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Thanks for the preliminary response. I am very tempted to do all of this "hacker" stuff to my Chromebook but I'm worried that's a slippery slope. As is I have

by habosa 14y ago

Thanks for the preliminary response. I am very tempted to do all of this "hacker" stuff to my Chromebook but I'm worried that's a slippery slope. As is I have no local files, no battery worries, so it's essentially a maintenance free machine. Once I start doing local work I'm going to want more and more until it's basically just a netbook. I think it's maybe good for me to have a machine where I can't constantly be tinkering.

ConstantineXVI 14y ago
There's always USB booting [0], you can still tinker but can't muck up CrOS [0] http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung-chromebook http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung-chromebook
- dhruvmittal 14y ago
  If you did this, would there be a significant lag from i/o? I assume sticking a Class 10 SD card in it and booting archARM would be pretty quick, but still slower than the SSD that ships with the machine.
  - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
    Haven't tried on this machine specifically, but never noticed much lag as a result of running from USB on others. There is a USB3 port on the back if you're concerned about performance (just remember this is a $250 ARM laptop, not a MacBook Pro).