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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By : Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.
Book Image

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By: Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.

Overview of this book

Google's ChromeOS provides a great platform for technicians, system administrators, developers, and casual users alike, providing a seemingly simplistic architecture that is easy enough for a novice user to begin working with. However, beneath the surface, this operating system boasts a plethora of powerful tools, able to rival any other OS on the market. So, learning how to harness the full potential of the OS is critical for you as a technical worker and user to thrive at your workplace. ChromeOS System Administrator’s Guide will help you reap the benefits of all features of ChromeOS. This book explains ChromeOS’ unique architecture and its built-in tools that perform essential tasks such as managing user accounts, working with data, and launching applications. As you build your foundational knowledge of the OS, you'll be exposed to higher-level concepts such as security, command line, and enterprise management. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to perform a range of system administration tasks within ChromeOS without requiring an alternative operating system, thereby broadening your options as a technician, system administrator, developer, or engineer.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1:Working with ChromeOS
5
Part 2:Security and Troubleshooting
9
Part 3:Advanced Administration

The Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store was once the one-stop shop for ChromeOS browser-based add-ons. Users could visit the web store to find apps, browser extensions, games, and themes. Each add-on helped to further personalize your user experience by providing them with additional software tools and useful features to further enhance the already feature-rich Chrome web browser.

As previously mentioned, Chrome apps are slowly being decommissioned by Google. So, even though you may find a few resources that are still available for download in the Chrome Web Store, most apps will indicate that they are no longer available for download. They will instead direct you to the app’s website so that you can access the Google app version of the software, as seen in Figure 3.20.

Figure 3.20 – Chrome app no longer available

Figure 3.20 – Chrome app no longer available

With the Chrome Web Store on its way to retirement, you may be thinking, where am I going to get all of my cool apps now...