Nx Witness Linux Client does work on some Chromebooks
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I just thought I would mention that I was able to get the Linux client installed and running on a Chromebook with the Linux (Beta) feature installed (OS version 86).
- It is on an older Toshiba Chromebook 2 with an Intel processor.
- It seems to stress the system more than normal with the fans running all the time while the client is running.
- During install there were some missing dependencies that needed to be fixed before the install was successful.
With the client running, I noticed these bugs:
- The app doesn't respond properly to the scroll wheel on a Bluetooth mouse or vertical swipes on the trackpad. It will respond to horizontal swipes on the track pad with the timeline and viewport zooming in/out and also things in the notification panel scroll up/down from horizontal swiping. However, the Audit Trail doesn't scroll at all without grabbing the scroll bar and dragging it.
- If you exit full screen with the app, the window is fixed in the center of the screen and can't be dragged around. It will minimize and restore properly.
Other Linux apps such as Libre Office respond to the scroll direction normally.
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Nice Jeff Jones!
I assume for most Chromebooks, Intel is a mandatory prerequisite. Or AMD, but these are rare in Chromebooks.
For ARM you would need 64-Bit and you might be able to use the experimental 64-Bit client applications, while many Chromebooks only support 32-Bit.But it proves the flexibility of Nx Witness software and the capabilities of Chromebook. I think the Beta Linux option on Chromebooks was a good decision in many ways.
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