Follow-up question: if i got a Chromebook and wanted to put a distro on it that does what ChromeOS does, what distro would you reccomend? Just to be clear, I strongly dislike Chrome but depend on Google apps for my schoolwork and my job, which is why I’m looking at a Chromebook at all.
Junk. They’re useless because Google has made them online-only machines that are only good for when they’re online and fewer ways offline.
For a while, least the early generations of Chromebooks, it was possible to substitute ChromeOS with a Linux distro. However, Google learned of this and decided to take that functionality away and I believe that all current generations of Chromebooks won’t allow that.
So, Chromebooks just contribute to e-waste. Good job, Google, you assholes.
Depending on the specific model there are ways to bypass most restrictions. But yeah it’s not a user friendly experience.
yeah, I had to physically remove a write protection screw from the mobo of my Chromebook to allow me to flash the ROM. because fuck the consumer I guess