You can't just type rm -rf / and break your Chromebook. Google built training wheels into this thing. Most of the truly dangerous commands are locked behind that shell wall, and even then, you need to enable Developer Mode (which wipes your device).

That limited diagnostic tool suddenly becomes a full bore Bash shell. You can install Python. You can SSH into a server. You can run vim and pretend you’re a movie hacker.

Suddenly, you aren't a student or an office worker. You are a sysadmin. You’ll see a live leaderboard of every process eating your RAM. Watch tab processes fight for dominance. (Spoiler: It’s always the Google Doc with 47 embedded images). Here is where Crosh gets really interesting.