Run office apps on ChromeOS Flex

ChromeOS Flex is a capable operating system, but its lack of support for Android apps does hold it back. That applies particularly if you want to use Microsoft Office; since the native editions of Word, Excel and so forth can’t be installed on Flex, you’re limited to the more basic web equivalents. There is, however, a way to get a fully featured office suite onto your ChromeOS Flex computer. Although Flex doesn’t support Windows virtualisation, it can host a Debian-based Linux environment, into which you can install the free LibreOffice suite. You can also connect your OneDrive account to ChromeOS, to easily share files with other computers running Office – you’ll find the option in the Settings app, under System preferences. The Linux environment is disabled by default. To enable it, open…

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