Google's Chromebox is a very cool piece of hardware -- sort of a reduced-price Mac Mini -- but not everyone will want to be limited by its webby Chrome OS environment. We'll show you how to run a ...

But just because there’s not a lot of room on a Chromebook or Chromebox doesn’t mean you can’t install a second operating system and run some native desktop-style apps.

The Crouton project makes it simple to install a full Linux desktop operating system on a Chromebook.

The update should arrive over the air just like any other. Once the kernel has updated, users on those Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, or Chromebase can access, download, and install Linux apps.

Enter Ubuntu: with just a few minutes of work, you can get a full-fledged Linux desktop up and running on some solid Chromebook hardware, making for a pretty great laptop.

Installing Linux on a Chromebook isn't difficult--if you know what you're doing.