![]() ![]() In some cases the “switch” takes the form of unscrewing a screw and removing a washer, therefore opening or completing a circuit, to enable developer mode. Google encourages that on partner hardware as well, but I don’t know that they require it. I’m not particularly interested in an OS-in-a-browser, but if I can buy the (x86_64) hardware at (normal, not pixel) chromebook prices and replace the OS with my choice of distro (in my case, gentoo, hardware must be x86_64 in ordered to allow build-once, run on the chromebook, the router, which I intend to eventually do the same x86_64 thing with when I upgrade, and of course the desktop/workstation), let me at it.ĪFAIK, on google’s own chromebooks, there’s a dev-mode switch which will allow direct installation of a normal Linux instead. Off-topic, but congrats to Google on proving an important point regarding development which helps not just them but all the development sector (I’m talking about APIs). ![]() If there are other alternatives which I don’t know of, I’d also like to know how functional they are (alpha, beta, etc.). Please correct any mistakes in my understanding above. If Chromebooks were to start some real competition for Windows PCs, I can imagine we would have the same problem we have in Android (and Windows): old versions not being updated because they want us to buy new devices. I’d feel safer on a Linux Machine without that danger. ![]() But Google has its own interests and sometimes they change (just see the number of even more solid Google products which were discontinued). This is important from several points of view (for instance, because of security). Crouton seems nice and it seems to be needed to run Linux on a Chromebook.ĪFAIK, it is possible to run Linux on a Windows or Mac machine _and_ to make it the single OS available. ![]()
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