Running another OS on Chromebook

[G P Ashe]

Some of you with Chromebooks may be interested in this

https://chromeunboxed.com/forget-windows-i-just-installed-elementary-os-on-my-chromebook-and-its-awesome/

[Chris Reina]

Hi Greg,

I’ve been playing with a lot of distros over the last few months… and tbh - Elementary and Mint both come out on top.

(I’ve also tried Raspberry Pi OS (for Pi users of course); Ubuntu basic; Zorin; NomadBSD (runs more than adequately from a USB stick - nice classroom possibilities); Fedora (it has a server edition))

A few points of takeaway I’ve found…

• Much easier to install than expected (all)
• Almost all services / software / equivalent on every OS (even AirDrop like macOS)
• Security higher/better than Windows IMHO (not all OS)
• Nomad running on USB opens lots of possibilities
• All free (some donationware)
• Very “light” install for hardware (really! I have 2 c.2010 windows laptops i3, 4gb, SSDs - running linux distros and they’re like new machines)
• Downside : some “specialist” knowledge of installation of software through command line - but lots of help available online and well worth it IMO.

It’s a project people would have to be familiar with - but the benefits (especially for old hardware) are remarkable.

A final case in point - I’ve edited an 8GB video file with Kden Live on ElementaryOS and it works with live preview and no problems exporting. Impressive.

Cheers,

Chris

On 7 August 2020 at 15:09:56, G P Ashe (gpa...@gmail.com) wrote:

Some of you with Chromebooks may be interested in this

https://chromeunboxed.com/forget-windows-i-just-installed-elementary-os-on-my-chromebook-and-its-awesome/

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