with the release of the newest Chromebook and Chromebox (where the latter is an interesting choice for a family PC for people who don't need apps like photoshop etc.), I wanted to check out a dual-boot capability for myself.
My question now (I have found the possibility to fire up a normal linux console under Chrome OS, but for me to use this system at university, I will need a C/C++ compiler and a (more or less advanced) text editor. The last one should be available on the chrome web store (or however that's called), but I can't find anything for the compiler.
TL;DR: Is there a c/c++ compiler on chrome OS? (ssh-ing into a server with an compiler is not really an option as it doesn't provide offline coding possibilities - on a bus, on a train etc.)
2 Answers
You'll probably need to build it yourself.
3If anyone is still ending up on this page, check out chromebrew or crouton both of which provide solutions, one in the chromeos shell the other in its own linux environment.
