![]() That method installs a command line version of the Linux OS to run Debian Linux apps on supported Chromebooks. “Crostini” is Google’s umbrella term for making Linux application support easy to use for integrating Linux with Chrome OS. Since Google first released a Chrome OS version with the Linux apps feature a few years ago, I have been using the Crostini project to run Linux apps on a Chromebook. This alteration will give you access to both complete operating systems running simultaneously so you can move between them with a keyboard shortcut. Related: How To Run a Full Linux Desktop on a Chromebook. This adds to the existing use of Android apps all in separate containers on top of Chrome OS on a single Chromebook. However, I mean running a complete Linux graphical environment with the KDE desktop. I have done that on an end-of-life early Chromebook with usable results. I do not mean flashing the Galium OS distribution as a replacement for Chrome OS. ![]() It is not yet flawless, but it does create a hybrid computing platform that lets Linux and Android apps coexist on top of the Chrome OS. Chromebooks with the right stuff inside are now able to install and run a complete Linux experience with the KDE desktop without giving up the Chrome OS on the same device.
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