#LINUX ITERM PROFILES ALTERNATIVE INSTALL#

Instead, you get something much more interesting after getting set up, the Linux environment for all intents and purposes feels like a fully integrated part of the OS! There’s a Linux files folder in the Files app that puts stuff directly in to the container, and the native Chrome can access the container’s localhost (or, if you’re feeling cool). With the Debian install, you don’t get an actual Linux desktop, like you would with say a Virtual Box VM.

#LINUX ITERM PROFILES ALTERNATIVE INSTALL#

This means that, currently (Chrome OS 70), once you’ve gotten it installed, you’ll get a Debian container and a terminal ready to go! Poking around the subreddit above it appears that you can install other containers, but Debian works well for me. This is the key to being a happy web developer (or probably most any developer) on Chrome OS.Ĭrostini, also known as Linux on Chrome OS, will actually let you run a Linux container (or maybe virtual machine? Not entirely sure ) on your Chromebook. I thought I was stuck, knowing that I’m most comfortable developing when I’m zooming around in zsh, but then a coworker helped me get Crostini set up. Now, being most comfortable developing on a Mac, I immediately reached for the Terminal which… wasn’t there. So, like the introduction says, I just joined Google! My first order of business, clearly, was getting my new Pixelbook set up to do some webdev on it. Disclaimer: I now work for Google, and while this post is about me setting up my work Google Pixelbook, these are my personal thoughts and not Google’s.

Linux iterm profiles alternative