On: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

[williamstein]

Will this make it possible to run Docker in a Chromebook? With Crouton, which is just a chroot, you can't run Docker at all (without changing the ChromeOS kernel), and can only run rkt containers. If this new Linux apps support really runs in a Debian KVM virtual machine, then maybe it will be possible to run Docker in that, which would be a massive advantage over what crouton provides. Anybody know?

[thesandlord → williamstein]

Yes, you can run Docker.

Source: I've been testing Crostini for a while now, and Docker works great!

[williamstein → thesandlord]

Thanks! This is really fantastic news!

[seabrookmx → williamstein]

I'm curious about this as well.

I was toying with the idea of setting up my docker cli in crouton to connect to a docker daemon I host via a VPS (cheap Lightsail box maybe). I think this will work fine.. it's just the docker daemon that won't run because the ChromeOS kernel locks it out of features it needs. Then I could do local dev but any docker calls would run remotely.

But I'm sure that will have its quirks.. if I could run lightweight containers (node, redis, etc) directly on my Chromebook then I'd prefer that.

[jacksmith21006 → williamstein]

You could already use Docker containers with Crouton. Just had to use rkt.

Yes docker is working with this new funtionality. You use on a machine container. Which runs on a VM.

[nickjj → williamstein]

I've been running Docker on my Chromebook for years.

I just installed GalliumOS on it (a native Linux OS tuned for Chromebooks).

It works really well.

[jacksmith21006 → nickjj]

Better approach, I'm, is use Crouton. Just have to use rkt to launch the containers. Now not necessary to even use developer.