Blog posts tagged
“chromebook”

3 posts

Stéphane Graber
26 February 2019

Using LXD on your Chromebook

Article Cloud and server

Introduction On supported Chromebook, starting with Chrome OS 69, a new feature called Linux Apps was introduced. This allows Chrome OS users, on supported to install normal Linux applications from the Debian repository and have them integrate with the underlying Chrome OS desktop. The feature has evolved quite a bit...

Stéphane Graber
26 February 2019

David Callé
30 January 2018

Tutorial: Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook

Tutorials Desktop

Chromebooks have gained popularity as relatively inexpensive web-centric laptops. They give access to web-based and native applications through the Chrome store, but what if you want to do more with them? Installing Ubuntu on a Chromebook gives you more choice and lets you turn a web-centric machine into any other...

David Callé
30 January 2018

Chris Kenyon
19 November 2009

Google Chrome OS and Canonical

Article Ubuntu

Congratulations to Google on the open sourcing of Google Chrome OS When Chrome OS was announced in June we saw this as a positive development, bringing choice to the consumer. We considered how open source development is as much about co-operation as it is about competition. Google have made it clear that they are keen

Chris Kenyon
19 November 2009