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Old 05-15-2025, 10:16 AM   #35
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The Linux that can be enabled on top of ChromeOS is crippled (for storage access and Wayland not X) and awkward (console to install / configure, and one icon to access all icons). Icon creation often fails on installs.
Yeah, I ran into that. I figured out (or, rather, I found what others had figured out) that the icons had to be copied to a non-home directory (but I still have to do it by hand). I use /usr/share/icons. For *.desktop files I use the /usr/share/applications directory (again, not in the home directory). I'm guessing this is an issue specific to the Chrome OS's implementation of Debian. At any rate, I have my Linux icons showing now.

That said, if you're only going to put a couple Linux applications in Linux under Chrome OS, it should work okay. Personally I would buy a regular (newer, used) laptop and install Linux Mint instead.
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