On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 1:04 PM Rod Rodolico via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> FYI, I'm doing the same thing. I have spent some time setting up a
> Chromebook "securely" (in theory), though mainly to access a Linux
> Terminal Server over a VPN.
>
> First, are you using the built in Linux subsystem? When I bring up the
> ChromeOS terminal (ctrl-alt-T, not the linux subsystem), the crosh
> prompt does not have the ip or the ifconfig commands. However, when I
> look at my network connection (via the GUI), I'm seeing an IP in my
> network range.

I have used the 'dev' mode and set up debian in it.
Not used to pure command line (long ago Mac background spoiled me for
that) so I'm trying to install a dual boot system. One issue is that the
screen keyboard doesn't (on a Lenovo 10e (IIRC) chromebook anyway)
have control and alt keys so that means there are some things that are
too 'kinky' to do.
>
> I went ahead and installed the Linux subsystem again (I'm spending a lot
> of time playing on it) and my IP for that is 10.115.92.205/28, so it
> looks like the Linux subsystem is using using some kind of virtual IP,
> similar to what virtlib does by default.
>
Well - - - the MAC address the machine gives is different than that at
the router and the ip address at the router keeps changing - - argh!
I would like to use this thing for reading pdfs away from my desk but
I'm not sure how to get things onto it. The expectation is that I'm going
to use ms googly's drive or dropbox - - - no cottin pickin way!!!!!! to
both. I use scp on my network but that means I need to know the ip
address and be able to ssh into or out of it - - - I can't.
The ssh port (#22 IIRC) is blocked - - - how's that for stupid. Likely
everything is blocked but ms googly's stuff - - - that's the idea behind
android anyway AFAIK - - - I'm not impressed. Although - - - if I really
don't like this thing I think my wife might like it but then I wanted a tablet
she's already got one (LOL)!

Thanks for the tips!!

Regards