Surface 2?

[Chad Visker]

Can Chromium OS be installed on a MS Surface 2? If so, how?

Thanks

[jlh]

NO! 

[Tʜᴇ Aᴀʀᴏɴᴀᴛᴏʀ]

Actually, I believe YES!

Make a bootable usb and follow this, assuming you use Windows 8. If you use Windows 10 look up "boot from usb windows 10". Hope I helped!

- Aaron

[Forrest Smith]

If you have a Surface Pro 2 you could probably use CloudReady from www.neverware.com/free . (Full disclosure - I work there).

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[Josh N]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but ChromeOS cannot be installed on a Surface.

Windows 8 on the Surface is not the same as Windows 8 on a PC. It has a locked bootloader, preventing any modifications to it. You wouldn't be even able to boot from USB.

Microsoft sucks, I know.

[Tʜᴇ Aᴀʀᴏɴᴀᴛᴏʀ]

oh ok

Why though?

[Josh N]

To be brief, the bootloader helps Windows start after turning the device on. On a normal PC, the bootloader is modified or replaced (usually by the new OS) to allow another OS on the PC. Microsoft has prevented modification of the bootloader on the Surface, they locked it, therefore locking other operating systems out.

As for why, well why does Microsoft do anything? The answer is money and control.

On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 12:49:58 PM UTC+10, Tʜᴇ Aᴀʀᴏɴᴀᴛᴏʀ wrote:

oh ok

Why though?