You should put them on your cloud-based Google Drive where they'll be safe. Keep in mind that, as Google warns you, "Modifications you make to the system are not supported by Google, may cause hardware, software or security issues and may void warranty.” In addition, if you've been storing files on your Chromebook's drive, get ready to kiss them good-bye. Adding desktop Linux to your Chromebookįirst, you need to enable "developer mode” on your Chromebook. In short, this is the easiest and most flexible way to run native Linux and Chrome OS on one machine. Because this approach uses your Chromebook's native hardware drivers you also won't have incompatibility problems. Someday, I'm sure, someone will add either a VM or container technology to Chromebooks, but no one's done it yet.įor users the win for the Crouton approach is that you can switch between Chrome OS and Ubuntu with a keyboard shortcut. Chroot's advantage to these approaches in this one case is that you can run it on a Chromebook without additional software. Containers maintain their independence from their host operating system and other container instances, but they run directly on top of the core operating system. This, in turn, is managed by a virtualization or paravirtualization manager (a.k.a. In the former, you're running a full operating system image. This isn't the same thing as a virtual machine (VM) or a container.
You can also, as Crouton does, use it to run a completely different Linux distribution within another. It enables you to run a different root, the super-user or administrator, of Linux systems from a different directory than your normal root directory.
Crouton is a set of scripts that provide for an easy-to-install chroot Linux distribution setup.Ĭhroot is usually used for system maintenance. With Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment ( Crouton), you use the Linux command chroot ( Change Root) to simultaneously run a Linux operating system, typically Ubuntu, alongside Chrome OS. Note: you can also try to dual-boot a Chromebook, but I haven't yet found a way to do this that I'm happy with, so I'm going to just focus on the easy, safe way to have your ChromeOS and eat your traditional Linux cake too: Crouton. Fortunately, there's an easy way to add desktop Linux to a Chromebook to give you the best of both worlds: traditional Linux and Chrome OS.
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