So you’re considering getting a Chromebook Pixel, but you don’t know if you can do entirely without your usual collection of native apps. Maybe you’ve already bought the Pixel and are now discovering that Chrome OS really isn’t the right match for you. If either of these describe your situation, you may be happy to know that it’s both possible and easy to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook Pixel. Background Chrome OS may seem very locked down, but it’s actually running on top of Linux. The Chromebook Pixel is a high-end device intended, in part, to be adopted by developers who want to create software for Google’s cloud-centric operating system or Linux in general. For these tinkerers, a Google employee developed crouton, a tool that enables you to run Ubuntu inside of a virtual instance within Chrome OS. Once installed, you can simultaneously run both Chrome OS and Ubuntu on a Chromebook Pixel without having to dual-boot or otherwise restart to switch between them. Getting Started
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