{"id":740589,"date":"2013-03-05T18:24:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=617010"},"modified":"2013-03-05T18:24:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:24:02","slug":"video-chromebook-pixel-running-chrome-os-and-linux-simultaneously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/740589","title":{"rendered":"Video: Chromebook Pixel running Chrome OS and Linux simultaneously"},"content":{"rendered":"

My daily use of Google’s Chromebook Pixel is working out like a charm\u00a0for what I do, nearly all of which is web-based. Yet, there are still times when a native app is better, or even required, to get the job done. My weekly podcast and videos are perfect examples, although I have found a number of web app options to test out for content creation.<\/p>

As I noted last week, the Pixel has more flexibility than you might think because there are a number of ways to run Linux on the laptop<\/a>. I opted to install and use crouton, a set of scripts that set up the Pixel to run Chrome OS and Linux at the same time. Here’s how it looks and works after the setup; you can get the crouton setup steps at this link<\/a> so I don’t show those on camera:<\/p>

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The one-time setup was simple and now all I need to get Linux up and running is a quick set of commands in a terminal. Then it’s just a matter of switching between Chrome OS and Linux as needed. You can see in the video that the same app I use on a Mac for my weekly podcast, Audacity, runs just fine so I’ve got the podcast issue licked. And I’m going to test some video apps for occasional use as well.<\/p>

Oh, and if you want to run Skype on the Pixel, you can do that to with this method: Check out how I stay on a video call while switching back to Chrome OS to check something on the web!<\/p>
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