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I run crouton on my chromebook but really if you intend to run desktop linux don't get a chromebook, even at boot waiting for the "developer mode" beeps are ann

by jamespo 11y ago

I run crouton on my chromebook but really if you intend to run desktop linux don't get a chromebook, even at boot waiting for the "developer mode" beeps are annoying besides the other compromises (small native storage etc).

fpoling 11y ago
With Chromebooks I typically do not need to worry about hardware compatibility. Besides, with Crouton I can have full-fledged development environment under CromeOS while still being able to give the notebook to guests or children for Internet access.
mixedmath 11y ago
An undocumented (as far as I can tell) way to avoid the annoying beeps is to press ctrl-d on boot. This avoids the developer mode beeps. [source: I'm also a crouton+chromebook user].
jdeibele 10y ago
I bought a 2013 Chromebook Pixel from somebody. One of his reasons for selling it was that he had enabled developer mode and his child hit the space bar on boot up. That wiped all of his work. He was going back to a laptop.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Did you tell him about DVCS?
rbanffy 10y ago
I got myself an Acer ES1-111, snapped out the 2G DDR3L module and put in a 4G one. It's priced like a Chromebook but has a full keyboard (a lot of my Emacs stuff uses the "super" key). Sure the eMMC space is not large and you won't see me lugging my music collection in it (or crunching large datasets), but for light development (I do mostly Python/Django) it's just fine. And for USD 200, I won't be devastated if it's damaged. Not really comparable to a high-spec Chromebook, but does the job.
xyzzy_plugh 10y ago
Try pressing "Ctrl+D" at boot to avoid the beep and wait. In any case, I hardly ever turn on/reboot my chromebook, mostly just resume from sleep.
jalami 10y ago
I tried crouton for a day or so, didn't like it. Why run on top of ChromeOS if you don't have to. I flashed Seabios on the C720 and just installed native Xubuntu, with a little configuration and driver installation everything works pretty perfectly. There is no initial beep or scary screen and no way to wipe the laptop with one button on boot. Johnlewis does some great work on these builds[0]. Give him some money. I learned about this later, but could have maybe saved myself some configuration time[1]. Of course it would be much nicer for Acer, Google, HP et. al. to provide a linux build, but I don't really see that happening. [0] https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/ https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download... [1] https://galliumos.org/ https://galliumos.org/

by jamespo 11y ago

fpoling 11y ago

With Chromebooks I typically do not need to worry about hardware compatibility. Besides, with Crouton I can have full-fledged development environment under CromeOS while still being able to give the notebook to guests or children for Internet access.

mixedmath 11y ago

An undocumented (as far as I can tell) way to avoid the annoying beeps is to press ctrl-d on boot. This avoids the developer mode beeps. [source: I'm also a crouton+chromebook user].

jdeibele 10y ago

I bought a 2013 Chromebook Pixel from somebody. One of his reasons for selling it was that he had enabled developer mode and his child hit the space bar on boot up. That wiped all of his work. He was going back to a laptop.

jessaustin 10y ago
Did you tell him about DVCS?

rbanffy 10y ago

I got myself an Acer ES1-111, snapped out the 2G DDR3L module and put in a 4G one. It's priced like a Chromebook but has a full keyboard (a lot of my Emacs stuff uses the "super" key). Sure the eMMC space is not large and you won't see me lugging my music collection in it (or crunching large datasets), but for light development (I do mostly Python/Django) it's just fine. And for USD 200, I won't be devastated if it's damaged. Not really comparable to a high-spec Chromebook, but does the job.

xyzzy_plugh 10y ago

Try pressing "Ctrl+D" at boot to avoid the beep and wait. In any case, I hardly ever turn on/reboot my chromebook, mostly just resume from sleep.

jalami 10y ago

I tried crouton for a day or so, didn't like it. Why run on top of ChromeOS if you don't have to. I flashed Seabios on the C720 and just installed native Xubuntu, with a little configuration and driver installation everything works pretty perfectly. There is no initial beep or scary screen and no way to wipe the laptop with one button on boot. Johnlewis does some great work on these builds[0]. Give him some money. I learned about this later, but could have maybe saved myself some configuration time[1]. Of course it would be much nicer for Acer, Google, HP et. al. to provide a linux build, but I don't really see that happening. [0] https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/ https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download... [1] https://galliumos.org/ https://galliumos.org/