Installing Linux on Chromebook

scottalanmiller

Bill, where are you going?

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

Bill, where are you going?

Annnnnddd He's gone

scottalanmiller

Too late.

thegillion

wait where is the install video. I would so by a chrome box for this as my dell laptop is running linux

thegillion

wow that is it http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343

A Former User

@thegillion you might want to look into battery life first. I bet it's a lot less when using full linux instead of the ChromeOS only.

scottalanmiller

I doubt too much different. Same basic workload. Same basic drivers.

A Former User

I think I read that it's on average two hours less battery life than the ChromeOS when using ubuntu. Most people are claiming close to 10hours with chrome os and around 8 hours with ubuntu

scottalanmiller

@thecreativeone91 said:

I think I read that it's on average two hours less battery life than the ChromeOS when using ubuntu. Most people are claiming close to 10hours with chrome os and around 8 hours with ubuntu

I doubt that it is Ubuntu. Most likely it is the Unity GUI. Install with XFCE and I bet you see something very different.

thegillion

@thecreativeone91 said:

I think I read that it's on average two hours less battery life than the ChromeOS when using ubuntu. Most people are claiming close to 10hours with chrome os and around 8 hours with ubuntu

I still think 8 hours is good for the price of a Chrome Book

scottalanmiller

It really is. Those things are great value.