Chromebook containers and installations
by fixrite from LinuxQuestions.org on (#52PMG)
Hello, I am new to Linux. I bought a Lenovo Chromebook specifically for my smart home (mostly google) devices. I have learned about containers and virtual machines. As far as I can tell, I really have only one CLI option to begin with and that is the Crosh interface. From here I can create a "penguin" container which is supposed to make it possible for me to switch back and forth between chromeos and the Linux container.
Alternatively, I can use crosh to call up Chrome's virtual machine and then use lxc (the container manager) to create containers in which to run Linux distributions. So far so good. Now the problem - I know this sounds stupid - but how do I find the packages I wish to install? I have Arch Linux in the vm/container and can even access the root directory of the arch container, but there does not appear to be a way to get a listing of available packages for installation. I will want to go further with device control etc., but for now I would like some sort of GUI, if only to reassure myself that I am on the right track.
***note: the scroll bar at the side of this comments box does not work.
Alternatively, I can use crosh to call up Chrome's virtual machine and then use lxc (the container manager) to create containers in which to run Linux distributions. So far so good. Now the problem - I know this sounds stupid - but how do I find the packages I wish to install? I have Arch Linux in the vm/container and can even access the root directory of the arch container, but there does not appear to be a way to get a listing of available packages for installation. I will want to go further with device control etc., but for now I would like some sort of GUI, if only to reassure myself that I am on the right track.
***note: the scroll bar at the side of this comments box does not work.