Config json is used by run oci to describe how the container is set up.
Chrome os linux containers.
Until now chrome os used linux containers based on debian gnu linux 9 stretch and existing installs will be upgraded in the future according to google.
This document explains how the container for android p works.
Low level technical documentation on running custom linux containers on chrome os including runtime features security their lifecycles and device support.
Enable developer mode.
Android container in chrome os.
This document outlines the process by which android runs in a linux container in chrome os.
Now with the launch of chrome os 84 google is adding the ability to set a username and configure the.
This is a heavily technical document.
Instructions to enable linux beta aka crostini on chrome os for development.
Hence chrome os primarily runs web applications.
Chrome os is a gentoo linux based operating system designed by google it is derived from the free software chromium os and uses the google chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
If you re interested in hacking on crostini itself take a look at the crostini developer guide.
For user friendly information see the keyword set up linux beta on your chromebook documentation.
Running custom containers under chrome os.
Last month i penned my thoughts on what the future of chrome os could look like and how devices like the pixelbook could play a big part in the implementation of containers on chromebooks.
This file describes the mount structure namespaces device nodes that are.
It doesn t allow the support of traditional linux desktop platforms inside chrome os.
Welcome to the containers project where we support running arbitrary code inside of vms in chrome os.
But this is going to be a thing of past as the next version of chrome os will get the ability to run native linux apps on chrome and this going to be made possible with the help of containers.
Google announced the project in july 2009 conceiving it as an operating system in which both applications and user data reside in the cloud.