Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Mark Allums wrote:
> > From: Chris Bannister [mailto:cbannister@slingshot.co.nz]
> > On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote:
> > > I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a
> > > SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older
> > > netbook, but good luck installing it!  (My info is about a year old
> > > and from memory)  Chromebook BIOS is locked-down pretty tight.  You
> > > will have to find a "signed" installation distro and install it on
> > > the chromebook in "Developer Mode."
> > >
> > > Chrome OS runs on a Linux kernel, but the terminal has *very* few
> > > commands, and you cannot get to the update manager or install any
> > > Linux software.  You can install free "apps" from the Google store.
> > I presume the device can't be rooted. :( But if so, this may be worth a
> > look:
> >
> > https://play.google.com/store/search?q=linux&c=apps&=en_GB
> >
> > At least 1,000 results
> It's been done.  I don't know which specific model, but you can use
> developer mode in some to achieve root, and from then on, you can do what
> you like.

Google
chromebook "developer mode"
and you'll find lots of detailed instructions, including this one:
https://sites.google.com/site/chromeoswikisite/home/what-s-new-in-dev-and-beta/developer-mode
which goes on to describe how to  how to install Ubuntu (not quite 
Debian, but close) and dual-boot it with ChromeOS




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