I'm probably more Yahoo than Guru given how rarely I respond to anything here, but I believe the biggest issue is there's some sort of overwrite protection at the hardware level on those, so you have to open it up and change a jumper or something.
I have a Chromebook, and I run Linux stuff on it, but I do it using the Crostini subsystem available on more recent Chromebook models. Not sure how far back that goes. I think there's a system you can install for older ones that's not as integrated, though. The Linux subsystem is decent. Won't run everything, especially since my Chromebook has an ARM processor, not an Intel one. But, it does what I need. Tony Harris Director of Academic Technology Community College of Vermont [email protected]<https://owa.ccv.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=33bcad96e9474bf2be9e75ae23e77567&URL=mailto%3aharrist%40ccv.edu> (802) 828-2975 Dwirze skí, évárre kólex. (One by one droplets, eventually an ocean.) ------------------------------------------- PRIVACY & CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, confidential, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of an email received in error is prohibited. ________________________________ From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Golden <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:12 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Linux on a Chromebook? This message is from an external sender. Please be careful when clicking on links and attachments. Hi All. Hope all you penguin lovers are enjoying the cold and snow this winter. We're building a killer bobsled run in the front yard! I picked up a couple of chromebooks for $20 each for the kids: search "hp chromebook 14 g4 t4m32ut#aba" for specs. School is getting rid of these older models partly because they no longer receive updates from Google I think. Anyone have experience installing Linux on these bad boys? I see https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.debian.org%2FInstallingDebianOn%2FHP%2FChromebook%252014&data=04%7C01%7Ctony.harris%40CCV.EDU%7Cbd450128fe2e45aa501e08d9f238af16%7Cb17e9703dbdd49fa909c03dfd13086af%7C0%7C0%7C637807148175111572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=lctItfjZpkVyi6jvey0b%2BoKc5hLR8zsjBtjwz005eVY%3D&reserved=0 and https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.archlinux.org%2Ftitle%2FHP_Chromebook_14&data=04%7C01%7Ctony.harris%40CCV.EDU%7Cbd450128fe2e45aa501e08d9f238af16%7Cb17e9703dbdd49fa909c03dfd13086af%7C0%7C0%7C637807148175111572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=IYifPVbe7brwIXtpCq52uK2EN502P4jSC04mj6aFeq8%3D&reserved=0. Any guidance from the Gurus? Heckling from the yahoos? Thanx. -- Joe Golden /_\ 802 793 2323 /_\ Coding, Drupalism, Open Sourcery
