You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
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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
#2Are there any good reasons why a developer would buy a Chromebook over some other laptop, unless they are developing for the Chromebook itself?
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#3Are there any good reasons why a developer would buy a Chromebook over some other laptop, unless they are developing for the Chromebook itself?
Chromebooks are cheap.
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#4I wonder why they are using a VM running Debian for Linux applications, as Chrome OS is already Linux (Gentoo) based itself.
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#5Are there any good reasons why a developer would buy a Chromebook over some other laptop, unless they are developing for the Chromebook itself?
Security.
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#6This is cool! I won't be stuck with hterm and the bugs that have always been present in it any more :)
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#7"Google’s PM director for Chrome OS Kan Liu told me the company was obviously aware that people were using Crouton to do this before. But doing this also meant doing away with all of the security features that come with Google’s operating system."
I don't know if I am the only one, but this one made me laugh.
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#8Are there any good reasons why a developer would buy a Chromebook over some other laptop, unless they are developing for the Chromebook itself?
Aesthetics of the Chromebook Pixel
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#9I wonder why they are using a VM running Debian for Linux applications, as Chrome OS is already Linux (Gentoo) based itself.
Sandboxing
Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS
#10I wonder why they are using a VM running Debian for Linux applications, as Chrome OS is already Linux (Gentoo) based itself.
If I had to guess its because they want to move to their own proprietary systems and don't want to support backwards compatibility with "native" linux applications.