• MimicJar@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Crostini. https://chromeos.dev/en/linux

      A “one click” install of Debian (in a VM) that runs alongside your ChomeOS device. It’s a great starter tool for those getting used to Linux and even for the Linux Pro it gives you a terminal, which 99% of the time is all I need.

      You can use GUI applications as well so GIMP and other tools are available.

      Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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          As far as I know. You could probably get fancy moving to dev mode and then install whatever, but I’m plenty happy with Debian.

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      7 months ago

      Good question, I don’t know! I haven’t touched a Chromebook since at least 2020…

      If I were to do it now, I’d probably still use crouton, but get it to download something other than Ubuntu 16.04, or I’d just dual boot.