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Chromebook and Linux

Manach · 2019-06-11 19:48:10

It was announced that a variant of Linux with be available on future Chromebooks - ETA July 2019. https://betanews.com/2019/05/12/linux-ready-chromebooks/ Personally I might a bit and see what a good dev-type option would be.

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11-06-2019 8:48pm

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It was announced that a variant of Linux with be available on future Chromebooks - ETA July 2019.
https://betanews.com/2019/05/12/linux-ready-chromebooks/

Personally I might a bit and see what a good dev-type option would be.

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#2 11-06-2019 10:58pm
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Yeah, but not installed on the hardware it seems.

Just open the Chrome OS app switcher by pressing the Search/Launcher key and then type "Terminal". This launches the Termina VM, which will start running a Debian 9.0 Stretch Linux container.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-chromebooks-will-also-be-linux-laptops-going-forward/

Not for me I think.

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