Heads up all ChromeOS users on the Dev channel, Google is currently rolling out ChromeOS 75.0.3761.0 to your devices. After performing a quick backup of Crostini, I took some time to install the update and find out what changed – it seems that it is not much. It is important to backup your “Downloads” folder as many items were deleted after the installation.
Minor Changes
- All references to “Google INC” have been changed to “Google LLC” on the settings and about menu.
- Complimented a change to only show the interface to share USB devices with your Linux container only when the container is running. Per the notes, it looks like Google will re-work this “if other operating systems are ever supported”
- Crostini USB is now enabled by default – you will still need to manually enable support for “unsupported devices” if you want to pass anything aside from Android devices to Crostini
- Changed several refrences from “termina” to “plugin-vm” in several locations in the ChromeOS file manager. This is a behind the scene change but lays the groundwork to potentially support other operating systems in the future.
- Implement initial framework for a future cellular setup – could this mean we may finally see a proper unlocked 4G/5G ChromeOS device in the future?
- Ability to drag Chrome tabs to a new window on devices in Tablet Mode
Bugs
- Sadly the Google Assistant Button is still broken on the Pixelbook
- All but one file in my Downloads folder have been deleted after installing the update.
Do Yubikeys work in Crostini yet?
Sadly no, it seems to be bound to ChromeOS, some devices cannot be passed through