News and notes on the latest from Google.
With the addition of native Linux support a couple of years ago, Chrome OS users can now use a wide variety of apps and even games. This means that the full Java Edition of Minecraft can run on a Chromebook! In this noob-friendly guide, we’ll explain step-by-step how to install it.
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I’m a Google fan, but there has always been one product that I’ve been hesitant to try: Chrome OS, Google’s desktop operating system that powers all Chromebooks on the market. If you’ve ever heard anything about Chromebooks, chances are that you’ve heard the stereotype that it’s just a “glorified web browser.” I’ve been following Chrome OS for years and I know that there is so much more to it now—Android apps, Linux support, etc. But I never actually ditched Windows and exclusively used a Chromebook as my only laptop—until now.
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Linux support in beta on Chrome OS reached the stable channel just last year, and it’s made the operating system so much more productive. Today, a commit on the Chromium Gerrit was discovered that will add an even easier way to install Linux apps on Chrome OS.
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Spectre and Meltdown are catastrophic vulnerabilities that affected all modern processors. They were so severe that Intel decided to pay out a $100,000 bug bounty. Software patches for it are available, but they impact system performance. Google is fixing the vulnerability for Chrome, but it will make it use more RAM than ever before.
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