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I'm a bit confused (did skim article only). Is this running ChromeOS or Linux? Can I get steam games like stardew valley to run on it?

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Basically the author wants to have a Chrome OS installation that can run android and non-root unix/linux software. All this in a regular installation without requiring the user to enable developer mode.

Regarding your questions, yes it is running linux as Chrome OS is based on Gentoo. But it is not running any traditional linux distro. In order to provide a linux/unix environment, the author installs termux. But this app is for command line programs. The quake screenshot has nothing to do with termux, it was installed from the Play store. Therefore I'd say it's not possible to run Steam on it.

ChromeOS, Termux, and probably not. You might be able to run some Android games though.

That's what I thought. However, this article (http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-a...) mentions crouton and being able to run Ubuntu. For instance, can I use apt-get, containers, etc.? Seems like there are two "solutions" .. one is to reboot into an open Linux system and the other is a more loose chromeOS?

Have you read the actual article? I thought it was quite thorough in explaining what the author was doing and why.

The author explains why they want to stick to "native" ChromeOS. You said you only skimmed the article, that is probably why you are being downvoted.

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