To make it a little less annoying, you could run some kind of remote desktop software on your other computer, so you could get to your other desktop from the Chromebook. If you have Trillian working on your old computer, you could run it there and other things on your Chromebook, as annoying as that sounds. You could ditch the Duet and get a x86-native Chromebook of some kind this would be a lot easier to get working with Trillian, although obviously at a high cost. This is likely not too difficult for them, but requires their help, since they don't appear to distribute source code for Trillian. Then, you could run the supported ARM Linux client on ChromeOS. You could try to get Cerulean Studios to support the ARM architecture on Linux natively. There are other options, but these are going to be more difficult or costly. You will also find that the program will run more slowly-sometimes much more slowly. If you'd like to take a shot, here are some instructions: The Linux system you get with ChromeOS has the hooks to make emulation work more-or-less seamlessly, but it's not that easy to set up. Emulators are like English-as-a-second-language classes for your computer. Think of it this way: you wouldn't go to a foreign country (that doesn't use English natively), walk up to a random person, and start talking to them in English and just expect them to understand you, right? The architecture problem you're having is the computer equivalent. Unfortunately, architecture problems can't be easily solved this way. None of this is being helped by the fact that my poor brain cannot wrap it's head around programming, and the Terminal starts looking way too much like that way too fast. Like, wtf am I missing? (Probably everything.) How do I solve Dependency errors? Can they be solved in bulk? Surely they can. Tldr: I would very much like a full Linux version of Trillian on my Chromebook. Looks like just more effing dependency problems. yeah, not even sure what I'm looking at in the terminal. So I looked up one of the things it said I needed as a dependency, downloaded the arm and amd versions, attempted to install, annnnnd. Unfortunately it apparently does not, and I'm still hitting Dependency errors. I thought I maybe had something when I found a link that suggested GDebi Package Installer was a way to go insofar as solving dependency problems. Just googling and flailing in the dark hoping I land on solutions. deb package downloaded after spending fifteen minutes wondering wtf Chrome appeared to do nothing when I clicked the link (fun how it doesn't tell you it has a problem downloading something it's decided is potentially not secure until *after* you've done a save link as), and then went about attempting to parse a terminal I'm 100% unfamiliar with to install this SOB.įirst was an architecture problem, arm versus the amd the linux package is apparently for, but I think I solved that by installing some amd architecture? At the very least this got me a bit further, where now I'm running into a dependency problem. Neither fit the bill, both are half-assed poor-man's versions of the program I actually want access to. Yeah, I'm aware there's both an android and web version. Trillian isn't something I need frequently, but it also isn't something I've found a replacement for I like. Getting a full, desktop version of Trillian running. It also looked like it was going to solve another problem. This is clearly going to be a boon because that's paved the way for some bigger badder programs that are absolutely worth having on hand when I have a device this lightweight and mobile. So all that said, today I remembered there was a Linux option in the settings, did some research, and flipped the switch. One I keep having to remind myself is something of a half step between my phone and my desktop. There have been stumbling blocks for sure getting myself up and running, but for the most part it's been a fairly painless and fun experience. Something I could do some writing on, browse, etc on a screen that isn't my phone and isn't slower than molasses. I have zero (0) experience with ChromeOS and Linux, but I got a Lenovo Duet for Father's Day as a replacement for an aging (more like ancient) Acer netbook.
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