Just in case anyone is interested: I haven't tried it, since I don't own a Chromebook, but Crouton (https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnsc

Just in case anyone is interested: I haven't tried it, since I don't own a Chromebook, but Crouton (https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton) seems to do exactly what he's doing in the article, only automated.