Well I had chrubuntu installed. It has more to do with the MC client and how you want the game experience to be. You need surprisingly decent specs to run MC client (which is to say: not running client and server on the same system) fluidly. You could run it on a 2GB Chromebook but prepare yourself for sluggish performance and low distance rendering. Keeping in mind that this is for a child, that might be perfectly acceptable. YMMV On Nov 15, 2014 6:28 PM, "Nicole Fontenot" <nfonteno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well it depends on how far you are willing to go to get good performance > and ease of use. if you only really care about minecraft running but, not > very fast you could use crouton (linux running in a chroot). If you want a > little more speed but, dont care to remove ChromeOS then look into dual > booting ChrUbuntu. If you are looking for it to behave like a normal > computer then you are going to need to reflash your firmware. If you are > more than the causal linux tinkerer and have heard of something called > core-boot before then, I recommend that for the learning experience. > > If you reflash what you would get is the flexibility to do whatever you > could possibly imagine because core-boot is itself a tiny linux > environment. Also ChromeOS would no longer be a thing. That could be good > or bad depending on how much you like it. > > tl;dr Running linux on the chromebook is a prerequisite to getting > minecraft running on it. It is not for the feint of heart. > > > > some recommended reading: > http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ > > http://itechtriad.com/articles/2014/7/21/how-to-install-minecraft-on-a-chromebook > > http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/more-chromebook-fun-fully-replacing-chromeos-with-linux/56885 > *https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/ > <https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/>* > http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/ubuntu-on-a-chromebook/53531 > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Jarred White <jarredwh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I've been a little underwhelmed by the performance of mine. It's a 2GB >> model and I loaded chrubuntu. It worked well enough for terminal-based >> stuff I guess but I don't know about something like MC. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Nicholas Gutierrez >> <nick.s.gutier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > ... What does brlug stand for again? >> > >> > Chromebook with any other linux distro is perfect. I've been super >> impressed >> > with the hardware. >> > >> > Also, you can look into chrubuntu or crouton. And since I already had >> this >> > page open, here's a good place to start! >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Adam Melancon <adammelan...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> http://pi.minecraft.net/ >> >> >> >> http://www.raspberrypi.org/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Adam Melancon >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Jarred White <jarredwh...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Unless I'm mistaken there's no way to play Minecraft on a Chromebook. >> >>> It doesn't support Java. >> >>> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Karthik Poobal <kart...@poobal.net> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > · He likes to play Mindcraft, >> >>> > >> >>> > Ah..old people are funny. >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > Karthik Poobal >> >>> > Programmer Analyst >> >>> > Louisiana Board of Regents >> >>> > Office of Sponsored Programs >> >>> > kart...@poobal.net >> >>> > kart...@la.gov >> >>> > 225-341-5855 >> >>> > Skype: poobal >> >>> > >> >>> > On Nov 14, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Dustin Puryear < >> dpury...@puryear-it.com> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> > >> >>> > Hi all- >> >>> > >> >>> > Was thinking about getting my 8-year old a Chromebook, BUT: >> >>> > >> >>> > · He likes to play Mindcraft, >> >>> > · He may want to play other kid-friendly games >> >>> > >> >>> > Thoughts on something I can get him on the cheap for Christmas? 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