Chromebooks with Linux kernel 3.14 & older won’t get Linux app support

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When Google announced Linux apps on Chrome OS , everyone was excited. We published an article where we listed all the older Chromebooks that would get Linux app support, as developers were already working on backporting the essential kernel modules, such as vsock. Well, we weren’t technically wrong, as the developers definitely tried to make vsock backward compatible. But, as it turns out, vsock can’t be backported to Linux kernel 3.14.

The inability to backport vsock to Linux kernel 3.14 or older means that the devices with this version of the kernel won’t be able to install Linux apps. Here is the list of Chromebooks that use Linux kernel 3.14 or older and can’t run Linux apps:

Device	Release Date	Kernel Version	Architecture
Acer Chromebase	August 1, 2015	3.10	arm
HP Chromebook 14 G3	October 18, 2014	3.10	arm
Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311)	September 7, 2014	3.10	arm
Acer C670 Chromebook 11	February 28, 2015	3.14	x86_64
ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA	July 1, 2015	3.14	arm
ASUS Chromebook C201	May 1, 2015	3.14	arm
Acer Chromebox CXI2	May 1, 2015	3.14	x86_64
Acer Chromebase 24	April 1, 2016	3.14	x86_64
Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015 Edition)	September 22, 2015	3.14	x86_64
Lenovo ThinkCentre Chromebox	June 2, 2015	3.14	x86_64
Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)	March 11, 2015	3.14	x86_64
Acer Chromebook 15	April 30, 2015	3.14	x86_64
Dell Chromebook 13 7310	August 13, 2015	3.14	x86_64
ASUS Chromebox CN62	August 3, 2015	3.14	x86_64
AOpen Chromebase Mini	February 28, 2017	3.14	arm
Asus Chromebit CS10	November 2, 2015	3.14	arm
AOpen Chromebox Mini	February 28, 2017	3.14	arm

As you can see, there are a lot of Chromebooks on this list, and some of them are fairly new. Even Google’s own original Chromebook Pixel, which was released in 2015, is on the list. Keep in mind that those with arm processors already had their support dropped due to the 32-bit infrastructure.

What’s making the situation better is that Google recently managed to extend the Linux LTS kernel’s support from 2 years to 6. So, a situation like that will most likely not happen again. The six-year Long-Term-Support will give developers and manufacturers the ability to keep their devices up to date for far longer. Also, there won’t be any need for wasting countless hours on backporting features.

Are you lucky enough to have a Chromebook device which is using Linux kernel 3.18 or newer? Here is the list of the devices which support Linux apps, or will support soon. You’ll soon be able to run Linux apps on it. But, for those of you who were out of luck, well, the struggle continues.

Source: Chromium Gerrit Via: Reddit

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