I take it you opened up dev mode and dual booted it?---------------------------------------------------On Jul 3, 2017 12:18 AM, "Carl Parrish" <cparrish@carlparrish.com> wrote:I have a Pixel 2. I *love* it. The very few things I can't do in ChromeOS I just boot into Ubuntu for.On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:12 PM Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:I love my chromebook and use it allot. One of the few things I can't run on it is CAD. But I have found excellent programmer ide, graphics, etc.Here is a hint for you. Try running the chrome browser for everything. Use the apps, they will be your chromebook apps. If you can do what you need... Then go for the ChromeBook. If you can't, it's time for a cost benefit analysis. Is the inexpensive cost worth it to accomplish what you need, or do you really need a full Linux box.Kevin---------------------------------------------------On Jul 2, 2017 11:03 PM, "trent shipley" <trent.shipley@gmail.com> wrote:A few weeks ago I tried to get ChromiumOS installed under VirtualBox on an older (but Intel) iMac and a newer PC laptop--with no joy.Has anyone on the list managed to run ChromiumOS as a guest on a virtual machine or by dual booting? It's supposed to be based on Gentoo.Does anyone have a Chromebook? I'm pretty poor. How would you evaluate your Chromebook? (Yes, I realize it's a Google product, so a lot of the value to Google is your personal information. My attitude to privacy is that you don't have any anymore; get used to it. The security of your data is important though.)Trent, who uses Linux when nothing else seems to work.
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