Install Ubuntu On Your Chromebook

Post by jdn » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

avian wrote: post #18

jdn wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The developer mode warning only occurs on boot, as you say. Having owned by the ARM Chromebook and the Pixel since both were released, I've probably seen that warning less than 8 times since install. The Chromebooks very rarely need to be turned off, and the one time that does happen often, on update restarts, actually bypasses that warning.

It really depends what you want to do. If you just run a chroot inside the stock ChromeOS then what you say is true. But if you're dual-booting to another Linux distribution or just replace ChromeOS altogether (that's another issue with the linked article: what it describes is not a dual-boot) you can't escape frequent reboots. Especially due to flaky suspend/sleep mode support in other distros.

Post by ZanyProgrammer » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 2:00 PM UTC

6ren wrote: post #5

yuhong wrote: post #2

Personally, I wish for an ARM notebook market to come out of the Chromebook, with different configurations for Chrome OS and Ubuntu etc.

I keep being surprised that there is no real ARM netbook (samsung's chromebook and asus transformer come closest). I think the reason is because ARM is significantly less performant than x86. You don't notice it on a phone/tablet, because the stack is optimised (it has to be!) the special-purpose OS, lots of stuff in silicon (esp video), games and (mobile) webpages are written for the platform. But for general comput…

Post by tuananh » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 2:12 PM UTC

broodbucket wrote: post #19

avian wrote: post #11

All of these "install ... on Chromebook" articles fail to mention that on recent Chromebooks without a physical developer mode switch (Samsung's ARM-based one, Pixel) you have to press a specific hidden keyboard combination and endure the big scary "developer mode" warning on each boot . In my view that makes it practically useless for day-to-day use as a general purpose laptop. You can flash the first stage bootload…

On regular laptops, you open the lid and press the "On" button. On my Chromebook, it boots as soon as you open the lid, and so I press Ctrl-D instead of the "On" button. I thought it'd be a pain, but it doesn't bother me at all, and you say that makes it "practically useless"?

Post by rbanffy » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

ZanyProgrammer wrote: post #23

6ren wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep being surprised that there is no real ARM netbook (samsung's chromebook and asus transformer come closest). I think the reason is because ARM is significantly less performant than x86. You don't notice it on a phone/tablet, because the stack is optimised (it has to be!) the special-purpose OS, lots of stuff in silicon (esp video), games and (mobile) webpages are written for the platform. But for general comput…

How about the Surface RT? Even comes with file manager and two command lines.

Post by bsimpson » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

avian wrote: post #11

All of these "install ... on Chromebook" articles fail to mention that on recent Chromebooks without a physical developer mode switch (Samsung's ARM-based one, Pixel) you have to press a specific hidden keyboard combination and endure the big scary "developer mode" warning on each boot . In my view that makes it practically useless for day-to-day use as a general purpose laptop. You can flash the first stage bootload…