Thank you Vince Winter and Robert Citek. @Robert Citek: As Vince pointed out, Chromebooks capable of doing both Android and Linux apps are very HW dependent. Is it ok for you to disclose your Chromebook make and model?
thanks -v On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 2:47 PM Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, you can run both an Android app and a Linux app at the same time. For > example, at this moment I am running the Brave browser ( an Android app ) > and VSCode ( a Linux app ) at the same time. > > @Vince Winter: What's a "mini Linux environment"? Or did you mean > "minimal"? The Linux Development Environment runs Debian 11 in an LXC > container with very few packages installed. But you can install just about > anything with a quick 'apt-get install ...' > > Regards, > - Robert > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 3:29 PM Vince Winter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello Vince, > > > > > > It depends on model of Chromebook if Google enabled that option, largely > > based on hardware. You have to have a the Google play store enabled for > > Android apps(there maybe ways to side load but I haven't looked into > > personally). Linux terminal can be installed on some Chromebooks as well. > > It is more less a mini Linux environment. > > > > Chromebooks are more or less Gentoo Linux under the hood running in a lot > > of minijails to keep programs isolated from each other with their own > > desktop environment that is part of Google chrome or chromium. > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 14:16 VY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear all: > > > > > > I have a Chromebook question. > > > > > > a) I read that most Chromebooks can run Android apps. > > > > > > b) I also read that most Chromebooks can run Linux apps > > > > > > If both a + b are true, does it mean most Chromebooks can run both > > Android > > > and Linux apps simultaneously? > > > > > > Want to check if anyone has such experience? > > > > > > thanks and happy holidays > > > > > > > > > -vincent > > > > > >
