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The base of this method is that you need another Windows 10 system connected to the internet so you could link to it. It has an interface that shows an entirely different OS that you can use. The Chrome Remote Desktop is an extension of Google Chrome that simply allows you to access another desktop while using your Chrome browser just like a virtual machine. Luckily, there are workarounds to use Windows desktop programs on a Chromebook: either running them remotely, through Android, through developer mode or running them on your Chromebook itself. You can avoid Windows junk applications but you also can’t install Adobe Photoshop, the full version of MS Office, or other Windows desktop applications. Google has been updating its Chrome OS with new features since its release but it’s nowhere near to Windows, Mac or even some Linux distributions.Ĭhromebooks don’t run Windows software, normally which can be the best and worst thing about them. Since late 2017, all released Chromebooks can also run Android apps from the PlayStore. As a result, Chrome OS supports web applications mostly data residing in the cloud rather than on the system itself. It is based on free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its main user interface. Chrome OS is designed by Google and based on the Linux kernel operating system. A Chromebook is a laptop or tablet running the Chrome OS as its operating system.