It's long been possible to install Linux on a Chromebook, but it used to require overriding some of the device's security features, which could make your Chromebook less safe. At its I/O developer conference this week, ZDnet reports, Google announced that all new Chromebooks will support Crostini. But Crostini was supported on only a few Chromebooks, such as Google's flagship Pixelbook. Then last year the company unveiled a feature called Crostini that enables users to install other Linux apps as well. That changed in 2016 when Google announced support for installing apps written for its other Linux-based operating system, Android. That meant you could only really use web apps. Not to be outdone, Google says all future Chromebooks will be able to run Linux applications.Ĭhromebooks run an operating system, ChromeOS, that is built on the Linux kernel but was originally designed to only run Google's web browser Chrome. Microsoft announced this week that it will bring the heart of the open source operating system Linux into Windows.
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