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Is is possible to just wipe chromeOS off of a chromebook and install a full Linux (with reasonable driver support)?

redthrow 12y ago
Yes, there's even a customized Ubuntu distro just for Acer C720: https://www.distroshare.com/distros/get/14/ https://www.distroshare.com/distros/get/14/ It's a great Linux machine. Everything works out of the box.
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zmmz 12y ago
Yep, that's what I did on my Dell 11 (wolf) with Xubuntu and almost everything working out of the box.I just created a vanilla Xubuntu USB, turned on developer mode and made a bios patch (the Dell has a bug, other Chromebooks don't require it), and installed. After installation, I had to run something like two scripts to get the trackpad and suspend working. Battery life is not 10+ hours as it is with chromeOS, probably closer to 7/8. Further reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ (I didn't follow the Chrubuntu instructions, but used the community to get a touchpad fix) and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook
ewoodrich 12y ago
Yes, you can. And Chrubuntu has great driver support for the c720 and other popular models, but I still ran into some bugs with suspend and Wifi, so I stick with a chroot.
- nickthemagicman 12y ago
  What is chroot? Just popping outside of the GUI and using the linux underneath?
- nickthemagicman 12y ago
  Is chroot just using the built in command line?
  - ewoodrich 12y ago
    https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Crouton is a install script that uses a chroot to install Ubuntu through the shell on ChromeOS. You still need to enable developer mode, and it uses the ChromeOS kernel, but other than that it looks and feels like a "normal" Ubuntu installation.
shaurz 12y ago
Not properly. I wouldn't waste your time and get a Windows machine instead which are a lot more Linux-friendly.

Yes, there's even a customized Ubuntu distro just for Acer C720: https://www.distroshare.com/distros/get/14/ https://www.distroshare.com/distros/get/14/ It's a great Linux machine. Everything works out of the box.

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zmmz 12y ago

Yep, that's what I did on my Dell 11 (wolf) with Xubuntu and almost everything working out of the box.I just created a vanilla Xubuntu USB, turned on developer mode and made a bios patch (the Dell has a bug, other Chromebooks don't require it), and installed. After installation, I had to run something like two scripts to get the trackpad and suspend working. Battery life is not 10+ hours as it is with chromeOS, probably closer to 7/8. Further reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ (I didn't follow the Chrubuntu instructions, but used the community to get a touchpad fix) and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook

ewoodrich 12y ago

Yes, you can. And Chrubuntu has great driver support for the c720 and other popular models, but I still ran into some bugs with suspend and Wifi, so I stick with a chroot.

nickthemagicman 12y ago
What is chroot? Just popping outside of the GUI and using the linux underneath?
nickthemagicman 12y ago
Is chroot just using the built in command line?
- ewoodrich 12y ago
  https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Crouton is a install script that uses a chroot to install Ubuntu through the shell on ChromeOS. You still need to enable developer mode, and it uses the ChromeOS kernel, but other than that it looks and feels like a "normal" Ubuntu installation.

shaurz 12y ago

Not properly. I wouldn't waste your time and get a Windows machine instead which are a lot more Linux-friendly.