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I've recently gotten this idea to take a Chromebook and run Linux on it.

Why a Chromebook, you ask? Well ChromeOS is a Linux kernel, boots using coreboot, and Google now requires that OEMs support LVFS (fwupd), i.e. the Chromebook is a very Linux friendly laptop.
Some other reasons I would use a Chromebook are: it's cheap, basically useless otherwise, amongst other things.

So, what do you guys think, good idea or not?

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  • 4
    5y
    I was gonna do this a few years ago but ran into the problem that Google is locking down their machines so it's damn hard to do. If you really want to invest the time in it go ahead otherwise just reimage a cheap windows PC.
  • 1
    5y
    @enron456 the Linux support is not the same...
  • 3
    5y
    Google likes google hardware running google code.
    It's not thrilled with running anyone else's.

    Possible! but expect headaches.
  • 3
    5y
    @Root oh, I expect headaches
  • 1
    5y
    @chabad360 define Linux support? I used a 2gb ram 32 bit Celeron POS for 2 years and imaged a new distro of Linux every 2-3 weeks and never had any problems. If that doesn't have any problems I doubt anything similar in the price range will seeing as you aren't working with gpus
  • 0
    5y
    @enron456 I mean more Linux friendly, coreboot, fwupd, stuff like that, the things most laptops don't support.
  • 0
    5y
    @Ubbe that's the main reason why I'd want to do this on something like a pixelbook, expensive, but worth price if not for ChromeOS
  • 3
    5y
    Beware of the fucked up keyboard
  • 0
    5y
    @Root at least you can get a custom firmware with UEFI support on some models https://mrchromebox.tech/
  • 0
    5y
    Before using ChromeOS try neverware... its Chrome OS and you can try it in VM... as fot alot of practical reaaons ChromeOS is use less
  • 1
    5y
    How's a Chromebook for web dev? Especially full-stack PHP or JavaScript- projects?
  • 1
    5y
    I would recommend a pinebook rather than a chrome book.
  • 1
    5y
    @Carbon-Monoxide but what's the fun in that?
  • 0
    5y
    Two weeks later, I'm curious, how did this project turn out?
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