Chromebooks are low-cost laptops that mostly target students and educators. While running ChromeOS under the hood makes them efficient, they lack a strong upgrade path and full-featured options ...

Chrome OS began as a simple browser-based operating system that only ran progressive web and Chrome apps. Over the years, Google's OS has evolved well past its humble origins. Modern Chromebooks ...

Matthew was the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police until 2025. About three years ago, I reviewed the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition. It's one of the few higher-end Chromebooks and is an ...

At Google I/O in Mountain View, Google quietly let slip that "all devices [Chromebook] launched this year will be Linux-ready right out of the box." Wait. What? In case you've missed it, last year, ...

For those who need to tinker, here are some ways I've found to run alternative Linux distros on a Chromebook. I’ve had the good fortune of having a Chromebook Pixel to work on for the last few months.

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...

Late last year, we uncovered a list of devices that would never be able to support Chrome OS’s Linux apps (Crostini). At the time, we noted that the second-generation Chromebook Pixel from 2015 was ...

Chromebooks are great devices, but they might not be able to do everything a Windows or Mac device can. Consider carefully before using one daily.

Samsung’s Chromebook Pro helped usher in a new era of Chromebooks, but over time it’s missed out on some things. The biggest complaint of many has been the lack of Linux app support on the Samsung ...