#Windows apps on ChromeOS

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ruby monolith
inland gorge
ruby monolith
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VDI is another good solution, as is the built-in Linux support if the Windows apps you need happen to run on Linux.

inland gorge
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KVM will give you, arguably the best performance and is very stable as a host on my server and workstation.

inland gorge
sonic perch
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I have been meaning to do a video on this. I will add it to the list

sand ocean
inland gorge
# sand ocean Can you run KVM on top of ChromeOS? When I looked around it seems you kind of re...

Kvm runs parallel with the OS allowing virtualization with something like qemu. You may be able to get away with booting qemu in a linux environment and then vnc or rdp into the machine. If you were to do this, i would store the qemu . img file on chromeos and sharing it with linux. This is assuming kvm can run on your hardware. Give me a second and ill try and get you a command to tell you from either chromeos or linux environment.

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You can check whether KVM support is enabled in the Linux kernel from Ubuntu using kvm-ok command which is a part of the cpu-checker package. It is not installed by default. But it is available in the official package repository of Ubuntu.

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This is a technical and involved process on a chromebook

ruby monolith
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@inland gorge thanks for your contributions here! It sounds like your instructions are leading towards compiling their own version of ChromeOS or using dev mode for normal use as opposed to developing ChromiumOS. We'd prefer not to encourage that here. There are other Discord servers better suited to that. Thanks!

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(the instructions appear to have the user disabling verified boot, for instance)

inland gorge
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No problem, yeah that was part of the process. Just trying to point him in "A" direction as well as help explain some virtualization concepts. Parallels will certainly be the most "stable" solution.

sand ocean
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Thanks @inland gorge for all that info! However, I'm not interested in hacking ChromeOS to get it to work. I want ChromeOS stability and security as is and build upon that so maybe then Parallels is the only solution available? 🤔

ruby monolith
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Yeah I'd go with that.

inland gorge
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@sand ocean Just to be clear, if your system supports KVM there is no hacking, use cpu-checker in your linux environment to determine if kvm is enabled. If it is enabled, you are free to go about your business using KVM and qemu, if it is not enabled, then parallels is likely your most stable solution. The qemu/KVM route is still technical, but in a way that is well documented and very stable, and doesn't require any issue-some commands. It all depends on whether or not KVM is enabled by default on your hardware/software combination.

woven lark
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I need to test Windows in Crostini again, it's been quite a while, I've been using Parallels for the rare occasion I really need Windows but I'm also the sole user in my Google Workspace subscription and it's a business expense so it makes more sense than as an individual

I'm also using the Dell Latitude 5300 2in1 and 5400 Chromebook models that support upgrading the storage and RAM so I've got plenty of resources to allocate

inland gorge
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That would be the way to go.