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I'm dan Graziano and I'm here with a Google Chromebook you've probably heard of these little computers the big appeal is their price most models come in at under $400 while some even retail for as low as $300 these low priced computers from Google's cloud based operating system known as Chrome OS which relies on internet connection to run most apps well this can be extremely useful with no connection it becomes a real pain most people aren't aware however that Chrome OS actually runs the Linux operating system and these computers are capable of much more than you think today I'm going to show you how to run both Chrome OS and you boon to a popular Linux operating system on your Chromebook I recommend using at least an Intel Chromebook rather than a RM version because Linux programs are more compatible with the Intel model it also helps to use some sort of external storage such as a flash drive or an SD card so you have more space to install additional programs so let's get started the first thing you must do is enable the Chromebooks developer mode this will erase anything you may have stays on the devices internal storage press and hold the escape and refresh Keys then press the power button the Chromebook will then reboot into recovery mode press the ctrl and D Keys together when you see the yellow exclamation point and then press ENTER to confirm the developer mode you will hear two loud beeps this is normal simply sit back and wait for the process to complete it could take up to 10 minutes don't panic if you see a red exclamation point after it's done just wait and the Chromebook will reboot into Chrome OS next you will have to download a tool known as crouton which you can find the link in my article sign in to the Chromebook download the tool and save it to your download folder then press ctrl alt T to bring up the Chromebooks terminal type in shell and hit enter then type in this code in the command line crouton will take some time to install once it's complete enter a username and password you would like to use to enter Ubuntu type the command sudo start unity in the terminal when in Ubuntu click on the first icon on the left hand side of the screen sir for the terminal open it and type in sudo apt-get update in the command-line when that's complete type sudo apt-get install Software Center this will allow you to easily install various Linux programs simply open the software center and search for the program you want or download from the company's website and open it and install it in the software center to get back to Chrome OS press the ctrl alt and back keys together control all forward followed by control alt refresh can be used to return to Ubuntu you can also open the chrome OS terminal type in Shell followed by sudo start unity either or works one thing you will notice is that takes longer for the Chromebook to power on when you see the yellow exclamation point simply press control D to speed up this process if you want to return the Chromebook back to normal simply restart the computer and when you see the yellow exclamation point press the spacebar followed by the Enter key for more detailed information including the links you'll need to get the job done check out my article on how to dub seems calm dan Graziano CNET thanks for watching