Summary of Chrome University 2018: Chrome OS Virtual Machines 101

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

The video discusses the history and goals of the Chrome OS Virtual Machines project, and provides an overview of the current product. It also discusses some of the security issues associated with running VMs on Chromebooks, and notes that there are no limits to the number of Linux applications that can be run concurrently on a Chromebook.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses the history of the Chrome OS Virtual Machines project, and explains that one of the goals of the project is to make it easier for developers to create and deploy Android applications on Chromebooks. The presenter then goes on to present the current product, which is a VM based off of Chrome OS that is only used for network configuration and to run containers.
• 00:05:00 Chrome University 2018 covers some of the basics of how Chrome OS virtual machines and containers work. These are run by Chrome, which starts up concierge and the container/VM with the user's data. This functionality is integrated with other aspects of Chrome OS, including the Launcher and the UI.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses Chrome OS virtual machines, which are used to run Linux-based applications inside of a separate, isolated process. Cross VM provides strong memory safety guarantees, and allows multiple users to access a shared BMC command-line interface.
• 00:15:00 Chrome University 2018 discusses Chrome OS virtual machines, which are created to run standard Linux distributions and applications. The video explains that Verdejo Weiland is a new protocol used to tunnel between virtual machines and their hosts, and that it also allows for x11 applications to be run on Chrome OS. The video also mentions termina, which is the board name for a Chromebook with the "read-only" and "tattle" firmware versions.
• 00:20:00 The speaker provides a brief overview of Chrome OS Virtual Machines and how they work. They note that while you don't need them, you also don't have access to Kayvyun, the developer behind the Chrome OS platform. There are some security issues with running VMs on Chromebooks, and as a result, user access is limited to a bare Debian environment. There are currently no limits to the number of Linux applications that can be run concurrently on a Chromebook, and the speaker does not know of any issues that have been encountered so far.
• 00:25:00 This video explains how Chrome OS manages multiple virtual machines, and how disk and memory usage work.