Is there a way to use xterm on chromebook?

Question

I'm using Secure Shell on chrome which is great. Now the only problem is that I cannot use xterm. Is there a way to install X11? Thanks!

Answer 1

For traditional Chromebooks, the nassh secure shell extension supports ports forwarding (tunneling) but not support X11 forwarding. Instead, if you can install software in the remote computer, you may try a VNC client or the Google Remote Desktop.

Using Android Apps

Recently. some Chromebooks can run Android apps. If you have one of these manchines, you may try one of the X-windows apps for android.

• For instance, there are the Darkside X Server, XServer XSDL and QVD Client in the Play Store.

Using Crouton

Some developers use their Chromebook in "developer mode" and install crouton Ubuntu. The Crouton defines a chroot-based Linux environment that may run X-windows.

• Crouton may run X-windows in two modes: using Xiwi (X11 in a window), that runs the X in a Chrome window, or using XORG in a different virtual screen. A tutorial video for installing Crouton was published by chromeunboxed (see the X-window starting at 18:00 minute)..
• Some time ago, David Crumpton prublished a guide to use the X windows of the Chromebook. If you hacve some problems, there are some hints on the library paths and variables that you may check.

Answer 2

Yes.

Enable Linux beta mode. The preinstalled linux terminal on chromeos is embeded with xclient. Make sure the machine that you ssh into has x11 forwarding enabled.

Simple test:

ssh -X [email protected]
xeyes

Answer 3

So far, there is only secure shell app that allows ssh. But xterm is not available yet.

Answer 4

xpra-html5 can let you create multiple x sessions on the target server and show their output in your browser's tabs. it's much more than cool! the performance is good and the developer is very supportive.

Answer 5

The Chromebrew package manager has an xterm package available.

Using Sommelier quite a few graphical applications are available to use on Chromebooks if you don't like Crostini/termina (the official Linux container support available on some devices).