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Audacity for Chromebook

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:36 am
by narcotik
i know this isnt the spot to post this but i have a acer chromebook and i want audacity what do i have to do to get it ive tried everything please help me asap ill do anything

Re: Audacity for Chromebook

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:26 pm
by steve
narcotik wrote:i know this isnt the spot to post this
Then please don't do that.
I've split this to a new topic and given it an appropriate title.
narcotik wrote: i have a acer chromebook and i want audacity
As I understand it (I don't have a Chromebook), the whole idea of a Chromebook is to work in the "cloud": this means that you use software as a service provided from web-based cloud service providers. Audacity is not an "app" but is designed to run on the local machine as a fully installed application, so a Chromebook is not suited to running Audacity.

It may be possible to replace the Chrome operating system with a standard Linux operating system and then install Audacity, but that would be an advanced option, it may invalidate your warranty, and even if you manage to get that to work I would not expect it to work well due to the limited power and storage space on a Chromebook. How to install Linux on a Chromebook is beyond the scope of this forum, but there are some tutorials on YouTube. I would not recommend replacing the operating system on your Chromebook.