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I'm curious what the best way to develop software for ChromeOS is that's not writing a web app. It can run Android apps, right? With the Linux support can it ru

I'm curious what the best way to develop software for ChromeOS is that's not writing a web app. It can run Android apps, right? With the Linux support can it run anything else, like X apps, or is it restricted to Chrome and Android?

vrotaru 5y ago
> I'm curious what the best way to develop software for ChromeOS is that's not writing a web app. Get hired by Google to work on Chrome OS. Certainly the best way. Afraid is also the only way. More seriously. Chromebook have several native apps. The browser, the file browser the gallery app, the movie player.. and that's all I guess. There is chromebrew but it requires you to put the device in dev-mode and it very niche. The are some PWA which seem to work only with Chromebooks, but that's different I guess.
alexshendi 5y ago
The Linux support is basically Debian Buster/Bullseye aarch64 in a custom container. Basically you can use every Linux program. I used a low end Chromebook (4G RAM, 64G flash, aarch64) to run FEM simulations and Scheme, Common Lisp, and Interlisp programming. Performance wasn't at all bad for a EUR 150 device.