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If you see a Chromebook that you like the specs on, the crouton project can turn it into a dual boot system with your distro of choice. I found it surprisingly
by nateberkopec 10y ago
If you see a Chromebook that you like the specs on, the crouton project can turn it into a dual boot system with your distro of choice. I found it surprisingly easy to use and it works really well. Since it's a chroot under the hood, the new distro can use all of the device drivers from ChromeOS, so all the hardware works perfectly.
- Crusse 10y agoIf you go for a Chromebook, check out this Xubuntu-based OS that's designed for ChromeOS devices: https://galliumos.org/ https://galliumos.org/ You can also permanently install a non-ChromeOS OS on (some?) Chromebooks, but you might have to fiddle with a BIOS flash and a write-protect screw first.
- partisan 10y agoI use GalliumOS on a Dell ChromeBook 13 (i5/8GB). I don't have any issues except that the machine reboots itself during sleep sometimes. That's not a big deal for me, so I am very happy with the experience besides missing Ubuntu Unity after working on it for several years now. EDIT: I used chrx to install it. I don't recall any issues during the process. I also upgraded the SSD to 256GB.