I wrote this technique up in detail a few weeks ago - about how to do this on the internal storage, another guide on doing it from SD... etc etc, all here: http://craigerrington.com/blog/
Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
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Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
#52That is f'ing awesome. The only thing holding me back from completely jumping in is Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Right now I'm dual booting Mac and Ubuntu and it is a massive pain. It crashes frequently enough for me to think about it and switching OS just to touch up some photos or cut some assets sucks. Disclosure: I have financial interest in Apple succeeding. I also have worked on a project for Google regarding…
Why don't you just run Ubuntu in VirtualBox/Parallels ?
Likely because Ubuntu is his/her preferred OS, and switching to OS X is only done when strictly necessary.
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
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Same here, not sure what mjs is talking about.
Huh, I wonder what the crouton developer was talking about then. No encrypted disk? (I don't have Chrome OS, I was just guessing what the crouton README might mean.)
Further down in the Crouton Readme: "Note that developer mode, in its default configuration, is completely insecure, so don't expect a password in your chroot to keep anyone from your data. crouton does support encrypting chroots, but the encryption is only as strong as the quality of your passphrase."
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
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Why don't you just run Ubuntu in VirtualBox/Parallels ?
Likely because Ubuntu is his/her preferred OS, and switching to OS X is only done when strictly necessary.
This is correct. I find Ubuntu to be the most usable operating system, but the photo development software is still in its infancy.
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
#55It boggles my mind that Google isn't making Chrome OS more developer-friendly. If they could bring developers on board, they'd have a good beachhead for taking over the desktop market. They should enable us to build privileged native applications that use the DOM for their user interface but have unfettered access to the underlying OS just like any other application would.
Take a look at Chrome packaged apps: https://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps.html It's probably not as powerful as you want but it already can do quite a lot.
Yes, to clarify, you have sandboxed access to filesystem, also access to usb, bluetooth, serial...
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
#56Is it possible to entirely replace Chrome OS, though? I have a Chrome box that I don't use, and I'd like to entirely replace the installed OS with straight Debian.
Yes you can wipe the SSD and replace it with Ubuntu (or with some fiddling, Debian).
It's what Chrubuntu does, you can even choose to install to an SD card leaving the existing OS in place.
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Another difference between MacBooks and Chromebooks is the guaranteed availability of Linux drivers. If you buy a MacBook to run Linux, you have to do your research first, just like a Windows laptop.
Are there any mac components that don't have full linux support? I would expect that Mac's are so popular with geeks, they would have full driver support, but I never checked.
The new crop of macs always go through a six month's cycle when they aren't supported because Apple decided to use new nonstandard hardware.
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
#58If this is good enough to replace a macbook air why does this exist? http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebooks.htm... This product seems way out of line with Google's strategy.
I think its about time Apple got challenged on the high end. For the rest of the market to survive they eventually have to pierce the myth that Apple is the upper bound in terms of quality in every market that they operate in.
Chromebook Pixel doesn't really challenge Apple in this regard yet.
It's underpowered, underfeatured hardware costs equivalent to an MB Air and almost MBP-r.
It's a shot across the bow of battleship Apple, but the low-cost Chromebooks are far more of a threat to both MS and Apple.
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
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I think its about time Apple got challenged on the high end. For the rest of the market to survive they eventually have to pierce the myth that Apple is the upper bound in terms of quality in every market that they operate in.
Chromebook Pixel doesn't really challenge Apple in this regard yet. It's underpowered, underfeatured hardware costs equivalent to an MB Air and almost MBP-r. It's a shot across the bow of battleship Apple, but the low-cost Chromebooks are far more of a threat to both MS and Apple.
Apple doesnt compete on the power of their hardware - they compete on desirability. I would say hardware wise this is at least as desirable as anything that apple ships. This with a haswell refresh is going to be sweet.
Re: Chromebook: Ubuntu alongside stock Chrome OS
#60I wrote this technique up in detail a few weeks ago - about how to do this on the internal storage, another guide on doing it from SD... etc etc, all here: http://craigerrington.com/blog/
Thanks! I used your instructions last night.