Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

2012-11-13 Thread me 


Its a 1.1 GHz Intel Celeron 847 Sandy Bridge processor. Anyone got any 
thoughts on how well it would run Ubuntu.



Kurtis



On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Alan Pope wrote:


On 13/11/12 18:06, Simon Greenwood wrote:

The first question I asked when I saw them. It's a Intel Core
processor (non-specified) but I did wonder whether they're EFI booted


Being EFI based is not a problem.


and signed only to ChromeOS,


They usually have a "developer switch" under the battery which lets you 
monkey around with the software install.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

2012-11-13 Thread Alan Pope 

On 13/11/12 18:06, Simon Greenwood wrote:

The first question I asked when I saw them. It's a Intel Core
processor (non-specified) but I did wonder whether they're EFI booted


Being EFI based is not a problem.


and signed only to ChromeOS,


They usually have a "developer switch" under the battery which lets you 
monkey around with the software install.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

2012-11-13 Thread Simon Greenwood 
On 13 November 2012 17:56, alan c  wrote:

> The Acer C7 Chromebook seems to be available in UK.
> Does anyone know if it is possible (or easy) to install ubuntu dual boot
> on this machine please?
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/intl/**en_uk/chrome/devices/acer-c7-**
> chromebook.html#specs
>
>
The first question I asked when I saw them. It's a Intel Core processor
(non-specified) but I did wonder whether they're EFI booted and signed only
to ChromeOS, which is ultimately Linux, and was originally an Ubuntu
variant but with a shell that's based on Chrome. I can't imagine there will
be long between the first ones going out and someone putting a 12.10 USB
drive in one.

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[ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

2012-11-13 Thread alan c 

The Acer C7 Chromebook seems to be available in UK.
Does anyone know if it is possible (or easy) to install ubuntu dual 
boot on this machine please?


http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/chrome/devices/acer-c7-chromebook.html#specs

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