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You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by lunchables »

xfer wrote: post #71
city41 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacBooks are out for me now that they have the touchbar and bad keyboard. I currently use a ThinkPad and it's pretty good, but the touchpad is mediocre at best. I think a ChromeBook with really first class support for Linux apps is very compelling. I run Linux in a VM on Windows 10 on my ThinkPad and it's a great setup. A ChromeBook would be a very similar setup but probably with better native OS integration (for exa…

You mean pixelbook, $300 chromebooks would obviously be of poor build quality; although i am not sure of the hardware quality of pixelbook either. For me a thinkpad works pretty well for a linux machine.

I have to disagree, surprisingly. I've got an Acer Chromebook 14 which is all aluminum, very thin/light, 14" IPS 1080p display, wonderful trackpad and a pretty solid keyboard. All for under $300.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by petecox »

colanderman wrote: post #44
cbhl wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

apt-get is still the golden standard for installing apps on Linux because of its dependency resolution system, and being able to "sudo apt-get install " is a core use-case for end-users (i.e. students who are learning how to use Linux / code for the first time). Disclaimer: I work at Google, but not on Chrome OS.

I'm a Debian user, but RedHat has had Yum (Apt-equivalent) for probably a decade now.

In terms of front-ends, there's always packagekit. The following will work on both rpm and dpkg derivatives:

sudo pkcon install

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by rocky1138 »

hutzlibu wrote: post #17
fareesh wrote: post #2

Are there any good reasons why a developer would buy a Chromebook over some other laptop, unless they are developing for the Chromebook itself?

Sadly ... driver Support. The main reason for me - standby and resume allways work and not only mostly ...

Take a look at System76. They make Linux laptops and have full hardware/driver support out of the box.

https://system76.com/

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by fluxsauce »

bikamonki wrote: post #154

Or you can wipe it off, fully install Gallium OS before you finish a warm coffee and be super happy with your brand new super cheap fanless ssd linux laptop. Later, if you miss ChromeOS just click run a browser :)

That doesn't seem like an active project.

Looking at https://galliumos.org/download

> GalliumOS 2.1 was released on 2017-02-28

https://wiki.galliumos.org/News

https://wiki.galliumos.org/Special:RecentChanges

Is there another resource I should be looking at?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by bikamonki »

fluxsauce wrote: post #157
bikamonki wrote: post #154

Or you can wipe it off, fully install Gallium OS before you finish a warm coffee and be super happy with your brand new super cheap fanless ssd linux laptop. Later, if you miss ChromeOS just click run a browser :)

That doesn't seem like an active project. Looking at https://galliumos.org/download > GalliumOS 2.1 was released on 2017-02-28 https://wiki.galliumos.org/News https://wiki.galliumos.org/Special:RecentChanges Is there another resource I should be looking at?

Maybe here? https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by sandGorgon »

paultopia wrote: post #41

I think this is great. I bought a chromebook flip a couple of years ago, with the intention of putting Linux on it---only to find that the hardware is depressingly bad and the ARM processor makes the Linux experience terrible (had to install Arch, never did manage to make basic things like the JVM work right, eventually gave up on it). Since then, I've been very skeptical of the notion of buying chromebooks as cheap…

XPS 13 with Fedora is sheer brilliance. I'm actually hoping that Android apps will run natively on Linux. Thats really the endgame.
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