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All Chromebooks and Chrometops are already Linux laptops. You can install Crouton (easy chroot) and have an Ubuntu or whatever your favorite distro is in <15 mi
by ipsum2 7y ago
All Chromebooks and Chrometops are already Linux laptops. You can install Crouton (easy chroot) and have an Ubuntu or whatever your favorite distro is in <15 minutes.
- carlosdp 7y agoSure, but now it's literally just a button click and it's in the same environment as ChromeOS, no need to reboot to switch between.
- bduerst 7y agoAlso native file sharing between the linux containers and ChromeOS.
- chrisdfrey 7y agoYou have to enable developer mode to run crouton; you don't have to do that to run Linux apps. Unfortunately I couldn't get crouton to work on a chromebook I bought recently; after switching into a chroot the screen would freeze. I think the issue might be that my chromebook has an AMD APU and an older kernel.
- jasonvorhe 7y agoAt the expense of security. You're also at risk of wiping your hard drive by accident whenever you hit the wrong during bootup. Recommending Developer Mode is never a good idea.