[Mesa-users] Installation of MESA on Chrome OS

[Nicholas Proietti]

I will certainly check out mesa-web. My laptop is an ASUS Chromebook Flip
C302, so it may not be powerful enough for the task.

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:52 PM, amber lauer <amber.lauer at tunl.duke.edu>
wrote:

> I concur with Jon Brase, though whether or not it's worth it to do this
> certainly depends on the model you have. Some models have very low powered
> processors that barely improve on a cell phone. In that case I wouldn't
> recommend it. The pixel book is certainly up to the task, the newest model
> has a core i7. However, even the two highest end chromebooks below this,
> the samsung and the hp both have available only a pentium or core m3. I'm
> not sure those are powerful enough. However,
>
> mesa-web <http://mesa-web.asu.edu/>
>
> is still a great option.
>
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Jon Brase via Mesa-users <
> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>
>> Chrome OS is meant to be more of a terminal for web apps than a full
>> desktop OS, and does not allow the user to run native Linux apps without
>> going into developer mode,  at which point you can install another Linux
>> distribution as a dual boot or inside a chroot. Once you've done this
>> installing MESA should be fairly straightforward, though.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: RICHARD H D TOWNSEND via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>
>>
>> Date: 12/17/2017 13:40 (GMT-06:00)
>> To: Nicholas Proietti <nproiett at oswego.edu>
>> Cc: mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org
>> Subject: Re: [Mesa-users] Installation of MESA on Chrome OS
>>
>> HI Nicholas --
>>
>> You could try using the Linux version, since Chrome OS is built on Linux.
>> Let us know how you get on. Presumably, you're planning on installing MESA
>> too?
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> > On Dec 17, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Nicholas Proietti via Mesa-users <
>> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > My computer runs on Google Chrome OS Version 62.0.3202.97 (Official
>> Build) (64-bit). When I went on on Rich Townsend's mad star site to install
>> the MESA SDK as the presrequisite, I discovered that there are only options
>> for Linux and Mac OS X, none for Chrome OS. Where can I download an SDK
>> compatible with Chrome OS? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Nicholas Proietti
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Amber Lauer
> Postdoctoral Researcher
> Triangle University Nuclear Lab
> Duke University
> amber.lauer at tunl.duke.edu <amber.lauer at duke.edu>
>
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