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You can really install another OS on it with a couple of clicks? I always thought you needed a special USB debugging cable to unlock the bootloader first. I hav
by jasonvorhe 3y ago
You can really install another OS on it with a couple of clicks? I always thought you needed a special USB debugging cable to unlock the bootloader first. I have a Pixelbook that I'd like to give a friend of mine but he can't have a Google account() so it'd be rather useless for him ootb.
He's homeless and can't rely on having a stable phone number for 2FA
- pushedx 3y agoWhat I remember being a few clicks away last time I used one (about two years ago), was an Ubuntu container that could be installed with a persistent local filesystem and shell access.
- schwartzworld 3y agoI don't know the current state of the art, but I learned software development on a Chromebook with Linux and I didn't need any special cable. Originally I used Chrouton, but later switched to GalliumOS. That said, sometimes the computer would get in a weird state that required going into regular Chromebook mode to fix, so I think you'd at least want to have a throwaway Google account for managing it. Doesn't have to be something you actually use.
- er0k 3y agoyeah, here are the instructions: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en (I was wrong about it being Ubuntu, it's Debian bullseye) MFA is not currently enforced when logging into a chromebook.
- jasonvorhe 3y agoOh I misread. I'm of course aware of Crostini, I thought you meant that it would be easy to install Ubuntu for real.