with Chrome OS version 76.
The, virtual desk, function has been in testing for several months and is now available for those in the Stable channel
all you have to do is press the “Overview” key ([]]]) to see the option in the top-right corner to start using Virtual Desks.
If you don’t see Virtual Desks (of the +New Desk button) you might need to enable the flag
paste chrome://flags/#enable-virtual-desks << enable and relaunch
or chrome://flags then in the flags search > virtual desk
@XSGeek yeah you can have Linux apps ChromeOS apps and android apps all running in ChromeOS now as well as any Linux OS which you can use alongside ChromeOS in a duel boot way
older Chromebooks, you can't, but you can run any Linux OS alongside ChromeOS using either USB drive or crouton method
Crouton vs. ChrUbuntu
https://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/
Chromebooks aren’t “just a browser”—they’re Linux laptops
@XSGeek also and big selling point for Chromebooks is security
What makes a Chromebook so secure?
Chromebooks were designed with security in mind — so what does that mean?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.androidcentral.com/what-makes-chromebook-so-secure%3famp