![]() ![]() If you have a paid Microsoft 365 subscription, you can even install the Office Android apps and use those on your Chrome OS device.įor folks who prefer a non-cloud-connected office suite, though, LibreOffice is the path to pursue. You can use Google's own Docs office suite, of course, or you can turn to Microsoft's web-based Office apps. Nowadays, you've got no shortage of options for word processing, spreadsheet work, and presentation creation on a Chromebook. ![]() LibreOffice: A fully featured local office suite If you haven't yet done that, click over to my step-by-step guide to get started - then come back here once you've got everything up and running. ![]() These are the programs I'd recommend - and they're all completely free to use.īefore you begin, you'll need to confirm that your Chromebook is capable of running Linux apps and then set it up to do so. ![]() (I think Chrome can do this by itself on other platforms.Well, consider this your cheat sheet: I've spent ample time exploring and testing a variety of productivity-oriented Linux apps to see what works best and makes the most sense in the Chrome OS environment. Other solutions that I know of don't save passwords, or don't keep password/cookie stores separated between the browser instances. It is incredibly useful, and the only thing I worry about is that on macOS (my main workstation OS) there is only one good solution for this I know of: Epichrome, which seems to be a one-man side project: For production type apps you can disable saved passwords entirely. the browser handling AWS doesn't need to store or have access to the pasword for my Google account, and so on. Plus you can keep your cookies and saved passwords isolated between the environments. You can easily keep switch between groups of windows, or keep them in their own workspace/desktop, etc. The OS does a much better job of partitioning windows and groups of windows than a browser typically does. Google Docs (for work, and the rare personal use of Google stuff can just happen in one of the general browsers I am using) For instance, I use a site-specific browser for: ![]()
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