MrAllen2K21 Â Â 0 #1 Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Topic. Â I could do with being able to run the following Linux apps on my Chrome OS Desktop.. GIMP, Steam, Unity and Visual Studio. As of when I checked last week, my box has a load of RAM, I just don't think it's been allocated enough to run very memory intensive apps like Unity and gaming on Steam, and graphic editing on GIMP and coding on VS. Â Is there anything I can do? Ideally I'd bin the Chrome OS and use Windows but that's not an option because of virus attacks and the risk of getting hacked all the time like I used to back when I had a Windows PC. Â Edited March 6, 2021 by MrAllen2K21 Typos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jomie   30 #2 Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Would installing Ubuntu on the Chromebook help?  Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook Edited March 6, 2021 by Jomie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MrAllen2K21   0 #3 Posted March 6, 2021 33 minutes ago, Jomie said: Would installing Ubuntu on the Chromebook help?  Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook Possibly, trouble is I've been after my Brother for a year to sort my PC out and he's always busy with work and the kids  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #4 Posted March 8, 2021 On 06/03/2021 at 10:48, MrAllen2K21 said: Is there anything I can do? Ideally I'd bin the Chrome OS and use Windows but that's not an option because of virus attacks and the risk of getting hacked all the time like I used to back when I had a Windows PC.  Well Windows has come on rather a lot since then and the only reason you'd be suffering attacks like that is if your PC isn't locked down. Win 10 plus sensible AV/Firewall and that's all you need so no harm in going the Windows route. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
soopah   17 #5 Posted March 8, 2021 Basic security, stop downloading porn and stuff from dodgy websites and you'll be fine. Don't give your day to day account administrative rights (like linux and every other OS) and again, you'll be fine. If there was such a big problem with Windows, they wouldn't have the market share they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437   14 #6 Posted March 10, 2021 On 08/03/2021 at 13:28, soopah said: Don't give your day to day account administrative rights (like linux and every other OS) and again, you'll be fine. Not all GNU/Linux distributions do that. I have a separate Administrator account on Devuan (and other none-systemd distributions, like MX-Linux, Antix and Arctis also have the capacity of separate Admin (root) account. FreeBSD appears to be the most secure OS: https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/why-you-should-migrate-everything-from-linux-to-bsd.html  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
soopah   17 #7 Posted March 11, 2021 21 hours ago, swarfendor437 said: Not all GNU/Linux distributions do that. I have a separate Administrator account on Devuan (and other none-systemd distributions, like MX-Linux, Antix and Arctis also have the capacity of separate Admin (root) account. FreeBSD appears to be the most secure OS: https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/why-you-should-migrate-everything-from-linux-to-bsd.html  Reading back my comment, it seems I didn't make sense. Windows being the anomoly in that it makes your default account admin, and that is bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MrAllen2K21 Â Â 0 #8 Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Good news, following the latest Chrome OS update about an hour ago, all my Linux apps, including Unity and GIMP, now work. Â Only thing now is that all the apps, especially Steam and Unity, are reporting a lack of hard drive space! I wouldn't mind but I cleared some stuff off my Google Drive earlier and now there's about 56 Gig left. Â I did Google how to allocate more space to Linux but the version I have isn't Ubuntu, not sure if it's Red Hat or something else? Â Edited March 13, 2021 by MrAllen2K21 A new problem and more details Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437 Â Â 14 #9 Posted March 14, 2021 Gaming uses a lot of overheads, both in terms of disk space and graphical requirements. Chromebooks weren't built for gaming, just emails and browsing. You'd be much better off forking out for a Notebook and when it comes to Linux a dedicated Linux Notebook such as Nova Custom: Â https://configurelaptop.eu/?wcmlc=GBP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...