Comments for Chrome Story http://www.chromestory.com Wed, 30 May 2012 02:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Install Chrome on Ubuntu 12.04 by Joao Paulo Ribeiro http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/install-chrome-on-ubuntu12-04/#comment-21472 Joao Paulo Ribeiro Wed, 30 May 2012 02:15:48 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5822#comment-21472 When I try to install Chrome, I get the following error: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:i386: google-chrome-stable:i386 depends on xdg-utils (>= 1.0.2). dpkg: error processing google-chrome-stable:i386 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured I tried with dpkg also, via terminal, and got the same error :( When I try to install Chrome, I get the following error:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:i386:
google-chrome-stable:i386 depends on xdg-utils (>= 1.0.2).
dpkg: error processing google-chrome-stable:i386 (–install):
dependency problems – leaving unconfigured

I tried with dpkg also, via terminal, and got the same error :(

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by Jay http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21470 Jay Tue, 29 May 2012 23:25:03 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21470 And here is a copy of part of a conversation between Melissa Daniels of Google and I via Google+. She recommended I try cycling through the CTRL + Full Screen button to see if that addressed the monitor display issue. My response: "Thanks. So this behaves in a manner that forces dual-displays to the same resolution? Sending video to two displays of disparate resolutions, they both get forced to the lowest common resolution they can support, in this case 1280 X 1024. Cycling through the full-screen button allows one of them to display at their native resolution, and blanks the other display." But it cannot support two displays at their native resolution if they are different, at least with one over DisplayPort and the other over DVI, unless it is just not doing it with me using the DisplayPort to HDMI cable. And here is a copy of part of a conversation between Melissa Daniels of Google and I via Google+. She recommended I try cycling through the CTRL + Full Screen button to see if that addressed the monitor display issue. My response:

“Thanks. So this behaves in a manner that forces dual-displays to the same resolution? Sending video to two displays of disparate resolutions, they both get forced to the lowest common resolution they can support, in this case 1280 X 1024.

Cycling through the full-screen button allows one of them to display at their native resolution, and blanks the other display.”

But it cannot support two displays at their native resolution if they are different, at least with one over DisplayPort and the other over DVI, unless it is just not doing it with me using the DisplayPort to HDMI cable.

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by Jay http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21469 Jay Tue, 29 May 2012 23:06:29 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21469 So the update pushed out today adds multi-task window support. It still feels a bit like a kludge, and auto-sizing of windows as you push to the left or right edges does not re-size perfectly; some scrolling left or right might still be required depending on the site. No extended display support in this build. So the update pushed out today adds multi-task window support. It still feels a bit like a kludge, and auto-sizing of windows as you push to the left or right edges does not re-size perfectly; some scrolling left or right might still be required depending on the site. No extended display support in this build.

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by PAEz http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21468 PAEz Tue, 29 May 2012 19:31:54 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21468 I love Google and Chrome, but I really dont understand why the average person would want one of these? If I got one the first thing I would try and do is stick Windows and then Chrome on it. By the sounds of the specs it would run Windows nice and I have absolutely no clue as to why ChromeOS would be better than Windows with Chrome?...the cloud? Ive got Chrome and dropbox installed on my Windows machine, what else do I need?....what else do I get if I go with ChromeOS? Seriously, can anyone say? (Feel free to swap the word Windows with Linux if your a geek and Mac if your a sheep) I can see advantages for ChromeOS in a multi user business or school situation, but that's it. I love Google and Chrome, but I really dont understand why the average person would want one of these?
If I got one the first thing I would try and do is stick Windows and then Chrome on it. By the sounds of the specs it would run Windows nice and I have absolutely no clue as to why ChromeOS would be better than Windows with Chrome?…the cloud? Ive got Chrome and dropbox installed on my Windows machine, what else do I need?….what else do I get if I go with ChromeOS?
Seriously, can anyone say?
(Feel free to swap the word Windows with Linux if your a geek and Mac if your a sheep)

I can see advantages for ChromeOS in a multi user business or school situation, but that’s it.

