On 19 February 2014 23:56, Tim Serong <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/02/14 12:00, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Samsung have had an ARM-based laptop for a while, sold as a Chromebook. >> (ie. with an Android-like Linux kernel and the Chrome browser as the whole >> OS) >> >> The little ARM cpu means the laptop doesn't need much power and can >> run for quite a while, despite being lightweight and cheap with a >> small battery. >> >> I was wondering how it'd go running a full version of Linux; just >> running a bunch of terminal emulators more of the time, and maybe >> Chromium from time to time. >> >> I've heard of people managing to get Ubuntu or other linux variants >> installed, but I wondered if anyone here has done it? Was it worth the >> trouble? > > I've run openSUSE on mine as described here: > > http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:ARMChromebook > > There's an image you can put on an SD card, then with the Chomebook in > developer mode[1], you boot off the SD card (have to hit CTRL-U at each > boot to do this). This means you can have a play without trashing or > otherwise repartitioning the SSD. > > Last time I tried this, *something* didn't work (might have been not > waking from screensaver? I forget exactly), and I never got around to > figuring out what it was. This may well have since been fixed. > > I ultimately ended up just running my Chromebook in regular ChromeOS > mode, as I'm really only using the thing occasionally as a a slightly > glorified web browser, and I got sick of it whining loudly at me on > every boot about the possible doom associated with being in developer mode.
Hi Tim, Thanks -- your first-hand experiences were exactly what I was after. I think you've confirmed others' suggestions that the chromebook is going to be more hassle than it's worth to run Linux upon, at least at the moment. -Toby _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
