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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 103564" data-source="post: 1056375">Yes you can run full versions of linux distros on a chromebook. Chromebooks already have linux in developer mode which runs in containers allowing you to run and utilize Linux apps. You can add a desktop environment although it takes a little finagling usually involving scripts to get them to run. The alternative is to add KVM&nbsp; virtual machine manager and or Virtualbox. This requires enough CPU power and ram /local storage space to run full versions though, keep this in mind. You can run windows apps via Cameyo as suggested above and even full versions of windows via Virtual machines such as Virtualbox. There is also the alternative of Parallels on Enterprise additions that will allow you to run windows. You also can run Android apps via the play store. Matter of fact you can now stream apps from your phone directly to your chromebook via phonehub. Lets say you have your favorite weather app on your phone, but your phone is in the other room charger, you can now on the taskbar of your chrombook, tap the phonehub button, open a panel and literally open that weather app on your phone and stream it directly to your chromebook to view while it is still sitting in the other room. I can not say i miss anything about windows at this point, especially all the issues.Nmap is a well known &quot;Network Mapper&quot;, it has been around for ages, and even portrayed in movies such as the Matrix.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 103564, post: 1056375"] Yes you can run full versions of linux distros on a chromebook. Chromebooks already have linux in developer mode which runs in containers allowing you to run and utilize Linux apps. You can add a desktop environment although it takes a little finagling usually involving scripts to get them to run. The alternative is to add KVM virtual machine manager and or Virtualbox. This requires enough CPU power and ram /local storage space to run full versions though, keep this in mind. You can run windows apps via Cameyo as suggested above and even full versions of windows via Virtual machines such as Virtualbox. There is also the alternative of Parallels on Enterprise additions that will allow you to run windows. You also can run Android apps via the play store. Matter of fact you can now stream apps from your phone directly to your chromebook via phonehub. Lets say you have your favorite weather app on your phone, but your phone is in the other room charger, you can now on the taskbar of your chrombook, tap the phonehub button, open a panel and literally open that weather app on your phone and stream it directly to your chromebook to view while it is still sitting in the other room. I can not say i miss anything about windows at this point, especially all the issues. Nmap is a well known "Network Mapper", it has been around for ages, and even portrayed in movies such as the Matrix. [/QUOTE]

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