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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I was just reading a news story about this being the year of the Linux desktop. Yeah I’ve been reading this for years too. This time there is a twist, the author of the article thinks that ChromeOS and Android are the Linux desktop OSes. While I had looked briefly at Chrome Books and thought to myself......yeah, okay, kind of worthless if you’re not connected to the net. The article got me to thinking about their usage in the Library setting. After looking (and not finding) usb scanners that are Linux compatible (and I’m sure I’m just not looking in the right places). I have a question for the multitudes....... Have any of you used a ChromeOS of Android appliance in the Library setting (check-in, check-out, etc) with success? I know there are several Koha and Evergreen Libraries that use Debian, Ubuntu, and the like. I’m not really looking at that, just Chrome and Android.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technology Supervisor<br>Meigs County District Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>740.992.5813<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>