fredericknorton wrote:
wow - i was searching on google about getting a chromebook and this thread came up!
i am a teacher and have been using my school (windows) laptop to run training software for years.
school says get rid of extraneous programs (rouvy and golden cheetah).
i see the post saying golden cheetah runs on chromebook - is this confirmed - is someone using it?
i think i'm all fulgaz all the time on trainer software and i think i'm just going to go the apple tv 4k route to get the most bang for the buck on that front. thanks for any help - sincerely, rick
OK, so Golden Cheetah does run on a Chromebook if it supports Crostini (Linux Beta), but ANT+ dongles are not detected, and Bluetooth also seems unsupported, so trainer connections are not available.
The Rouvy android app runs, and but I'm unable to connect my trainer to it. The Android Apps feature of Chrome OS isn't compatible with the ANT+ software needed. My current trainer (StacZero Halcyon) is seen by the Bluetooth scanning, but shows as disconnected.
I think this mirrors what it does on windows, where ANT+ is the only way I could get it to work. (I think this is not true) TrainerRoads is available as an Android app, but it costs money and I haven't tried it out. The android ANT+ issues would still apply, but maybe it works better with Bluetooth. If they had a trial, I would try it out, but they don't so I won't.
I also wasn't able to get Strava to see my trainer, even though Strava on my phone sees it as a power meter without issue.
So that said, as much as I like my Chromebook, it doesn't seem like it's quite ready for this type of use.
Edit: just a quick update, after enable the NewBlue flag in chrome://flags Rouvy was able to see the Halcyon using BLE and seemed to function properly. Strava and Golden Cheetah still didn't work.