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 wrote: > > 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. > > JD > -- > > J.D AUSTIN > TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC > Open Technology Specialist > P.O. Box 2487 Apache Junction, Az 85117 > Web: www.twingeckos.com > Work: 480-269-4335 x10004 > Fax: 480-907-1433 > Cell: 480-288-8195 > > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:01 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > Chrome books are designed to run off of the Internet. How big of a hard drive does your chrome books have on them. > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:57 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > 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 > 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 . > > 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. > > Thank you, > > Kevin > kevinpmajka@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss