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Pixelbook Setup

Change your channel

Some of the features mentioned in this document only work on the beta or Dev channel. To change your channel:

1. chrome://help in a browser window
2. Click Detailed Build Information
3. Change Channel
4. Select Beta (Or Dev, if you're feeling adventurous)

denolfe

Pixelbook Linux Setup

Chromebook Configuration

• Enable Linux Apps
  • Open drawer in bottom right and click gear icon
  • Scroll down to find Linux Apps or Linux (Beta) and select TURN ON
  • After the install runs, you should have an application in ChromeOS called Terminal

Initial setup of container

paulirish

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

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A gorgeous looping gradient for the Chromebook Pixel lightbar.

To use on your Dev Mode-enabled machine, copy this script, open a Chrome OS shell (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type shell. Right click to paste the code and press Enter; it'll start running after a second.