But enabling Developer Mode is also a prerequisite for using one my favorite Chrome OS hacks: a tool called Crouton that allows you to install Ubuntu or another GNU/Linux distribution and run it ...

Thankfully, it's not the hard to get Ubuntu onto your Nexus 7 tablet, but first you'll need to unlock it.

But members of the JooJoo Forums have discovered that it’s not all that tough to install Windows 7 and turn the JooJoo into a much more versatile tablet.

The PineTab Linux tablet has been in development for a while but it was never really clear what OS would work on it. Unlike for smartphones, there few open source projects designed to run on tablets.

The tablet arena already includes countless contenders featuring Linux-based Android, but a company currently seeking funding on Indiegogo aims to produce a new line of what it calls “true Linux ...

Installing Linux apps on Chromebooks is a bit more complicated than installing Android ones. Here's a guide on how to do it.