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Can I install GNU/Linux on it?
by klrr 14y ago
Can I install GNU/Linux on it?
- mtgx 14y agoUbuntu 12.10 may support Cortex A15, but I'm not sure. I know they were working on supporting it, so it's possible. There's also an open source Lima driver (for the Mali GPU's) but I don't know if they've even started reverse engineering the Mali T604 GPU in this thing, which is on a totally new GPU architecture, and has support for OpenGL ES 3.0 as well.
- recuter 14y agoSecond this question, if it can be "jailbroken" so you have a terminal with root privileges and a standard environment underneath it becomes an interesting option.
- brokenparser 14y agoCurrent Chromebooks require a signed kernel on a separate partition. No grub, no BIOS. Not falling into that trap again, don't see why the new crop would be any better.
- mdwrigh2 14y agoIf you flip the developer switch on the side, you can load whatever you want. Here's a guide for loading Ubuntu on one: http://www.devchronicles.com/2011/10/installing-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-5.html http://www.devchronicles.com/2011/10/installing-ubuntu-on-sa...
- mdwrigh2 14y agoFrom one of the developers on the project: "(And getting a regular u-boot on these to use as generic linux hacking platforms isn't all that hard. Should be a nice base for people to do native ARM development)" https://plus.google.com/109993695638569781190/posts/6MDhf9HuiPB https://plus.google.com/109993695638569781190/posts/6MDhf9Hu...