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<p>This page documents what else you might find useful if the basic laptop setup does not do what you need.
<h2>Windows, Macs and Linux</h2>
<h2>Windows, Macs, Chromebooks and Linux</h2>
<ul>
<li>You should be able to use any OS (Linux, Windows, Mac) to interact with expo, but it's a bit simpler to get set up using Linux. You can't yet do everything on a phone, but you can do some things.</li>
<li>You should be able to use any OS (Linux, Windows, Mac) to interact with expo, but it's a bit simpler to get set up using Linux. You can't
yet do everything on a phone, but you can do some things.</li>
<li>The <i>expo laptop</i> uses <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/about">Debian</a> with the <a href="https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-cinnamon-desktop-environment-on-debian/">Cinnamon</a> interface, but pretty much any Linux system works fine. Old, slow machines without much memory can be very effective with <a href="https://xubuntu.org/">Xubuntu/xfce</a>. If using a Mac or Red-Hat-based linux you'll need to work it all out for yourself.</li>
<li>The <i>expo laptop</i> uses <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/about">Debian</a> with the <a
href="https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-cinnamon-desktop-environment-on-debian/">Cinnamon</a> interface, but pretty much any Linux
system works fine. Old, slow machines without much memory can be very effective with <a href="https://xubuntu.org/">Xubuntu/xfce</a>.
<li>Windows machines can do almost everything needed directly in Windows itself, but some useful software has no Windows version and you will need to find your own equivalents. There are also some 'gotchas' to look out for due to filesystem differences (e.g letter case). If you have the choice, use Linux. Windows/Linux WSL is fine.</li>
<li>If using a Mac or Red-Hat-based linux you'll need to work it all out for yourself.</li>
<li><a href="winlaptop.html">A Windows laptop for expo</a> - a page of more detailed instructions for those who are definitely going to be using a Windows PC or laptop.</li>
<li>Chromebooks, since 2019, allow you to enable the underlying debian system in a container
using a tool called <a href="https://chromeos.dev/en/linux">Crostini</a>. This should work just fine, but no one has tried it yet.
It should be even better than <a href="../troggle/troglaptop.html#os">WSL on Windows</a> as you can run GUI applications on Debian. Or you could install a full Ubuntu system with chroot using
<a href="https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/135719/how-to-install-linux-on-your-chromebook">Crouton</a>.
<li>Windows machines can do almost everything needed directly in Windows itself, but some useful software has no Windows version and you will
need to find your own equivalents. There are also some 'gotchas' to look out for due to filesystem differences (e.g letter case). If you have
the choice, use Linux. Windows/Linux WSL is fine.</li>
<li><a href="winlaptop.html">A Windows laptop for expo</a> - a page of more detailed instructions for those who are definitely going to be
using a Windows PC or laptop.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="software">Software</a></h2><a href="https://survex.com/screenshots.html"><img src="https://survex.com/img/aven-1.2.37-by-date.png" hspace="20" align="right" width="300"></a>
<h2><a name="software">Software</a></h2>
<a href="https://survex.com/screenshots.html"><img src="https://survex.com/img/aven-1.2.37-by-date.png" hspace="20" align="right" width="300"></a>
<p></a>Long-standing Expo policy is to use open tools and protocols so we can retain control of our own data over the long term. And not to require expo-goers to sign up to external services or spend money on software.
So we use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software">FOSS software</a>.
You can use other software on your own machine if it is format-compatible and exports data in the formats we want,