How to install google chrome os on vmware workstation
- #HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION HOW TO#
- #HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION INSTALL#
My first attempt led me to the widely used VirtualBox VM but unfortunately, it requires custom Linux headers and Chrome OS prevents those from being installed for security reasons. In the midst of all the tinkering, the subject came up of running a virtual machine inside of the Linux container.
#HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION HOW TO#
We’ve installed a wide range of useful Linux packages and even figured out how to run a full Linux desktop environment. Over the past couple of years, I have experimented with various ways to leverage Linux on Chrome OS. The virtual machine is the gateway to the application that allows you to access it from the host, Chrome OS. The Linux application is running on the bare metal of the Chromebook while still sandboxed to protect the rest of the system. To oversimplify it, Crostini runs a Debian 10 Linux framework in a container on Chrome OS which is then accessed via a virtual machine.
#HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION INSTALL#
For the common user, this is the Linux (Beta) project that allows users to install and run a variety of Linux packages and applications on Chrome OS without the vulnerability of moving to dev mode. Thankfully, Google decided to fire up a little project that we know as Crostini. The main drawback – aside from the technical expertise required – was the fact that developer mode technically makes a Chromebook less secure and it throws out any and all support you may get from Google should you brick your machine. In all honesty, the process isn’t that difficult and when you’re finished, you have a fully-functional version of Linux running side-by-side with Chrome OS. In the early days of Chrome OS, running a separate operating system meant putting your device in developer mode and jumping through a bunch of hoops to essentially dual boot a version on Linux on your machine. Lucky for us – where there’s a will, there’s a way and we have a way.
That’s all fine and well for companies that have the means to purchase high-end Chromebooks along with licenses for Windows and Parallels but not so much for us common folk. Now that Chrome OS is offering an official Windows Desktop via Parallels, Enterprise customers have a fully-supported and very viable way to access legacy applications while still embracing the cloud.