New to the List and Linux

[Eric Oyen]

Does your chrome book units have external USB ability? If so, then installing an extra OS that can be run from a USB drive should work.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, New hardware acquisitions dept.


> On Mar 4, 2021, at 9:05 PM, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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> I'd say get the most RAM/local storage you can afford.  I have a 4G ram 32G ssd model and I've run it out of storage with LInux apps/etc.  
> As a Chromebook with 24/7 Internet access 4G Ram and 16G storage is probably enough but once you add android apps and Linux apps you can burn through that pretty easily.
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> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:01 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> Chrome books are designed to run off of the Internet. How big of a hard drive does your chrome books have on them.
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> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:57 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> The closest I have done is enable Linux and set up flatpack. None of the Chromebooks I have had have ever really had the horsepower to run Linux the way I would want.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:17 PM Kevin Majka via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm new to Linux and this list. I have a couple of chrome Os devices that I have had a hard time linux installations on. 
> 
> Has anyone locally converted a Chromebook / chrome os device to just boot Linux successfully? 
> I'm looking for assistance and I would be happy to buy you a gift card to a place you like for the trouble. I'm not available for the March install parties and I'm not sure of reworking chrome remotely. 
> 
> Please let me know. I'm in Ahwatukee. I can drive - they are under Chrome Os builds Panther and Sand per Mr. Chromebox <https://mrchromebox.tech/#devices>. 
> 
> Feel free to reach out to me directly off-list too. If there is a business I can support that won't charge Data Doctors prices, I would consider that too - just let me know. 
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> Thank you, 
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> Kevin
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