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Chrome OS has vim preinstalled. I would like to add Emacs in terminal mode. I have not found any leads by searching the internet. My question is:
How I can Install software locally on Chrome OS?
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Emacs is the ideal software for a Chromebook. They are cheap lightweight computers that are perfect for writing on the go.
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ChromeOS is not derived from Ubuntu. I don't think you can install any software on it unless it's a pure web app. BTW, if you wish to have a nice editor to write code try cloud9 (or some other online editors/IDE that gives you powerful options to develop). Here is a short post I've wrote on the options we have today in ChromeOS: http://greenido.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/web-developers-and-the-new-chromebook/
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@Ido It is not Ubuntu, but I do believe it is derived from Ubuntu. It is definitely Linux, and follows a lot of the Ubuntu/Debian conventions. Supposedly you can install qemacs on a chrome os device with the following steps.
That's the theory, anyway. There appear to be some unresolved bugs with dev_install.
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