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I tried using a Chromebook as a dev machine several years ago - before Android apps. The chroot situation worked well enough, but the dev-mode boot was a deal-b

I tried using a Chromebook as a dev machine several years ago - before Android apps. The chroot situation worked well enough, but the dev-mode boot was a deal-breaker. Back then, if a Chromebook's local storage filled up, it would factory-reset itself. Is this still the case? This is one big thing keeping me from trying this again (which I'm very tempted to do so after reading this article). Investing in setting up a dev environment like this is fun, but only the first time around...

pjc50 9y ago
I think the author was arguing that the install was cloud-backed in such a way that you could simply factory-reset it and restore it, especially before and after travel through oppressive security inspections. I'm not sure it's completely described though.
sliken 9y ago
What's the problem? I switched my asus chromebox to dev mode and installed ubuntu and didn't notice anything. I think there was some small tweak to get rid of the warning and hit f1 to continue or whatever it was.
andmalc 9y ago
In five years of running a Chromebook dev mode, I've never had that happen but just in case Crouton has a backup feature to save a gzip of your chroot onto a SD card etc.