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How to install your favorite Linux distribution on a Series 3 Chromebook

Posted by finid on · 4 comments
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That was one thing I did not like about it. The other thing I wondered is, will I be able to install my favorite Linux distribution on the it just as easily as I can on a regular notebook or desktop computer? The answer to that question, it turns out, is a

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Jeff91 ·
The current link for this story is click bait. The real article is here -> http://blogs.arm.com/software-enablement/848-running-linux-o...

~Jeff
Ridcully ·
I read the article ......and very plaintively said: "Blimey !"......followed in turn by: "I think I'll wait till it's simpler !". But the concept is highly attractive.....hope it gets off the ground.
caitlyn ·
I think I finally understand what "blimey" means? Look at it this way: you can get your laptop redone with your favorite Arm distro and get a degree in dentistry in about the same period of time. It also will feel like going to the dentist and having root canal. How can you beat that? :)

Seriously, for the patient it's an interesting project.
Jeff91 ·
The process described there is very similar to what I go through every time I set out to make a Bodhi image for a new ARM device.

Someone will eventually make easy-to-use images that users can simply dd onto an SD card in a couple easy steps (in fact I plan to get my hands on one of these eventually).

~Jeff

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