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I wish Google had an official way of putting a Linux distribution on these machines. I know they want people working in Chrome OS but for me it just isn't enoug

by DrPsion 12y ago

I wish Google had an official way of putting a Linux distribution on these machines. I know they want people working in Chrome OS but for me it just isn't enough. If I could buy the Pixel and have an official way of putting Debian or something on it to make it a proper laptop I probably would buy one. I love the design, the specs are very decent and the display is beautiful.

yincrash 12y ago
Crouton is essentially that 'official' way. It's maintained by a hardware engineer from Google. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
- pkulak 12y ago
  And I guess now there's a Chrome extension that lets you just run Ubuntu (or whatever you installed) in a browser tab? It's interesting that this is nearly what I've naturally arrived at with my current work MacBook. I got so tired of trying to get various Linux-y things running (and through OS updates) on OS X that I just created a Vagrant box that I can wipe and re-install at my leisure. Now 90% of my actual work is done on a virtual machine. I'd have to figure out how to get port-forwarding working, and probably a few other things, but I'm willing to bet this new Pixel would make a darn good work machine.
  - superbaconman 12y ago
    This has also been my OSX experience. I bought a Toshiba CB2 a couple months back to see if ChromeOS could handle my workflow; It does. I want a pixel bad!
  - rifung 12y ago
    Wait you can run Ubuntu on a browser tab? That sounds completely awesome. Now I really want one.. I just wonder if there's going to be enough space with the tiny SSDs they ship
JoshTriplett 12y ago
There is an official way. Turn on developer mode, open a shell, run "sudo crossystem dev_boot_legacy=1", then reboot and hit ctrl-L to boot a PC BIOS (SeaBIOS) that can install Linux. Then install and run any Linux distribution you like.
- Scarbutt 12y ago
  I guess this is different from running crouton? just curious, if what you say is possible, then why bother using crouton? for not wiping ChromeOS?
  - JoshTriplett 12y ago
    Right. Crouton lets you run Linux in a chroot under Chrome OS. This lets you completely replace Chrome OS with your Linux distribution of choice. Both make sense depending on what you're trying to do.

by DrPsion 12y ago

yincrash 12y ago

Crouton is essentially that 'official' way. It's maintained by a hardware engineer from Google. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

pkulak 12y ago
And I guess now there's a Chrome extension that lets you just run Ubuntu (or whatever you installed) in a browser tab? It's interesting that this is nearly what I've naturally arrived at with my current work MacBook. I got so tired of trying to get various Linux-y things running (and through OS updates) on OS X that I just created a Vagrant box that I can wipe and re-install at my leisure. Now 90% of my actual work is done on a virtual machine. I'd have to figure out how to get port-forwarding working, and probably a few other things, but I'm willing to bet this new Pixel would make a darn good work machine.
- superbaconman 12y ago
  This has also been my OSX experience. I bought a Toshiba CB2 a couple months back to see if ChromeOS could handle my workflow; It does. I want a pixel bad!
- rifung 12y ago
  Wait you can run Ubuntu on a browser tab? That sounds completely awesome. Now I really want one.. I just wonder if there's going to be enough space with the tiny SSDs they ship

JoshTriplett 12y ago

There is an official way. Turn on developer mode, open a shell, run "sudo crossystem dev_boot_legacy=1", then reboot and hit ctrl-L to boot a PC BIOS (SeaBIOS) that can install Linux. Then install and run any Linux distribution you like.

Scarbutt 12y ago
I guess this is different from running crouton? just curious, if what you say is possible, then why bother using crouton? for not wiping ChromeOS?
- JoshTriplett 12y ago
  Right. Crouton lets you run Linux in a chroot under Chrome OS. This lets you completely replace Chrome OS with your Linux distribution of choice. Both make sense depending on what you're trying to do.