It would be great to know why this is happening (inability to do so because of some limitations in the OS, not expected to bring a profit?), threads like this have been running in the forums for the past few years, anf the reply is always that 'the time tracker app is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux'. It seems that there are quite many people who would like to use a time tracker on Chrome OS, and yet Upwork is ignoring all these requests.

Best of luck with your freelancer career here on oDesk and your research involving your K wrote: The 'best answer' is probably to submit a support request to the oDesk Team Application Team via the Team App menu item 'Help > Submit a support ticket' where they should be able to provide you with the latest information regarding your concerns. Regarding the use of a Chromebook with dual boot capability, running a virtual machine, and other work-arounds - at what expense in terms of time to setup, configure, and maintain - all for one app?Īctually, if I were using a Chromebook, I would dump the Chrome OS in favor of Ubuntu - loose that dependence on Google. I mention 'maintain: because Google is well-known for their sudden, unexpected, often poorly documented changes to their technologies. I doubt there is much demand for compatibility with the oDesk Team Application when attemping to use it with a Chromebook hence, it would not be worth the cost for oDesk Team App developers to take on that challenge let alone maintain that level of operability.

The Google implementation is not even, and probably not meant to be a formal Linux distro. But which Linux distros will work and which ones will not work with the oDesk Team Application? That is, install and work properly without negatively affecting the OS(s) and other apps.Īlthough the Google Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel, The oDesk Team Application is specifically available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. However, to the best of my knowledge and with my limited experience with a Chromebook using the latest Google Chrome OS (assuming that is your current primary OS), I believe that the latest version of the oDesk Team Application (aka oDesk Time Tracker) still will not install on the device via Crouton or by any other method. I wish I could provide you with the 'best answer' that is, an answer that provides a workable solution to your problem.

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