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Re:ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting mo... by jauntywundrkind on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:23PM (#36978586)
Crostini should already host a fine vscode. https://chromeos.dev/en/linux

ChromeOS seems to consider it an anti-goal for users to be using the OS like a general purpose OS. Crostini allows them to keep the rest of the system locked down, where-as just running vscode on ChromeOS directly would mean giving Vscode more unconstrained access.

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Re:ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting mo... by cbhl on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:28PM (#36978638)
IIRC Crostini requires certain hardware CPU features, so you need a Chromebook model that supports it. Most Chromebooks released after 2019, as well as select earlier models in the list in the Wiki

https://chromeos.dev/en/linux/linux-on-chromeos-deep-dive

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