I will show that it's possible to install, configure, and use this Linux distribution with absolutely no command-line access. Today, with a properly-equipped Chromebook and the bravery to run canary ...

Once you've gained the freedom to install Linux on your Chromebook, the next step is to choose the right distribution. There ...

In today's open source roundup: Run Linux on your Chromebook. Plus: Team Fortress 2 for Linux gets an update on Steam. And Samsung dumps Google+ in the Galaxy Note 5 Chromebook sales have been red hot ...

That's when I started researching and discovered something incredible. I could turn my old Chromebook into a smart home hub ...

The Asus C200 Chromebook is a $249 laptop with an 11.6 inch display, an Intel Celeron Bay Trail processor, and around 10 hours of battery life. Oh yeah, it also happens to run Google’s browser-based ...

When Google first launched Chrome OS, the operating system was basically a glorified web browser designed to run web apps. Over time Google added support for running some applications offline and ...

Last November, I wrote about running Ubuntu on a Chromebook using ChrUbuntu. In that post, I noted some of the advantages of running ChrUbuntu: I really liked having a full-blown desktop environment ...

Although Chrome OS is competent at handling web-based workloads, by design it's light on features compared to a full desktop operating system, which is presumably where many of its users are coming ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...