Looking for Chromebooks Linux apps? Now working on a Samsung device
TL;DR
- Users on Reddit discovered that the Samsung Chromebook Plus can now run Linux apps.
- This makes it the second Chromebook to have the ability, with the other being the Pixelbook.
- Getting Linux apps on the Chromebook Plus involves using experimental versions of the OS and applications.
However, the only Chromebook that supported Linux apps when Google announced the feature was the Pixelbook – probably the most expensive Chromebook on the market.
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In order to use Linux apps on your Samsung Chromebook Plus, you’ll need to opt-in to the developer’s build of Chrome OS. Once you do, you’ll have to install Linux apps using Terminal, which shouldn’t be that unfamiliar to you if you’re a Linux user.
In the future, this process will likely be simplified and applicable to the stable version of Chrome OS. But for now, at least it works!
Google is likely testing the waters with Linux apps on Chrome OS for an eventual wide rollout. However, considering Google only announced the Linux capability a month ago and it’s already available on two systems means that it probably won’t take too long for that to happen.
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