Chromebooks and Facebook
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Okay, I have an Uncle who is retired/disabled. So he spends most of his time on Facebook/internet. I do not do facebook so I don't know the answer to the following question. Will Facebook games run well on a Chromebook? I need to know because my uncle is always having issues with his computer and then bothers me all the time. So I was thinking if he had a Chromebook I wouldn't have to worry about it getting infected, which is one of the more common issues I have with him. He mainly plays Farmville, I believe. Please someone tell me a Chromebook will work.
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I think so, it works great on a Chromebook in general. Any individual game, I'm not sure. I don't know if they are to a standard or if they are all different.
I use FB, but never, ever a game in FB.
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Given that Farmville is in the ChromeOS store, it seems super likely that it will work.
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@scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
Given that Farmville is in the ChromeOS store, it seems super likely that it will work.
Thank you very much. I am buying him a Chromebook
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I've got an Asus and love it. Acer has some great looking models, too.
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@scottalanmiller Well, I am buying it for him so it will be the cheapest 4GB RAM model I can find. Probably a refurb from Newegg.
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@penguinwrangler said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
@scottalanmiller Well, I am buying it for him so it will be the cheapest 4GB RAM model I can find. Probably a refurb from Newegg.
Facebook in general on a 4GB model is a little clunky. I wouldn't go super cheap, shoot more middle of the road model.
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@s-hackleman said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
@penguinwrangler said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
@scottalanmiller Well, I am buying it for him so it will be the cheapest 4GB RAM model I can find. Probably a refurb from Newegg.
Facebook in general on a 4GB model is a little clunky. I wouldn't go super cheap, shoot more middle of the road model.
4GB works great for me, haven't noticed any speed issues. Maybe ensure it is ARM based, not AMD64. Uses a lot less RAM for the same operations.
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@scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
I've got an Asus and love it. Acer has some great looking models, too.
I really like Acer Chromebooks.
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Facebook and its games are all browser based so I am pretty sure this should work fine for him. I prefer Asus but honestly not a lot of difference between Acer either.
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This is for someone who is a PITA for me. They are family, I love them, but geez a PITA and honestly I don't want to deal with Windows issues with them. Like antivirus and malware. Which they are prone to because they surf the net all day. I am buying this out of my own pocket to get them out of my hair so it will be the best bang for the buck I can find. I will go with a model with 4GB of RAM. I know that makes a huge difference. I just wish Chromebooks had a better ssh client. I would be all over them. I have had them and the ssh client just leaves me wanting more. I like Terminator Terminal on my Linux Desktop.
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@penguinwrangler said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
I just wish Chromebooks had a better ssh client. I would be all over them. I have had them and the ssh client just leaves me wanting more.
Any of the new ones that support Google Play have access to really good SSH clients.
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How about using the Chrome remoting feature? I have not used it btw just heard about it
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@jmoore said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
How about using the Chrome remoting feature? I have not used it btw just heard about it
Works fine but not for SSH.
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@scottalanmiller Oh got it
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@jmoore said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
@scottalanmiller Oh got it
SSH is for outbound, Chrome Remoting for inbound.
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@scottalanmiller Yeah I just didn't know what chrome remoting did
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@jmoore said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
@scottalanmiller Yeah I just didn't know what chrome remoting did
Oh, haha. You can use it on any machine with a Chrome browser. So you can play with it without needing a ChromeBook.
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@scottalanmiller Cool. I'll play with it sometime. So many things to do it was just something I have heard of but never took time to mess with
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@scottalanmiller And to make it worse I get a lot of ideas of projects to work from here to keep learning. I have a long list haha and less time by the day
