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Posted by washere
Jan 9, 2019 at 02:33 PM
Last year when caught up for a few months in Chromebook fever, I realized I did not need a modern Windows ultrabook to do most tasks.
Didn’t take me long to realize saving a ton of money on NOT buying a top of the range tiny modern Windows Ultrabook, would in fact cost me a fortune even in short to medium range.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 9, 2019 at 08:17 PM
Perfectly true, especially since you can install Linux on most modern Chromebooks. And then you could run Dokuwiki as a private app off e.g. an SD card (it doesn’t take up a lot of space compared to many modern apps). Ideally, of course, you run Dokuwiki online on your own server. You can set up Dokuwiki on 1&1, for example, in about 30 seconds…
washere wrote:
Last year when caught up for a few months in Chromebook fever, I
>realized I did not need a modern Windows ultrabook to do most tasks.
>
>Didn’t take me long to realize saving a ton of money on NOT buying a top
>of the range tiny modern Windows Ultrabook, would in fact cost me a
>fortune even in short to medium range.
Posted by washere
Jan 10, 2019 at 07:26 AM
Yes Linux runs well on Chromebook and also surprisingly well with MS WSL on Windows. My second virtual desktop runs Linux apps plus a Linux desktop gui very well too.
Server-wise, Wamp64 makes any good laptop a decent development server too, most online content is developed that way then uploaded.
Wiki-wise, Dokuwiki seems to be rising to the top amongst other wiki contenders. This you can determine by the increasing number of plugins. But also templates for different theme styles.
MadaboutDana wrote:
Perfectly true, especially since you can install Linux on most modern
>Chromebooks. And then you could run Dokuwiki as a private app off e.g.
>an SD card (it doesn’t take up a lot of space compared to many modern
>apps). Ideally, of course, you run Dokuwiki online on your own server.
>You can set up Dokuwiki on 1&1, for example, in about 30 seconds…
>
>washere wrote:
>Last year when caught up for a few months in Chromebook fever, I
>>realized I did not need a modern Windows ultrabook to do most tasks.
>>
>>Didn’t take me long to realize saving a ton of money on NOT buying a
>top
>>of the range tiny modern Windows Ultrabook, would in fact cost me a
>>fortune even in short to medium range.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 10, 2019 at 10:41 AM
While that’s all true about the possibility of installing Linux and running Dokuwiki locally on a Chromebook, to me the opposite is the main attraction, i.e. running Dokuwiki from a hosting company’s server so that I don’t need to worry about any of the technical aspects of installation, maintenance, backups etc. and can access Dokuwiki via a web browser from any of my devices, including Chromebooks.
I’m seriously thinking about moving all my locally stored files to Google Drive, and switching from a local EndNote database to Paperpile (which has a referencing plug-in for Google Doc), so that I could work seamlessly online, and be able to link reading notes etc. from Dokuwiki to PDFs and other docs stored on Google Drive.
It will result in new subscription payments (hosting, backup, Google Drive, Paperpile), but I may never have to buy another high-end Windows laptop again, or any expensive Windows software. My CRIMPing is moving to the cloud…
Posted by washere
Jan 10, 2019 at 03:47 PM
No future hardware purchases of Win/Mac/Linux, just Chromebooks, I can see that working, for many typical households.