A couple days ago I got a new Cr-48 laptop as a part of the Google ChromeOS pilot program. Until now, I hadn't had much time to play with it. Now, I have a few hours, as I was a little late checking in my bag and the Delta representative I was talking to was not willing to help me out. So now that I have the time, I'm getting it set up, so I can use it as my main laptop for this trip home for the holidays.
Browsing for a while, I decided to install LastPass, which I started using to help me improve and manage my passwords after Gawker got hacked. When I went to LastPass.com, I was excited to see that they had a ChromeOS version, and had already detected it. I clicked to download, but ran into an error: "Extension Install Failure: Extensions cannot install plugins on Chrome OS". Well that sucks.
I just figured I would have to use the website, which is less slower and less convenient. Fortunately, after browsing around LastPass a bit, I noticed that they had different versions of the extensions. Some say "Plus Binary Features", while others say "No Binary Features". I tried the binary-less install, and it worked! There are a few things missing, like automatically logging out after a certain amount of idle time, but I have it and it's working as advertised.
To install it, just go to https://lastpass.com/misc_download.php and click "Linux". Then just download "Chrome (No Binary Features)". That's it, now all of your passwords are at your fingertips.
How’s the Cr-48 working out so far as a main laptop? Have you had to resort to a conventional computer/OS for anything yet?
There are a few rough edges still, but after almost a week of using it as myprimary laptop, I don’t really miss anything. A vim-based editor app wouldbe nice, as would a little more transparency into the file system, and Gmailreally needs to have an offline mode, but that’s all pretty minor.