jerry@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoGot a Chromebook? Worried about the change?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareGot a Chromebook? Worried about the change?jerry@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
You can boot into developer mode, install chromebrew https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew You can install Firefox now!!
minus-squareJmr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf I can remember correctly, the bootloader is really funky. It can probably be done (considering that ChromeOS is a flavour of Linux).
minus-squarejerry@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy current one? No, it’s a cb5-311 with 16gb of storage, I could run an older arch, but only leaves 3-4gb after the OS install since no methods replace chromeos on this model.
Can’t you put a normal linux on it?
If I can remember correctly, the bootloader is really funky. It can probably be done (considering that ChromeOS is a flavour of Linux).
My current one? No, it’s a cb5-311 with 16gb of storage, I could run an older arch, but only leaves 3-4gb after the OS install since no methods replace chromeos on this model.