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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

Troubleshooting 101

So far, you’ve learned that the ChromeOS platform can be a very useful tool for many of your everyday and advanced computing tasks. The rock-solid performance it provides has made the operating system, and the devices that run it, increasingly popular among users and organizations alike. Yet even with all of its safety, security, and ease of use, it is still susceptible to failures from time to time.

In Chapter 5, Recovering from Disasters, you learned how to protect the data that your ChromeOS devices store and manage but what about the device itself? Your ChromeOS device, though typically lower in cost than other computing devices, still represents an investment. Therefore, to protect that investment, it is important to understand how to identify and correct issues with your ChromeOS device and software before they escalate into full-blown disasters.

In this chapter, you’ll learn to troubleshoot the following:

  • Crashing and freezing...