The reason this is kind of a big deal is that Flatpak applications are simple to install and require very little know-how when it comes to using the Linux terminal. I’ll rope this in before we get too far off into the weeds. I’ve tried using Flatpaks on Chrome OS in the past with little success but today, I found that Crostini now works flawlessly with the official Debian setup process. What is Flatpak? In layman’s terms, Flatpak is a universal package management framework that attempts to make applications more flexible by making the application usable on a wide variety of Linux distributions. I say all of this so I can share my latest discovery. At the end of the day, applications that require a lot of graphics horsepower are going to struggle on Chrome OS devices until more powerful GPUs are available and accessible via the OS. My Chromebox is a Core-i7 with plenty of RAM and I have GPU support enabled to squeeze a little more juice out of the onboard Intel HD graphics. Now, I’ve already received feedback from some users saying Shotcut is a little rough around the edges but a lot of that depends on the device that you’re using. Just yesterday, I shared a full-blown, professional-grade video editor running on my Chromebox thanks to some simple command-line codes. We haven’t quite gotten to the point yet but as I spend my days testing new apps and installation methods, I’ve discovered that Linux on Chrome OS is far more capable than I anticipated. On the flip side, I’ve long theorized that the masses could benefit from Crostini if Google could find a way to deliver Linux apps in a way that felt native to consumers. When Google announced that Chrome OS would officially support Linux apps via the Crostini project, I expected that developers and tinkerers like me would be the only ones genuinely excited.
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