[PLUG] Chromebooks and Linux

[Patrick O'Connor]

            The newer chromebooks allow you to install debian repo apps. My wife has a hp i got for 120 and the battery life is better than any laptop I’ve owned.I think the pixel slate would be a good two in one for you. They were overpriced when they came out but maybe you can find reasonably priced used ones now.https://tylervoll.herokuapp.com/ubuntu-linux-on-a-google-pixel-slate/Patrick---- On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:01:36 -0500  Robert Citek<robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote ----On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 9:47 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:  > Does anyone know about putting Linux on Chromebooks? Or websites > dedicated to the issue? Suggestions welcome! >  Depending on what you want to do, you may not need to install another distro.  Rather, you can simply "enable" Linux. Open Settings, search for Linux, click Linux Development Environment, and follow the instructions.In the end you get a Debian 11 system.  rwcitek at penguin:~$ uname -a Linux penguin 5.4.157-17185-gbd27b903c738 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 1 19:28:03 PST 2022 x86_64 GNU/Linux  rwcitek at penguin:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release:        11 Codename:       bullseye  Once enabled, you can install VSCode, for example:  https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2020/12/03/chromebook-get-started  FWIW, I installed Docker on a Chromebook:  https://gist.github.com/rwcitek/824d4752b417b6d2cd5c931af3db61a6  This just happened to be on a Chromebook that I checked out from a library.  That setup works for me.  But it depends on what you want to do with Linux.  Regards, - Robert