[Owncloud] Thoughts on converting a Chromebook to an Ownbook

[jiun bookworm]

sorry to barge in like this
but, question, though im not a chromebook owner, would i need to know only
javascript to solve such a problem or what would it take?
specific thoughts would be welcome.


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Drew Gibson <aggibson at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> my ambitions are a little more modest for now. It annoys me that I have to
> send a file from the netbook on the table by my left hand, half way across
> the continent and back to view it on the Chromebook on my lap. That's what
> Google Drive does for me.
>
> With the Chromebook, I can access almost all of the features of Owncloud
> with out modifying anything. Indeed, I could mount my Google Drive into
> Owncloud but it's Google Drive I'm trying to avoid.
>
> I've had a look at some of the filesync apps available for Chrome and it
> does look feasible to create a WebDAV
> app, perhaps through NaCl.
>
> Even this "baby step" is a mountain for me because my javascript knowledge
> is next to zero.
>
> regards,
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> Frank Karlitschek wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> that's interesting. I would switch to a chromebook connected to my
>> ownCloud immediately.
>> Unfortunately this would require some work.
>>
>> Your ownCloud has to provide OAuth so that you can use your ownCloud
>> credentials to log into your chromebook. Than ownCloud has to provide all
>> kind of Google API to sync the configuration for example. I don't know if
>> this is an open protocol.
>> And then your ownCloud server has to provide Chrome WebApps for all the
>> installed ownCloud Apps so that you can use your ownCloud for example for
>> managing files.
>>
>> ChromeOS has to be patched to authenticate against your server of course
>> which is tricky because of code signing.
>>
>> Would be awesome if someone would work on that.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> On 14.05.2013, at 16:57, Drew Gibson<aggibson at cogeco.ca>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've owned a Chromebook for two weeks now (the Samsung ARM model) and
>>> I'm thoroughly impressed with the machine as a replacement for my ageing
>>> Asus eee 901. Nice format, weight, k/b and screen (for 1/4 the price of a
>>> Macbook Air), very responsive web browsing . However, I am suffering a
>>> strong allergic reaction to being borged by Google.
>>>
>>> I'd like it to be an "OwnBook", depending not on Google but on my
>>> Owncloud.
>>>
>>> The 16GB internal SSD is a known and accepted limitation, it is what it
>>> is. Biggest frustration is the lack of support for file sharing, no nfs,
>>> atalk or webdav support. My Chromebook is alone in a sea of data (unless,
>>> of course, you push the files up to Google Drive).
>>>
>>> The Chrome Web Store has apps for various "cloudy" file sync/share
>>> services, has anyone contemplated a webdav app for OC?
>>>
>>> Ideally, I would like to mount a WebDAV share to appear in the File
>>> Manager alongside Google Drive and the SD card.
>>>
>>> A quick search (on Google, of course!) found two sample projects (links
>>> below), one is an implementation of the dropbox.js API inside Chrome and
>>> the other is a WebDAV API in js. It looks like I have hit my current limit
>>> for developing the idea asjava_script is a foreign country to me.
>>>
>>> Is anyone currently looking at this or a similar concept?
>>> Can anyone recommend a js primer for a sysadmin who hacks at php?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Drew
>>>
>>> https://github.com/pwnall/**dropship-chrome<https://github.com/pwnall/dropship-chrome>
>>> http://johnnydebris.net/java_**script/<http://johnnydebris.net/java_script/>
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