how to enable Vulkan in Crostini on Chromebook – Guide
The Chrome team has just released the first Developer Build of ChromeOS 76, bringing at least one welcome change that eliminates the need to manually enable GPU support in Crostini. I’m currently doing a disassembly of the build to try to find other changes and will update this post accordingly.
Crostini GPU flag exposed.
Google has exposed a chrome flag: // flags to automatically enable GPU support on compatible machines. That said, I wouldn’t advise users to replace their gaming platforms with a Chromebook, although it should be able to play some light games. If you want to enable this flag, type chrome: // flags / # crostini-GPU-support in your browser’s URL and change the flag to enable. You will then be prompted to restart your Chromebook for this change. Next, you will need to update your Debian installation by running “sudo apt-get update” followed by “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” and restart your container. Now you can run the “glxinfo -B” command to see the video card information. If your output contains “Device: virgl“you have GPU support. As a reminder, only a small number of Chromebooks support GPU acceleration
Google Pixelbook (Eve) Google Pixel Slate Dell Inspiron 14 Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630 Acer Chromebook 13 Acer Chromebook Spin 13 HP X360 14 Chromebook
Crostini backup flag enabled by default
No more excuses not to cook up your Crostini container; Google has officially enabled the backup flag by default. You can back up your container from Settings > Linux (Beta) > Linux > Backup and Restore. You can also restore backups from the same menu.
Linux applications can now be uninstalled from the launcher
Now you can uninstall unnecessary apps from ChromeOS launcher with a simple right click. It is important to note that for this to work, the application must have been installed via a .deb or apt package. It doesn’t seem to uninstall Flatpack-based installs, manually build source installs, or things installed via a script.
Many references to “PluginVM.”
Google has made some changes to “PluginVM”, which may soon allow users to install custom virtual machines. As far as I can tell, this currently seems to be targeting business users. What’s interesting is According to the GSuite Policy documentation, it is possible to specify Windows as a potential operating system and automatically pass a license key. This will also automatically mount a folder called MyFiles / PluginVM for the ChromeOS file app to allow content sharing. This may be why Campfire was deprecated. From the news from chromeunboxed.com
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