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Questions tagged [google-chrome-os]

This tag is dedicated to questions about Chrome OS.

Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

One of the popular usage is on Chromebook - http://www.google.com/chromebook/

For more details: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

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How to open VMDK File of the Google-Chrome-OS bundle 2012?

As you all know, Google-Chrome-OS is released in VMWare Image File, VMDK. I've downloaded it , however, I couldn't open it with VMWare Work Station and VMWare Player. Also I've tried to open with Virtual Box in Ubuntu. Thus, How could I get it?
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Programming on samsung chromebook

I would like to use my samsung chromebook to develop for app engine using python, unfortunately now it is not possible as I only have browser there. There are online IDE's like codule but they are not good enough yet. So in this regards I have 3…
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How to allow video autoplay in a Google Chrome kiosk app in version 66 or later

As of version 66 of Google Chrome onwards it will no longer automatically start playback of audio and video files when the playback volume is not muted. This change was made to prevent autoplay on ad videos and other annoying web page elements.…
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Developing apps for Chrome OS with Electron

I have to develop an app with Windows, MacOS and Chrome OS support – at the very least. Chrome OS is an important requirement because this app is intended to be used in schools – where Chromebooks are a kind of a big deal. As you may know, Chrome…
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What will be the side-loading and debugging mechanism for Android apps on ChromeOS?

I've gone through everything on http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/android-apps and also watched the IO video and there doesn't seem to be any mention of what the side-loading (and debugging) mechanism available for developing/testing Android apps…
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How to debug a Kiosk Chrome application running on a Chromebox?

A Chrome Kiosk application that I wrote has a problem only when running in Kiosk mode on a Chromebox. When staring the application manually after I log into the Chromebox it runs well. Also when testing the application on my development machine…
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How to remap keys in Chrome OS?

For someone who uses the Ctrl-W bindings in vim habitually, it is incredibly annoying to have Chrome OS ask me, "Wanna close this window, then?" How do I remap keys in Chrome OS? Can't find this top secret setting anywhere.
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Reverse scrolling in Chromebook

Is there a way that I can change my Chromebook's scrolling as OS X Lion's reverse scrolling? I both use Chromebook and MacBook Air. Reverse scrolling just makes sense.
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Push Google Colab ipynb to Github?

I'm on a Chromebook (stock setup), but relatively new to the whole coding business. Presently, I'm trying to gain familiarity with Google Colaboratory coupled to Google Drive to do data analysis anywhere. My problem, then is this: Since I can access…
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ChromeOS: error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs": mount:

I'm working with chromeos 80 and am using debian buster in crostini. I want to use the snap package manager. When I try: ~$sudo snap install hello-world error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs":…
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Secure Website in Chrome Kiosk Mode

I have a little Node app on heroku. It's embedded in a Chrome kiosk app. I would like the app to only be accessible on the Chromebooks that have it installed in kiosk mode. I've tried HTTP authentication, but after I put in my password and…
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Installing Emacs in the terminal on Chrome OS

Chrome OS has vim preinstalled. I would like to add Emacs in terminal mode. I have not found any leads by searching the internet. My question is: How I can Install software locally on Chrome OS?
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Mailto link not copying body of email on Chromebook

I'm generating a mailto: link that also contains the body of an email. I'm opening the link using JavaScript to launch the mailto: client of the OS. On Chromebooks the link opens Gmail with the email address, but not the body of the email. This is…
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iOS Share Extension is not working in Chrome

Works for Safari, Doesn't work for Chrome Maybe the question is simple and stupid but I am new to iOS Development and I cannot find any right solution to solve this issue. I need to get: 1) page url 2) page name Extension Info.plist …
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Autorun Chrome kiosk app when Chrome OS starts up

When Chrome OS ready, need to click 'App' button and then select the kiosk app, but I want to launch it automatically on startup. How to set that up?
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