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Learn From My Mistakes: Trying Flutter Development on Chrome OS

Schadenfreude. Oxford Languages defines it as pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. Personally, I just hope it’s enough to get you through the next 1,200 words I have to say about the Flutter framework.

Setting Up Non-Debian Packages on Chrome OS (IntelliJ IDEA & Blender)

Linux beta for Chrome OS lets users run virtually any application in the Debian repositories, with the APT package manager. However, some Linux apps aren’t in the repos, and don’t offer a .deb package. Fortunately, it’s relatively straightforward to get these up and running, as well.

Setting the Gtk Theme on Chrome OS

A recent Chrome OS update sent some of my Linux apps back to the late 90s. Here’s how to fix that.

Test Driving the Chrome OS Linux Beta with Node.js

With support for Linux applications rolling out to recent Chromebooks, I decided to try setting up Node.js on a Samsung Chromebook 3. Here’s how it turned out.