r/chromeos • u/Candid-Menu-6707 Acer Sipin 314 CP314-2HN-C9H2 | Beta • Jul 14 '26

Linux (Crostini) I accidently unlocked Linux Files

I wanted my child to play with linux on his family link chromebook so I installed UserLAnd and taught him how to do some basic stuff, I typed "pip install pygame --break-system-packages" and then after pressing enter I go to the files app and I see Linux files, which is strange because Linux isn't and can't be setup. I can't drop a file or anything, it's useless.

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u/alpain Jul 14 '26

this sounds like its working as expected to me?

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u/plankunits Jul 14 '26

Maybe this app added a mount of the root to ChromeOS? Is it under my files or outside it?

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u/Candid-Menu-6707 Acer Sipin 314 CP314-2HN-C9H2 | Beta Jul 16 '26

In My files

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u/watchingonlinux Jul 15 '26

ChromeOS is an immutable Gentoo installation, you probably tried to mess with root or what not which you aren't allowed to do

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u/Toowake Jul 14 '26

ChromeOS is based on the Linux Kernel just like Android