]]> Comment on Second Generation Samsung Chromebook, They Leaked It!! – Price and Full Specs Here by Toni http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/second-generation-chromebook-price-specs/#comment-21467 Toni Tue, 29 May 2012 10:27:01 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5902#comment-21467 With $549.99 tag price will make people think twice to buying it. Hope the price down under $300 With $549.99 tag price will make people think twice to buying it. Hope the price down under $300

]]> Comment on Second Generation Samsung Chromebook, They Leaked It!! – Price and Full Specs Here by Connie New http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/second-generation-chromebook-price-specs/#comment-21465 Connie New Mon, 28 May 2012 21:51:02 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5902#comment-21465 I love Chromebooks, I have one and it is very useful. I wish they would cater for the entire budgetary spectrum of laptop/netbook buyers. If all a chrome book was, was a laptop running the free Chromium OS, then it should cost the same as your average laptop. The 16GB SSD (who needs any more local storage when you live on the cloud?) swapped with a HDD...will give you a machine with slightly slower boot time sure, but would cost you a third less. I love Chromebooks, I have one and it is very useful. I wish they would cater for the entire budgetary spectrum of laptop/netbook buyers. If all a chrome book was, was a laptop running the free Chromium OS, then it should cost the same as your average laptop. The 16GB SSD (who needs any more local storage when you live on the cloud?) swapped with a HDD…will give you a machine with slightly slower boot time sure, but would cost you a third less.

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by Connie New http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21464 Connie New Mon, 28 May 2012 21:42:29 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21464 Essentially a net-top which costs more than average net-top, but limitations in every department apart from speed of boot. I like the concept. For a life on the cloud, hardware is pretty much immaterial, all you need is bandwidth and the ability to run a HTML 5 browser...I use a Chromebook and find it very effective when connected, but significantly crippled when off line. Essentially a net-top which costs more than average net-top, but limitations in every department apart from speed of boot. I like the concept. For a life on the cloud, hardware is pretty much immaterial, all you need is bandwidth and the ability to run a HTML 5 browser…I use a Chromebook and find it very effective when connected, but significantly crippled when off line.

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by jrr http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21463 jrr Mon, 28 May 2012 21:30:22 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21463 A practical problem with Chrome OS is that it's limited to only Chrome browser - how many times have you had to pull up a secondary browser to get a site to work? Once or twice a week I launch Firefox specifically to view a site that won't work correctly in Chrome. Perhaps it'd be possible to shove an alternate browser into a Chrome 'app'... A practical problem with Chrome OS is that it’s limited to only Chrome browser – how many times have you had to pull up a secondary browser to get a site to work? Once or twice a week I launch Firefox specifically to view a site that won’t work correctly in Chrome.

Perhaps it’d be possible to shove an alternate browser into a Chrome ‘app’…

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by earls http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21462 earls Mon, 28 May 2012 20:58:27 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21462 Jack, resolution control and better multi-window management should be arriving in the software very soon. I personally believe that's why the hardware launch has been delayed. Games to try should include, Bastion, From Dust, Wolf3D, and Mini-Ninjas. Jack, resolution control and better multi-window management should be arriving in the software very soon. I personally believe that’s why the hardware launch has been delayed.

Games to try should include, Bastion, From Dust, Wolf3D, and Mini-Ninjas.

]]> Comment on Samsung Chromebox Reviewed by Greg http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/samsung-chromebox-reviewed/#comment-21461 Greg Mon, 28 May 2012 19:07:15 +0000 http://www.chromestory.com/?p=5918#comment-21461 All those negatives surprised me, except for the one about opening up multiple tabs/windows. The first Chromebooks had a poor processor so this is an issue. My parents are getting a new computer soon and I'm hoping they get the Chromebox, but I don't know if it would work right with their wireless router. Love Chrome :) All those negatives surprised me, except for the one about opening up multiple tabs/windows. The first Chromebooks had a poor processor so this is an issue. My parents are getting a new computer soon and I’m hoping they get the Chromebox, but I don’t know if it would work right with their wireless router. Love Chrome :)

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