The post Chromebooks with Linux kernel 3.14 & older won’t get Linux app support appeared first on BardTech . 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...