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GNU/Linux on Chromebooks: the Latest

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 22nd of January 2019 06:01:09 AM Filed under
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  • GPU Acceleration Enabled For Linux Apps on Pixelbook and Handful of Other Chromebooks

    According to a recent report over at About Chromebooks, Google’s Pixelbook and devices based on the ‘Nami’ baseboard are getting a very early taste of GPU acceleration for Linux Apps.

    We’ve talked about all this a bit more in-depth in the past, but here’s the reason this is important: GPU acceleration allows applications to fully leverage the GPU (graphics processing unit) present in all Chromebooks to better run graphic-intensive tasks like image editing, video editing, and gaming.

  • Testing the Linux virtual machine on Chrome OS

    As part of my ongoing quest to assess the feasibility of alternative (i.e. non-Windows or –macOS-based) computing platforms, regular readers may remember that I've so far published two posts on my experiences using a Chrome OS-based Google Pixelbook (its predecessor, a Toshiba Chromebook 2 2014 edition, still doesn't have long-promised Android support, by the way ... and if you'd like to follow in my footsteps, Pixelbook refurbs are on sale at Best Buy). In my most recent writeup, I discussed how the ability to run Android apps on top of Chrome OS significantly enhanced its viability as a mainstream operating system alternative. However, I also commented "these are [Android] apps originally intended for use on comparatively resource-poor smartphones and tablets." While they may have "light memory and CPU horsepower demands (versus, say, a full-blown macOS or Windows app equivalent)," this means that they also tend to be feature-deficient compared to a full-blown macOS or Windows app equivalent.

  • Snapdragon Chromebook ‘Cheza’ Ushers In Updated Linux Kernel

    Currently, the most recent version of the Linux kernel that can be found in a Chromebook is 4.4 and that only includes a relatively small percentage of all the Chrome devices on the market.

    With the exception of older Baytrail devices, kernel version 4.4 is found exclusively in Kaby Lake, Apollo Lake and OP1(RockChip RK3399) machines. These Linux kernels are at the core of what makes an operating system a functioning thing. The central nervous system, if you will.

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