
Instead there’s a shortcut to an “Open Web Store” on the taskbar. While you should be able to install just about any Ubuntu app by opening a terminal and using apt-get, you won’t find the Ubuntu Software Center in this operating system. Saraswat notes that Android app is experimental and “may not work properly in the LiveCD or a virtual machine,” so I haven’t tried it out yet.Īnd if you’re wondering why you’d want to run Android apps on a device that’s designed not to run Google software,

If the name didn’t give it away, this operating system is based on Ubuntu, but it’s designed to offer a Chrome OS-like experience thanks to a simplified user interface and a set of pre-installed apps including the Firefox we browser, some web apps from /e/, and Anbox, a tool that allows you to run Android apps in Linux. Now the first release of Ubuntu Web Remix is available for download.

So this summer developer Rudra Saraswat decided to build a Chrome OS alternative focused on Firefox rather than Chrome. They tend to be affordable, reasonably responsive, and fairly simple to learn to use.īut a key selling point for some is a turnoff for others – Chromebooks put Google’s Chrome browser front and center. Global Chromebook shipments are on the rise as folks around the world are stuck working, studying, and binge watching from home.

I really have to take a closer look at the architecture of Chrome OS or Chromium OS, the structure with all the containers sounds interesting.Ubuntu Web Remix is a Linux distro that puts Firefox front and center (Chrome OS alternative) - Liliputing Close Search for: Search Type lxc config set penguin security.nesting true (this allows the default Linux container penguin to run containers itself – it is somehow required).Type vsh termina (Read about Termina here – a VM image with a stripped-down Chrome OS linux kernel and userland tools).In Chrome, open a new shell using CTRL + ALT + T.Install Firefox using Flatpak: flatpak install.Install Flatpak and add the Flathub repository.But beware, the user experience really leaves a lot to be desired… More for fun than being really useful, here’s a little tutorial on how to use Firefox on Chrome OS (Flex) (for me, it’s currently version 100 in the Dev Channel).
