Press Enter after each command, and don’t copy the next line until the terminal is done with the last one (you should see a line ending with ~# █ once it is). For a long time, using command-line interfaces, like what Terminal is, was the only way to do anything on a computer, back when graphic interfaces weren’t a thing.Īnyway, you will need to copy some lines into it one by one. You can enter commands into it to, well, make your computer do things. It will be black with a few lines of text at the top. This will start a download – wait for it to finish.Īfter the download, a new window should open. Select it, then press Turn on, then Install. If your ChromeOS is recent enough (version 69 or higher), you should see the option titled Linux (Beta) in the Settings menu, on the left side.
Here are the steps to install Linux apps on Chromebook. You can even install Steam – though not many games will run well or even install. In addition to that, Linux apps generally have a very desktop-friendly interface – a welcome departure from using all these Android apps that look and feel out of place on a laptop. There are plenty of powerful tools on Linux that have value for any user, such as GIMP, an image editor, or OpenOffice, an office suite. In 2019, most Chromebooks also gained the ability to run Linux software, and though that didn’t really make the news the same way Android app support did, using Linux software on Chromebook can expand the device’s capabilities quite a lot.
In 2016, they gained the ability to run Android apps – which helped them become more than just a budget option for those that can’t afford anything better.
Since then, however, Google expanded the capabilities of their laptops quite significantly. Chromebooks were originally meant to be web devices, intended only to browse websites and run web-based applications.
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