How to Install Linux on a Chromebook

by AndrewW1977 in Circuits > Linux

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How to Install Linux on a Chromebook

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In this video I show how I was able to install Ubuntu Linux on a Samsung Chromebook. This will allow you to run Ubuntu Linux on your Chromebook and keep a version of ChromeOS.

Video and Command Lines

How to Install Ubuntu Linux on a Chromebook

These are the command lines I used in the video:
sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r list (lists the linux builds)

sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t help (lists the linux desktop interfaces)

sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r trusty -t lxde (installs the build and desktop interfaces)

sudo startlxde URL for Crouton: http://goo.gl/fd3zc

Here are some instructions I used:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-chrome....

http://www.itworld.com/open-source/402077/how-run....

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