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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By : Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.
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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

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By: Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.

Overview of this book

Google's ChromeOS provides a great platform for technicians, system administrators, developers, and casual users alike, providing a seemingly simplistic architecture that is easy enough for a novice user to begin working with. However, beneath the surface, this operating system boasts a plethora of powerful tools, able to rival any other OS on the market. So, learning how to harness the full potential of the OS is critical for you as a technical worker and user to thrive at your workplace. ChromeOS System Administrator’s Guide will help you reap the benefits of all features of ChromeOS. This book explains ChromeOS’ unique architecture and its built-in tools that perform essential tasks such as managing user accounts, working with data, and launching applications. As you build your foundational knowledge of the OS, you'll be exposed to higher-level concepts such as security, command line, and enterprise management. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to perform a range of system administration tasks within ChromeOS without requiring an alternative operating system, thereby broadening your options as a technician, system administrator, developer, or engineer.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1:Working with ChromeOS
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Part 2:Security and Troubleshooting
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Part 3:Advanced Administration

The Linux Development Environment

By this point in this book, the capabilities of ChromeOS have been made more than evident. It provides many of the tools and features you’d expect from a widely adopted operating system (OS). Additionally, as the world’s first commercially successfully Cloud-First operating system, it also boasts many features not present in traditional operating systems. However, in its native state, ChromeOS does have a major limitation: the inability to install and use full software applications and the tools used to develop them.

Thankfully, Google has overcome this limitation by enabling ChromeOS to tap into its Linux roots via its Linux development environment feature. This environment provides software developers using ChromeOS with a built-in Linux virtual machine, giving them an easily accessible and secure place to write code and develop apps.

In this chapter, you’ll learn about the following topics:

  • Enabling the Linux...

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