The problem here is the Chromebook, which won't talk CIFS. It's easy
enough to put files on a local server (Apache, whatever) and access
them from the browser on a Chromebook, but some server-side cloudiness
is needed to make it possible to upload them back to the server
afterwards, and it won't be as transparent as using Google Docs on
Google Drive.

A Chromebook is not a computer: Its a stripped down access device to
GoogleCloud.

And Google will actively prevent it accessing anything else as well as that.



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