Beginner guide on Chromebook. From reseller, keyboard to security on work station

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CHROMEBOOK FOR EARLY DUMMIES
by Anthony Le Goff
http://k3rn.co
@Ideo_logiq
Coaching digital ­ e­learning ­ white paper
Licence Creative Commons
BY­NC­SA 4.0 internationale

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Introduction
Chromebook is a branding name about mobile computer designed by Google Labs.
Centralized around the use of cloud computing and internet. This ultrabook is cheap, easy
access to many customer, news adopters who would like migrate from a standard use of
Google account and service as Gmail, Drive etc... The main goal is a game changing in work
method & process by centralized information with internet & apps, increase sharing economy
and collective intelligence. Also more your information is deported in a cloud storage more is
easy to reconfigure a lost material or a advanced cyberattack [APT] on your work station.
This computer is simple to use as basic, but get more access if needed for power user &
developer. Also battery life is about 10 ­ 12h needed to a mobile work station. Disponibility
11”, 13”, 14” screen. Price around 200­400$ in the market.
About the history to the operating system. Chrome OS is a “​fork​” from ​Gentoo Linux
especially integrated for the internet browser Chrome and a rolling release system for security
update automatically.
[Video]​ introduction Chromebook products: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqe8ieqz10
+ Futur with Chromebook pixel 2 : ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC8Xy3Q82hY
Get some interesting topic introduction on ​reddit discussion
Product Reseller
Where i could buy one ? Type of product? Somes questions to get a answer. As a
work station oriented cloud, hard disk space is limited. Google offer to news users a free
bonus space 100GB by using Drive. 32GB SSD local storage is really great , with 4GB RAM
and dual core processor. As using the chromebook, 11” is more adapted for travel & 13” every
day work station.
List products on ​Amazon.com in this link​ & Google page ​reseller list​. Some exemple products
for 2015:
­ ASUS Chromebook C300MA­EDU 13.3”
­ Acer C720­3404 11.6­Inch Chromebook
­ HP 14­x050nr Chromebook
­ Google Chromebook Pixel 2

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Learning the Keyboard
Chromebook get a new keyboard. No worrie is easy to use, with shortcut. ​Getting started with
your Chromebook​ & ​this PDF​ to know how use Chromebook as beginner.
Using Drive, sheets, docs
In the need of Microsoft office suite. Google get is own tools for writing, use excel documents
for a collaborative purpose. Get started with this links:
1. Using Google Drive for Library Communication and Collaboration
2. Google docs tutorial
3. Google Apps for Education

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Advance use with chroot & crouton
Some users need application for work environnement, prototyping & dev. Chromebook can be
switch in developer mode and then begin to use a chroot environment as a guest OS (Ubuntu,
debian, Kali, Arch) to the host Chrome OS by a easy way: Crouton & Chroagh tools on github:
­ https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton​ + ​windows integration​ for chrome
­ https://github.com/drinkcat/chroagh
Work offline with a Chromebook
We don’t always get a internet connexion, your hard drive is very small 32GB, anyway some
kind of work is possible as:
● View photos
● Edit Photos
● Watch movies
● Play music
● Read books
● View Microsoft Word documents
● Edit MS Word documents
● View Microsoft Excel documents
● Edit MS Excel documents
● View PDFs
● Play Games
● Use multiple native apps
Apps offline
­ Pocket​ tools for saving article & video
­ Pixlr Touch Up​ modify your pictures
­ Wunderlist for Chrome​ ToDo list with collaborative function
­ Google+ Photos​ Import & share your pics
­ Deezer​ music sharing,social network and discovery + 22 millions title
­ Marqueed Screenshots​ screenshot collaborative tool, comment & share
­ Type Fu​ learn how to write quickly with your keyboard

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­ Songist​ Music player
­ Marxico​ text editor markdown for Evernote
­ StackEdit​ markdown text editor for Blogger, dropbox, Github, Drive, SSH, Wordpress
etc...
­ Writer​ tool just for writing something and get the pdf
­ Processus d’entreprise Simulateur​ ­ Enterprise simulation, business process with lean
6sigma
­ Text​ simple text editor
Google print Cloud
Google use a tool designed around cloud server on the web to ​import your printer
configuration.
[Video]​ Configure Google print cloud: ​https://youtu.be/8fPR5A2pg3k
Account security & navigation
Your account need some tools to improve the security in you work station. As a first step get a
good password manager & generator where you could create & save your website with
complex password in a clou apps with ​Lastpass​. Better way to rise up the security will be with
multi­factor authentification [MFA] as Google Authenticator for your smartphone or a Yubikey.
In your Google account you will find information and ​security management​.
­ Google authenticator and ​some tutorial​ to use it.
­ Yubikey for Chrome​ get USB plug on ​Amazon
About your web browsing, some extension increase the rapidity and security. Also a better
use of search engine help you, saving time & task, try duckduckgo with tips to use it or
mastering. Some of those:
­ HTTPS Everywhere​ forcing website to use encryption as SSL with HTTPS
­ Adblock​ stop publicity overload
­ Disconnect​ tracker & metadata reducing accelerate webpage loading
­ IP adress & domain​ know where you go also your data in internet

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Useful apps
­ Cryptocat​ software messenger OTR ‘Off­the­record’ encryption
­ Solar System Scope​ astronomy apps on cloud elearning 3D solar system
­ Tweet Deck​ Advanced tool for account management for twitter
­ Autocad 360​ CAD & design
­ Kindle Cloud Reader​ Amazon Kindle library access
­ Plex​ media player center (music, videos, etc..) ​https://plex.tv/
­ MEGA​ cloud secure storage 50GB free
Tools for developer & webdev
­ Caret​ syntax & text editor
­ MD Everywhere​ markdown editor
­ Cloud9​ IDE web apps
­ Postman​ Debugging REST API
­ Gistbox​ Management gist github
­ HexReader​ binary fie analysis
Getting Things Done
GTD is method management time & work​ use oriented with internet and apps. Get a better
workflow, mail gestion.
­ Evernote​ notepad, task tools
­ Any.do​ todolist simple
­ Gmail Offline​ Use with internet connexion
­ Creately​ create Brainstorming, mind mapping diagram UML , BPMN, flowchart
­ Feedly​ Tools feed reader RSS management website & curation
­ Zoho Docs​ GED for docs

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Others
To get others useful tips follow this article on ​100 best chromebooks tips, time saving​. You
could find for example:
­ Access Itunes Library on Chromebook
­ Does a factory / wipe reset
­ How to download in torrent
­ Netflix Newbie? Here’s How to Use it on Chrome, Chromebook and Chromecast
Coding for all
Today is really useful to know some CSS3 & HTML5 when you work internet / digital economy
also know how to write in markdown is a valuable skill.
­ Code Academy​ learn some CSS + HTML
­ Mastering Markdown: 30 Resources, Apps and Tutorials to Get You Started