• Borgzilla@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    How much of a PIA is it to install Linux on a Chromebook? I’m looking for a small laptop and Chromebooks are the perfect size.

    • BitingChaos@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      For my Acer C740, I recall it being really simple.

      The instructions were easy to understand and only had a few steps.

      I removed a physical write-protect screw, booted to developer mode or something, ran a command in a terminal, and then it either flashed a new BIOS or I booted a Linux USB and flashed a new BIOS.

      Either way, it’s a regular computer now.

      I can pop in any USB drive and boot whatever EFI-compatible OS I want.

    • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      in my experience, a major pain… and while I did technically get it working on one, the audio and SD card never worked on one, and the other one required a fresh reinstall every reboot for some reason i could never figure out. Gave up on both and reinstalled the original OS.

      They werent mine, so usability was more important than tinkering.

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      1 year ago

      I had to take the keyboard off to remove a screw that enabled the required bios update. Since then been running Void with no issues. This was a Lenovo N22 so old, but still working.

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      1 year ago

      Watch the hard drive space. Chromebooks are supposed to be mostly cloud based, so they don’t have much.