Back again--now with a Chromebook

pixellany · 03-29-2020, 07:40 AM

I have a long rap sheet here, but have been absent for a long time.
Excuses: I'm old, I spend most of time fixing vintage radios, and Linux is so good that I never need help. (Pick two...

)

I notice there is a ChromeOS sub-forum, but with no activity. Should I put up the first question, or is there now a better place?

Currently running Linux Mint--Debian Edition** plus 2 Chromebooks (one is mostly for the cat watching bird video....)

**terrible distro, but that's another story

hazel · 03-29-2020, 08:03 AM

I think there's no activity at the moment because there used to be a separate forum for ChromeOS. It got neglected and filled up with spam so Jeremy closed it in favour of the in-house one. It would probably be doing a favour if you started some posts there.

fatmac · 03-29-2020, 08:20 AM

There are a few posts about chromebooks, but most are about replacing ChromeOS with a real Linux distro - it's what I have done.

rokytnji · 03-30-2020, 10:24 AM

Nice thread I used

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=42545

Been flogging mine for so long I am wearing out the ssd. Good thing I got Broke one < chromebook > on standby with good ssd replacement. Write protect bios jumper broken on it is why I call it broken.

It runs Ubuntu XFCE minimal via the crouton method on it. Hardly fire it up though. Specs on this one which runs antiX like a regular laptop. It flies fast.

Code:

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -b
System:
  Host: biker Kernel: 5.4.0-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 
  Distro: antiX-19_x64-full Marielle Franco 16 October 2019 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Google product: Parrot v: 1.0 
  serial: <root required> 
  Mobo: Google model: Parrot v: 1.0 serial: <root required> BIOS: coreboot 
  v: 4.0-6588-g4acd8ea-dirty date: 09/04/2014 
Battery:
  ID-1: BATX charge: 11.8 Wh condition: 29.6/37.0 Wh (80%) 
CPU:
  Dual Core: Intel Celeron 1007U type: MCP speed: 1343 MHz 
  min/max: 800/1500 MHz 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 4.2 Mesa 18.3.6 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k 
  Device-2: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 
  driver: tg3 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.91 GiB used: 5.90 GiB (39.5%) 
Info:
  Processes: 136 Uptime: 4h 05m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 890.0 MiB (23.0%) 
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36 
harry@biker:~

Even figured out the touchpad settings

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=45427

Timothy Miller · 03-30-2020, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

There are a few posts about chromebooks, but most are about replacing ChromeOS with a real Linux distro - it's what I have done.

Myself as well, I have 2 Chromebooks currently both running linux distro's instead of ChromeOS.

Code:

tim@nycadaemon:~$ inxi -Dmv2
System:    Host: nycadaemon Kernel: 4.16.18-galliumos x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.3 
           Distro: KDE neon 18.04 5.18 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Google product: Chell v: 1.0 serial: <superuser/root required> 
           Mobo: Google model: Chell v: 1.0 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: coreboot 
           v: MrChromebox-4.11.2 date: 03/17/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.3 Wh condition: 40.2/45.0 Wh (89%) 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.57 GiB used: 739.4 MiB (4.6%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Dual Core: Intel Core m7-6Y75 type: MT MCP speed: 600 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 515 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting resolution: 3200x1800~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 515 (Skylake GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.8 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 29.12 GiB used: 11.49 GiB (39.5%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: HBG4e size: 29.12 GiB 
Info:      Processes: 190 Uptime: N/A Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38

ondoho · 03-31-2020, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixellany

I have a long rap sheet here, but have been absent for a long time.
Excuses: I'm old, I spend most of time fixing vintage radios, and Linux is so good that I never need help. (Pick two...

)

I notice there is a ChromeOS sub-forum, but with no activity. Should I put up the first question, or is there now a better place?

I'm sure you can post it on the ChromeOS sub-forum, and that it's the best place.
At least I use LQ in such a way that I look at a list of all new posts.
You could also post it on one of the more general Linux sub-forums (after all ChromeOS still uses a Linux kernel).

But I truly hope you are planning on installing a full-time real GNU/Linux on that machine?