No hack required for Linux on Chromebooks with the Termina VM and containers or Virtualbox
Chromebooks have a security model that traditional laptop OS makes are still struggling to broadly implement. Chrome OS (Chromebook) is one of the more secure platforms for web browsing and web applications restricting users to a limited set of high level APIs. Power users and developers often belittle the system because they are unable to install and run arbitrary applications. The ChromeOS and Chromium teams have resisted unbridled execution of the Linux programs because that would weaken the security profile of Chrome based devices. ChromeOS/Chromium as now addressed this issue by providing secure sandboxed environments that execute Linux programs that are highly isolated from the Chrome operating system. Chromebooks, including CloudReady devices, now support isolated Crostini Linux containers with only a single preference setting. Crostini Linux runs in a sandboxed Linux Container inside a Linux VM. Programs running inside Cr...