All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward

Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by ipsum2 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:46AM (#19869284)

All Chromebooks and Chrometops are already Linux laptops. You can install Crouton (easy chroot) and have an Ubuntu or whatever your favorite distro is in <15 minutes.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by chrisdfrey on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:22PM (#19869632)

You have to enable developer mode to run crouton; you don't have to do that to run Linux apps.

Unfortunately I couldn't get crouton to work on a chromebook I bought recently; after switching into a chroot the screen would freeze. I think the issue might be that my chromebook has an AMD APU and an older kernel.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by jasonvorhe on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:30PM (#19869709)

At the expense of security. You're also at risk of wiping your hard drive by accident whenever you hit the wrong during bootup.

Recommending Developer Mode is never a good idea.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by carlosdp on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:13PM (#19869548)

Sure, but now it's literally just a button click and it's in the same environment as ChromeOS, no need to reboot to switch between.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by bduerst on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:17PM (#19869588)

Also native file sharing between the linux containers and ChromeOS.

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