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> Not a single one can run Linux. My ARM Chromebook which boots into Linux would beg to differ.
by dreamcompiler 6y ago
> Not a single one can run Linux.
My ARM Chromebook which boots into Linux would beg to differ.
- oblio 6y agoCan you put stock Debian on it as easily as I can on a PC?
- dreamcompiler 6y agoNo. It's definitely a special distro.
- oblio 6y agoDid you have to do something special which requires Google's permission, to do it?
- dreamcompiler 6y agoNo, I just had to put it in developer mode. Same story on a more recent Chromebook which was Atom-based. Some Chromebooks require a hardware mod before you can install Linux; you have to open them up and set a jumper (or something), but both of mine didn't require that. Here are the directions I used for my Samsung ARM Chromebook. These directions are probably obsolete for more modern hardware, so take them with a grain of salt: http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-scri...
- rowanG077 6y agoThen stuff has changed recently. The last time I looked this up it was custom stuff and I couldn't just download Ubuntu or some other distro and press install.