You’ve probably heard about Google Chromebooks. Like Android, Chrome OS is based on some variant of Linux, but it is targeted at the “cloud first” strategy so Chromebooks typicall… ...

Linux apps can expand your Chromebook's capabilities and open up all sorts of interesting options — but first, you have to know where to begin.

Chrome OS is looking to make it easier to discover new Linux apps for your Chromebook using the search feature in the app launcher.

Google is working to let enterprise users run their company's required Linux distro inside of Chrome OS, instead of the standard Debian-based one.

Google today announced Chrome OS is getting Linux support. As a result, Chromebooks will soon be able to run Linux apps and execute Linux commands. A preview of Linux on the Pixelbook will be ...

Tom Fenton explores using ChromeOS Flex as an OS replacement on a decade-old, dual-core laptop running Windows 10, as Windows 10 will soon reach its end of life (EOL).

Chrome OS’s support for Linux apps is leaving beta, the search giant announced during Google I/O 2021. It’s happening in ChromeOS’s “next release,” version 91.

Google Chrome is getting a big upgrade with the ability to run Linux apps, with a preview set to be released on the Google Pixelbook today before rolling out later to other models, according to a ...

I’m in the camp that believes Google’s browser-based Chrome OS was always a “real” operating system and not just a glorified web browser. But the addition of support for Android apps and ...

Chrome OS 69 is rolling out now to Chrome OS-powered hardware. The Chrome OS 69 update brings stable Linux app support to specific Chromebooks as well as some new features and design tweaks.

Linux app support for Chrome OS may sound like a big heaping bowl of irrelevant geek stew, but don't be fooled: This move is enormously significant.