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Elementary OS caught my eye as a distinct and very different distro that I had never used and I wanted to give it a try and see how it ran on Chrome OS. Many have called the the macOS of Linux but as you can read in a blog post from the Elementary CEO, the OS design and function are very intentional and quite unique in its own right. I was able to get a full installation of Linux Mint as well a straight Ubuntu up and running via the Virtual Machine Manager but I wanted to try something with a different flavor.Įlementary OS is an Ubuntu-based OS but make no mistake, it stands out as its own operating system.

So, I turned my attention to Linux distros outside of the native Debian framework that runs on Crostini.

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If you know how to fix this, please let me know. I have tried many times to use VirtualBox and I still run into the same Linux header issues that I always have.
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In order to install macOS with a disk image, I needed to run VirualBox instead of the Virtual Machine Manager I used for Windows. Unfortunately, I quickly ran into a brick wall. I started with macOS because, well, I thought it would be interesting. Who knows?Īnyway, after deleting my copy of Windows 10, I set out to see what other operating systems I might be able to run on my Chromebook. Perhaps it is the Core i CPU that is the key. I have seen reports that users have successfully installed Windows on devices ranging from a Core i5 Pixel Slate to the aging Dell Chromebook 13 that has a Broadwell CPU. After some input from some colleagues, it appears that the ability to run qemu/kvm in a nested environment is more widely available than I presumed. My first theory was that this was being tested exclusively on ‘Hatch’ devices that are equipped with the Comet Lake family of processors.
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All of this was made possible thanks to an update to the Linux kernel that is available to some users inside the Chrome OS Linux container. While I have absolutely no use for such a monstrosity, the path that brought me there was fun and I believe a lot of users were excited about the premise of running Windows alongside Chrome OS. My most recent endeavor involved installing a full-blown version of Windows 10 inside the Linux container on Chrome OS. In my path to Chrome OS enlightenment, I’ve explored many method with which users can run non-native applications and even alternative operating systems.
