On 11/12/2015 09:03 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
I have an Acer Chromebook C710. Dual core Celeron 1.1GHz, 2GB ram (one slot
populated, one slot available), 320GB hard drive, multitouch pad. It's pretty
nice. So I looked up how to install linux on it. The answer is Chrubuntu,
http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html
This got ubuntu 12.04 installed (quite painfully I might add). So the first
thing I did was apply updates, and suddenly there's no graphics anymore. Text
only login.
Needless to say, that's not acceptable.
You have more experience than I do...and it sounds unpleasant.
I do know there are two ways to do a regular Linux on a Chromebook,
under Chrome OS, or booting native (seems more "real" to me). Neither
looked trivial to me.
There are also different Linux distributions to choose from, I have
given up on Ubuntu and been happier since I switched to Debian,
including on Arm where it isn't going to mess with grub.
Clearly this would be a hackerly project, not turnkey. But this is a
hackerly mailing list...
And, if you want a "real" computer, an inexpensive Chromebook probably
isn't going to satisfy you.
-kb
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