[Discuss] possible SIG topic Cublinux

[Murray Strome]

On 2016-08-03 06:04 PM, Ron De Beck wrote:
> >From their website it is a blend of
> Ubuntu and Chromiuum. How far
> from Ubuntu and how close to a
> chromebook?
>
> https://cublinux.com/

I have been playing with CubLINUX for a bit, and will bring the live 
DVD. It looks interesting. It took me a while to find out where to 
locate the LINUX applications and to figure out how to unlock the screen 
when I had been away for a while. For a novice not wedded to M$ Windows, 
it might be a reasonable alternative to Zorin OS. The current release is 
based upon Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, so is a bit old, and the implication is 
that it is really a Beta release. Version 2.0 is supposed to be based 
upon 16.04 which might be better (unless you are using Network Manager 
and trying to connect to a Telus WiFi network). I don't really know 
enough about Chrome Books to comment on how closely it resembles them, 
but from an initial impression, and some reviews, I think that its basic 
appearance is probably a lot like a Chromebook. The LINUX stuff does not 
intrude, and a Chromebook user might never have to see it at all. 
Nevertheless, once you figure out how to find it, you can quite easily 
use it as a LINUX computer or a Chromebook one.  So far, with my limited 
testing, it looks pretty good.

I would not switch to it for myself, but it might be suitable for some 
people. Certainly, the Chromium browser seems to be very fast and 
reliable.  The overall appearance looks good to me.

Murray