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I currently use the Samsung Chromebook 2 with Ubuntu via Crouton, and it runs nicely. But it's not the same as running a full GNU+Linux system with free softwar
by ralmidani 12y ago
I currently use the Samsung Chromebook 2 with Ubuntu via Crouton, and it runs nicely. But it's not the same as running a full GNU+Linux system with free software and hardware, and the on-board 16 gigs of storage is rather limiting. I would be all over this if the motherboard were made available.
- lgeek 12y agoYou can boot your own kernel directly to a GNU/Linux rootfs. If you need more space, high speed SD cards work quite nicely.
- ralmidani 12y agoI've tried Chrubuntu and it doesn't work as well as Crouton. The wifi, specifically, is flaky. Have you had better luck with the Chromebook 2 specifically?
- lgeek 12y agoIt's been a while since I've used it and it turns out it's a first generation Samsung Chromebook (XE303). I don't remember having any WiFi-related issues. The source code used to build the kernel for ChromeOS should be available so I'm surprised this sort of thing is a problem.