Availability on devices

[Alvin Wong]

Hi,

>From what I can find with a quick search, it seems that Project
Crostini brings official Linux support to Chrome OS and it appears to
be in the Dev channel and seems close to reaching the Beta channel. A
guide on Reddit [1] mentions that the default setup runs some sort of
Debian Stretch container, so it might probably run the Appimage or the
Debian package. A post [2] however does mention several issues that
will affect the usability of Krita if run under it, mainly the lack of
hardware-accelerated graphics (canvas will be slow and lacks some
functions) and peripheral access (can't use a pen digitizer).

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/wiki/getstarted/crostini-setup-guide
[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/8l9c2a/full_containervm_documentation_available/

Best Regards,
Alvin

Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> 於 2018年9月6日週四 下午4:23寫道：
>
> Hi Miriam,
>
> There are aready ways of running Linux applications on Chromebooks, but I've
> never tested them: I've never even seen a Chromebook myself.
> https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/08/you-can-now-run-linux-apps-on-chrome-os/
> talks about that, but it mentions Wayland, which is something Krita doesn't
> support either.
>
> Right now, I'm not aware of anyone who is trying to port Krita to ChromeOS
> directly. Myself, I'm not interested in working on that because I don't have
> the hardware, wouldn't know how to get started -- and I'm way too busy
> already.
>
> There's only two people who work on Krita full-time, all the other work is
> done by volunteers. So, things like porting Krita to ChromeOS (or Android or
> iOS) really need a volunteer who has the hardware, wants to see this happen
> and who likes to do the work...
>
> Boudewijn
>
> On donderdag 6 september 2018 04:17:36 CEST Miriam Voehl wrote:
> > Hey there, my high school lent all of us students Chromebooks to use for
> > schoolwork. Immediately, I went to the krita website to download your
> > drawing program, seeing as it is the one I'm most accustomed to and one of
> > the better free applications out there (especially since it has pen
> > pressure). I truly love this program for sketching out ideas and working on
> > finished pieces, and it was a bit saddening that I couldn't use this on my
> > Chromebook. So I was wondering if you have already tried to make it
> > ChromeOS compatible and it didn't work, or if you have it on the list of
> > things to be done, and if neither of those things are the case. Would you
> > at least consider making Krita ChromeOS compatible?
> >
> > Thank You For Your Time ,
> > Miriam Voehl
>