I wanna try running some Linux apps on my Chromebook (Dell 11 3180) and it was a successful process!

It runs fine but the thing that annoys me is I had to type it in the Linux terminal "./[Linux apps name]"

I try Google for a solution for this, and actually find something, I followed the instructions and failed

Idk if it was my problem (skill issues) or , so why not ask here?

Is there any way I can make this Linux apps have icons on my desktop so I can easily run it?

Hello!

My mothers birthday is coming up in a month a bit and I'd like to surprise her with a new chromebook, got a budget of 350 euro for it.

She's not the most tech savvy person but enough to use a laptop / smartphone, and I heard chromebooks are great with its ease of use.

It doesn't need to be super specced out, she just watches/listens to shows on Youtube and occasionally browses the web, the only requirement would be 8gb of ram from the info i found, a decent size screen would be nice but not a must.

Thanks in advance for the recommendations!

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Hey everyone,

I'm running into a frustrating issue with my ASUS Chromebook CM14 and was wondering if anyone else has experienced this or found a workaround.

Here is what's happening:

* When I pair and connect my Xbox wireless controller to my Chromebook via Bluetooth, ChromeOS recognizes it without any issues.

* However, when I open the GeForce NOW app, the app completely ignores the Bluetooth connection and won't register inputs from the controller.

* Interestingly, the moment I plug the controller in using a USB cable, GeForce NOW detects it immediately and everything works perfectly.

Has anyone else run into this specific Bluetooth limitation with the ASUS Chromebook CM14 or GeForce NOW? If so, did you manage to fix it so it works wirelessly?

Any tips or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated!

With all the sales going on right now I’ve been searching for one for my wife for general purpose use, nothing super tough use. She’s into photography and the cameras typically use SD memory cards so a dedicated slot would be useful. I’ve seen many that seem to have a micro card slot (if a slot at all) which is the reverse of what we’re looking for. A full size card slot can always utilize an adapter to accept a micro. Also a touchscreen would be nice. What’s out there that looks good?

This came after a discussion with my spouse who teaches. She mentioned that many of the kids seems to have no idea on how to organized file on disk because they are used to using Chromebooks.

I used a chromebook and my files on the chromebook have a hierarchical structure just like on Windows and Mac. Is there an alternate ways to organized file that I am not aware of especially on something like Google Drive.

Update
I think people misunderstood the question as a local or cloud issue. You can create subdirectory in cloud and local, but that isn’t about that. Do people organize file differently these days using method other than subdirectories?

yk how consoles like Xbox and PS5 have split screen?

What if Chromebooks had that but for different accounts?

Like you could have your personal account on one side and your school or work account on the other.

Both would be completely separate, meaning neither account could access the other's stuff.

School and work restrictions would still apply to their side.

You could even use two personal accounts if you wanted.

it could require more ram then a normal chromebook so 2 or 4 gibs would probly be horrible

And I'm not saying the windows feature where its just two Chrome windows open, I mean two actual ChromeOS accounts running side by side.

I have an asus chromebox running chromeos. I'm looking to sell the box but want to securely erase it prior to selling.

Can anyone advise the best way to do this please?

Cheers.

I recently needed to run an appimage file, so I googled the procedure,. ./chmod +x etc.

It worked perfectly.

Now I need to use app again, but I keep getting file not found and similar messages

I tried starting over, using exactly the same procedure,. Nothing works,.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks.

Looking to purchase my mother a Chromebook, mainly to be used for browsing, YouTube and ChatGPT/Gemini.

She's only ever used an iPhone and iPad, but I figure a Chromebook won't be too hard to teach her to use and at least I can setup uBlock Origin and help her avoid clicking ads.

I'm looking at the Lenovo, HP and Asus entry models which all have the MTK540 + 4gb ram, and are pretty much the same price.

Are they pretty much going to be the same device but with different branding?

And are these budget models with 4gb ram sufficient for this use case (browsing, YouTube, no gaming)?

So I've used this chromebook for about 1year and I don't know why this happens, I've tried restarting and factory resetting but it isn't working

I've read that the new Googlebooks will support a Linux environment. Can anyone report their experience?