Questions tagged [chrome-os]
Chrome OS is the commercial version installed on specific hardware from Google's manufacturing partners.
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How to open URLs in incognito mode from shell on Chrome OS?
Yes, if this were normal Linux we could just do e.g., $ chrome-browser --incognito https://example.net Alas, unless we want to install another browser, all we can do in Chrome OS Linux terminals is: $...
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How to go to a Chrome new tab from the Linux command line on Chrome-os?
Sure, I can do $ garcon-url-handler https://example.net and that starts the browser, but also, alas, visits a page. All I want to do is start the browser so I am simply looking at a new tab (chrome://...
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How to jump out of the terminal on Chrome-os with just the keyboard?
Normally to leave the terminal we can do AltTab, but what about the case where the browser etc. isn't running, so there's no other window to jump to? Well, if you didn't start the terminal in the ...
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Latest Chrome OS Flex update stopped my HP Probook booting
This HP Probook was running Chrome OS Flex fine until the latest update, now I get an error message on boot and the laptop switches off after about 5 seconds. To check this was the issue, I made a ...
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Jailbreak Acer Chromebook CB5-312T-K5X4 to run Linux from USB
The other day I tried to get rid other the cheomeOS ony Acer Chromebook CB5-312T-K5X4, but when I went into developer mode and inserted the USB, it said chromeOS not found on this USB. I don't know if ...
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Unable to run Logic 2010 on Linux in ChromeOS
I am trying to install Logic 2010 (download link), which uses Java, on the Linux virtual machine in ChromeOS. I followed steps 0 to 2 in a guide from Reddit, copied the Java folder into the Resources ...
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How to switch wayland to xorg on chromebook
I am using acer Chromebook 315 -4H and it has Linux with wayland enabled. Now I want to switch to xorg display from wayland, how can I do it? Using chrome os I see many answers on internet but those ...
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How to unpack a raw binary image file
How do you unpack a .bin file containing a DOS/MBR Boot Sector and another undetected filesystem. I've ran binwalk on it and it showed me the (estimated) locations of data and their types. The output ...
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How to browse to local_file.html#anchor fragments on the ChromeOS Linux command line?
nurdsborough@penguin$ ls info.html nurdsborough@penguin$ garcon-url-handler info.html #works nurdsborough@penguin$ garcon-url-handler info.html#anchor #fails What is the workaround?
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Why is Linux in ChromeOS Flex reporting wrong number of CPU sockets?
dajnyx@penguin:~$ lscpu ... CPU(s): 2 On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel Model name: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1037U @ 1.80GHz CPU ...
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E: Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable
I am running $ cat /etc/*-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="12" VERSION="12 (bookworm)" VERSION_CODENAME=...
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Where do I extract and install the .txz file of the Shotcut Video editor?
I recently installed Shotcut on my Chromebook via the Linux Virtual Environment (Debian) on the Terminal. While the program works for the most part, it is also asked me to update to the latest version....
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Can Mono and Wine be used in the same OS? What are the side effects of using both?
For context, I was using a Linux version of BizHawk (A multi system TAS emulator) on Chromebook via the Linux Terminal that required Mono. There was an error (the error being that it crashed when I ...
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How do you connect Wine (Linux/Debian) to a Windows Remote Desktop?
How do you create a remote connection from Wine/Linux to Windows OS? I had been wanting to connect to the Linux Environment on my Chromebook for some time. I want to try to play games on my Chromebook ...
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How do I resolve "No protocol specified, error: can't display: :0."?
have installed ChromeOS Flex on my PC. It runs great, and I have turned on and installed Linux via the Developer menu in Settings. But, I cannot run installed Linux applications. When I open them via ...