On Wed, 2016-12-14 at 21:21 +0000, Anonymous User wrote:
I am trying to download Inkscape onto 15 chrome books but it says that Inkscape is only available through roll app and is going to charge $8/month. As to my understanding, Inkscape is free and I have had no problem downloading the program to my macbook and a PC computer. Is there any way that we are able to receive a discount from that $8/month for 15 students (Total $720 for 15 students for 6 months)? We are working on a graphic designing project and all of the students only have chrome books. Please let me know what the next steps would include. Thank you.
Dear Joreev,
Inkscape is free.
Looking into this roll-app, it's a service that runs the program on a server in the cloud and when they offer you Inkscape, what you're paying for is that cloud based service and not Inkscape itself. We certainly have never gotten any money from roll-app or support.
It's the chromebooks that are the problem. These are devices that deliberately stop the owner from having real freedom to run what ever programs they wish. It is the same story for Apple iPads and it seriously upsets me.
Google's argument is that a chromebook is ONLY for websites, not for programs. When they offer 'apps' they're really just cleverly packaged websites. So you don't need to have any ability to install your own programs.
To do this properly, you'd have to use something like Crouton to install Ubuntu on the computers. Once you have an operating system on them, you can install Inkscape for free within that. but of course, this will require, permission, technical skill and patience to do for all the machines you have.
You may have to conclude that Inkscape is not available for your chromebooks. Sorry I don't have any better advice.
Best Regards, Martin Owens Volunteer Website Administrator