- #Network file sharing on chromeos update#
- #Network file sharing on chromeos android#
- #Network file sharing on chromeos software#
- #Network file sharing on chromeos code#
- #Network file sharing on chromeos series#
Despite its geeky reputation, Linux is actually used for a variety of everyday purposes, even in the enterprise.
#Network file sharing on chromeos series#
Linux, for the uninitiated, is a free and open-source operating system (well, technically a series of operating systems) adored by developers, privacy advocates, and plenty of other technically inclined hominids. And if all of that isn't enough, many models now have the ability to run Linux apps as well. On the enterprise front, some Chromebooks will soon be able to support Windows apps.
#Network file sharing on chromeos android#
Contemporary Chromebooks still run all the standard web-based stuff, of course, but they're also capable of connecting to Google's entire Play Store and running almost any Android app imaginable.
#Network file sharing on chromeos software#
The software that started out as a strictly web-centric entity - with everything revolving around the Chrome browser and apps that could operate inside it - has evolved into one of modern computing's most versatile operating systems. That can only be a good thing.Google's Chrome OS platform sure isn't what it used to be. Most of my clients nowadays don't worry about the numbered version but pay attention to if the Check For Updates routine says they're actually up to date. In the end, I suppose that's not a bad thing. Yeah, it became a race to the highest number for marketing purposes some time ago and now that has gone to the absurd lengths we see here. While I always prefer wired networking it's worth pointing out that chromebooks were originally low end devices that often didn't have wired networking options. We've got durable handle support in the server but it will need more work to fix that client-side.
#Network file sharing on chromeos code#
I too, hope that this implementation is better than the extension.Īre you using this over a flaky wireless network ? It should be 100% rock solid over wired ethernet, but wireless can be a problem (we have 30 second timeouts in the code, but sometimes the network connection gets dropped and the libsmbclient code doesn't cope well with that). It barely works, I can see all the files just fine, but whenever I try to access them it says "NAS is taking longer than expected" and never finishes. I've tried it several times to mount my NAS.
#Network file sharing on chromeos update#
Plus I'm planning to update and improve features that people might need here (as are the rest of the Samba Team engineers). I'm happy (and motivated) to fix any bugs that users throw my way, thanks :-). The ChromeOS SMB integration uses libsmbclient from Samba. I'm really glad that the furor that kicked off when Chrome and Firefox moved to this has disappeared whilst the major.minor scheme had some clarity it enforced a certain mentality and attitude. That way you get the compounding benefit of features released sooner. Release on a known cadence with features merging when they are done. It's more closely aligned with some form of agile development. This is just spitballing though, and I reiterate my apology for straying off-topic. Modern numbering schemes, however, almost seem to be focused more on marketing as a subliminal way to signal to consumers that a certain product is much more matured and advanced than its competitors. I'm not a developer and have no insight to the logic behind this, but I've always understood the whole number to the left of the decimal in version numbering to indicate some sort of massive change that broke from the previous version entirely (kernel, file system, rendering engine, etc). Google releases a new version of Chrome every 6 weeks and updates the major version number each time. I'm guessing they're aligning the numbering with Chrome releases.
The SMB integration is probably done in Linux so that Android and the Linux user environment can benefit from it.Īlso, apologies for going off-topic, but what is with software version numbering lately? ChromeOS is at version 70 now? (Eg, run The GIMP, LiberOffice, Inkscape, video and sound editors, LMMS, etc.) * A Linux VM subsystem that can run untrusted Linux executables whose GUI is integrated into the Chrome OS desktop. In version 70, the same version TFA is about, Chrome OS will be Linux running: * An Android subsystem (allowing use of Android apps)
More recently, Chrome OS is Linux running: I doubt that SMB is being written in JavaScript. If Google were to tackle the problem, they have far more considerable resources to throw at it and so you'd expect it to get better faster. If you see how long and how much it cost to get decent support for SMB into Linux, i'd cut the guys trying to do the same in Javascript a bit of slack though. To be fair, it's been a few months since I tried it, so maybe they've fixed it.
I've tried it twice, but it would not handle more than a few MB before crapping out. (The link was in the article, but here it is again. The Chrome OS "Network File Share" extension has always been crap, so I hope they did more than just fold that in.
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