<s>
Crouton	B-Application
(	O
ChromiumOS	O
Universal	O
Chroot	B-Application
Environment	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
scripts	O
which	O
allows	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
and	O
Kali	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
to	O
run	O
parallel	O
to	O
a	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crouton	B-Application
works	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
chroot	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
to	O
allow	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
run	O
desktop	O
environments	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
:	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
another	O
environment	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
2019	O
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
all	O
Chromebooks	O
shipped	O
that	O
year	O
onward	O
will	O
be	O
Linux	B-Application
compatible	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crouton	B-Application
requires	O
you	O
to	O
switch	O
your	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
device	O
to	O
Developer	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
requires	O
a	O
full	O
"	B-General_Concept
Powerwash	I-General_Concept
"	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
having	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
to	O
choose	O
from	O
,	O
none	O
are	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
their	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Crostini	O
has	O
become	O
an	O
officially	O
supported	O
way	O
to	O
run	O
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
Many	O
people	O
still	O
prefer	O
Crouton	B-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
it	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
