11-07-2019, 08:25 AM
I like it for the simplicity and ease of use, but there have been minor quirks that have put some dings in my experience, and make the OS seem quite hobbled.
2 finger tap for right click rarely works for me, I've resigned trying anymore. Every attempt registers as a single finger tap/click.
The Linux tools included will not install for me. The GUI installer fails at ~¾ with no explanation, and I can't find any commands to try through crosh and hopefully find out the error. After that I tried using Crouton, but regardless of distro or window management chosen (so far I've tried Xiwi and XFCE) none work.
I can't try some of the other Linux installation methods for Chromebooks because Linux Tools halfway installed Termina. I can see it's icon, but the system says it isn't installed, and it won't open. Adding my NAS in files was a bit buggy, and required a restart to view the network mounting options.
I also noticed that every webpage is missing the menu option to pin to the dock. I can only put Chrome apps in it. Youtube crashes it, every. time.
This isn't a problem with the OS build itself, but I've been very disappointed that I cannot find an app or extension to remap the top row keys. Guessing which key Chrome thinks each one is get annoying fast.
Overall, I don't think I'm going to keep R77 around. Once I get my eMMC adapter, I'm switching to Android in Freeform Window mode. I'm sure I'll revisit when the next releases come out, though, but I'll be booting it from SD.
2 finger tap for right click rarely works for me, I've resigned trying anymore. Every attempt registers as a single finger tap/click.
The Linux tools included will not install for me. The GUI installer fails at ~¾ with no explanation, and I can't find any commands to try through crosh and hopefully find out the error. After that I tried using Crouton, but regardless of distro or window management chosen (so far I've tried Xiwi and XFCE) none work.
I can't try some of the other Linux installation methods for Chromebooks because Linux Tools halfway installed Termina. I can see it's icon, but the system says it isn't installed, and it won't open. Adding my NAS in files was a bit buggy, and required a restart to view the network mounting options.
I also noticed that every webpage is missing the menu option to pin to the dock. I can only put Chrome apps in it. Youtube crashes it, every. time.
This isn't a problem with the OS build itself, but I've been very disappointed that I cannot find an app or extension to remap the top row keys. Guessing which key Chrome thinks each one is get annoying fast.
Overall, I don't think I'm going to keep R77 around. Once I get my eMMC adapter, I'm switching to Android in Freeform Window mode. I'm sure I'll revisit when the next releases come out, though, but I'll be booting it from SD.