Linux on a Chromebook, my favorite way
Linux on a Chromebook, my favorite way
Yes, there are many ways to install Linux on a Chromebook. In my humble opinion, this is the best way. Maybe you'll like it! In today's thrilling episode of Veronica Explains, I'll introduce you to...
Yes, there are many ways to install Linux on a Chromebook. In my humble opinion, this is the best way. Maybe you'll like it!
In today's thrilling episode of Veronica Explains, I'll introduce you to the Chrultrabook project, and the process of installing a more vanilla Coreboot on Chromebooks, overwriting the stock firmware, and to paraphrase the Coreboot docs, take the training wheels off of your Chromebook.
Then we'll install lots of Linuxes and a few other things!
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Links referenced in my video:
- Chrultrabook Docs: https://docs.chrultrabook.com
- Chrultrabook Forums: https://forum.chrultrabook.com
- MrChromebox script homepage: https://mrchromebox.tech
- Supported devices for this firmware: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/firmware/supported-devices.html
- SuzyQable eBay listing which I found useful (not an affiliate link): https://www.ebay.com/itm/335130747039
- Debian Testing: https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Chapters: 0:00 Why install Linux on a Chromebook? 1:34 Cautions, disclaimers, no warranty, YMMV, etc 2:46 My Linux Chromebook: a Thinkpad C13 Yoga 3:23 Introducing Chrultrabook and the MrChromebox scripts 4:36 Determining your Chromebook architecture with crosh 5:13 Putting your Chromebook in Developer Mode 6:17 ChromeOS' VT-2 terminal vs crosh 7:00 Choosing replacement Chromebook firmware: RW_LEGACY or UEFI Full ROM 8:43 Disabling write protect features on a Chromebook 9:58 Running the MrChromebox firmware utility script 13:20 Installing (almost) every Linux on my modified Chromebook (and a few other OSes) 15:42 The saga of installing Debian on my Chromebook 18:39 The Chrultrabook community: an awesome resource
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