MICROSOFT EXCEL 2016 ON MAC, LINUX & CHROME OS
OR
I've heard of CrossOver and it might work, but it's been in beta for a while now.
CrossOver on Chrome OS Beta is CodeWeavers-supported WINE running as an Android app, if that's available to you.
In the meantime you could see whether CrossOver on Chrome OS, which allows you to run Windows software on Intel-based Chromebooks [Google playstore] has what you need: Top Lists of Compatible Windows Programs | Search
You can try using Crossover in the Google Play Store which is based on Wine https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
CrossOver is probably your only option for FL Studio.
Crossover is now back on the play store!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
You could check whether Audacity works better via CrossOver:
Once you have CrossOver installed you need to do a manual install:
https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/audacity
from...
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/
I successfully downloaded & installed the Windows installer for:
https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity.html/audacity-win-2.3.3.exe
It seems to be running fine but I have yet to test it thoroughly.
If you do install it I'd be interested to know how it compares to your Linux installation.
Use this instead. Setting up wine is not that straightforward, especially for non well-supported apps.
I've not tried it myself but you might want to give CrossOver a shot. Good luck!
Maybe try Crossover? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
Might be a dumb question, but is this better than using the Android app of CrossOver to get Windows apps?
Take a look at the hybrid Lenovo Chromebook 2nd Generation 500e 11.6" (in-built Wacom EMR pen) [video]
Lenovo USA only stocks the $339 4GB/32GB 81MC000GUS model.
You might consider the $396 8GB/64GB 81MC0003US model
There are Android apps for Excel and Google Sheets but they probably won`t be adequate.
You`ll be better off using the Chrome web browser and ...
Once logged into onedrive this will create a blank Excel spreadsheet
OR
...you could try Google Sheets
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/
you could test office-online now ...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/office-online/ndjpnladcallmjemlbaebfadecfhkepb
You could try installing Excel using CrossOver on Chrome OS, which allows you to run Windows software on Intel-based Chromebooks Google playstore:
MICROSOFT EXCEL 2016 ON MAC, LINUX & CHROME OS
OR
Either click on one of the office products you see in General-downloaded OR do a search for a microsoft office product or the whole office suite e.g.:
and select one of the starred results e.g?
If you've already installed CrossOver you then just click on
2 Install Windows Software / INSTALL NOW
Personally I've only installed Notepad++ via CrossOver.
Thank you for getting croutonlauncher to the point where it is usable! I had been toying with the idea of working on it based on the abandoned project you forked, but didn't have the time to really focus. I've been wanting to give apps in Linux individual icons in Chrome OS - it's possible using an android app, similar to how Crossover for ChromeOS does it - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en_US - I believe it uses "pinned shortcuts" as referenced here: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-nougat-oreo-static-dynamic-pinned-shortcuts-845686/ - it should be pretty straightforward I think.
Have you tried CrossOver? It claims to support Office
There is Wine for Android (for now it's alpha/beta: https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/android/). There is also a beta of CrossOver (free for the beta period): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice. Though I think both (CrossOver I'm 100% sure) require x86 CPU and won't work on ARM one.
CrossOver already made this, you can get it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice
Install Crossover: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeweavers.cxoffice&hl=en
And then, search for Winrar on Crossover and install it from there