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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

System updates, sandboxing, and verified boot

ChromeOS’s cloud-first design has major security benefits, including a reduced need to protect locally installed applications from compromise. However, a reduction of a security threat doesn’t equal the elimination of that threat. Therefore, even ChromeOS needs tools to protect its software from being exploited by cyberattacks and malware.

In this section, we’ll take a look at some of the tools ChromeOS supplies to help us prevent software compromise.

System updates

No matter how well a piece of software is designed, there will inevitably be some feature that was not included or some flaw that was overlooked. As software developers push the limits of their creativity and ingenuity to provide consumers with the latest and greatest software tools, things won’t always work as intended. In the old days of software development, this would result in product delays and recalls. However, in modern computing...