In late February, we reported that Chrome developers were working on a project called Crostini , suggesting that Chrome OS will soon support running Linux apps . Yesterday, foreign media Chrome Unboxed confirmed that the latest version of the Chrome OS developer channel already supports Linux applications.
It is reported that after updating the latest version through the Chrome OS developer channel, there will be a "Linux (Beta)" option in the settings, which is described as "running Linux tools, editors and IDEs on Chromebook". This option enables users to start Linux containers.
Foreign media speculate that it is less than a week before the Google I/O conference, and developers seem to be busy making the feature stable enough to be announced at the conference.
And according to one Reddit user, he had successfully installed Steam on the device, but most games were running very slow due to the inability to use GPU acceleration. Additionally, there are user tests where the feature appears to be limited to the Pixelbook at the moment, and they've attempted to enable Linux app support on other models (like the Samsung Chromebook Pro), and they've reported an error.
Chrome OS has previously supported running Android apps, and now supports Linux apps, taking compatibility a step further. Some netizens joked that the next step should be to support Windows applications...
Original: AndroidPolice Compilation: Open Source China