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Crouton[0] is one option for that, but I would recommend GalliumOS[1] to anyone interested in a Chromebook. My current laptop is an Acer C720, purchased for $11
by sethrin 9y ago
Crouton[0] is one option for that, but I would recommend GalliumOS[1] to anyone interested in a Chromebook. My current laptop is an Acer C720, purchased for $110 and running GalliumOS. It's not shiny or new, but it gets the job done, and it's practically cheap enough to be disposable. There are admittedly times when I wish I could justify the cost of a Pixel or an XPS 13, but I can't really get past the idea of being able to buy a half-dozen other machines for the same price.
[0] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
[1] http://galliumos.org/ http://galliumos.org/
- acangiano 9y ago> but I would recommend GalliumOS[1] to anyone interested in a Chromebook Just make sure the spacebar is never pressed at boot. That's all it takes to screw up your nice dual boot setup.
- isr 9y agoIf you: * resize the (unused) root-c partition (use the chrx script to do it for you, if you like) * mount it somewhere under /mnt/stateful_partition * use that for your chroots, etc Then you can safely use chromeos in dev mode, and not worry about the "deadly spacebar at bootup" problem. Pressing the spacebar takes you out of dev mode, which will involve rewriting the contents of the rootfs partition currently in use. It will NOT repartition the entire drive, so your separate partition will be safe. Just revert back to dev mode, and you'll see its still there. Or ... put everything on a mini usb stick :)
- acangiano 9y agoVery interesting. Thanks for sharing.
- sethrin 9y agoSteps for installing GalliumOS would involve replacing the firmware and bootloader, so the behavior you describe would not be an issue. Overwriting the firmware is of course something to undertake with great care.