Powderhorn@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days agoQuestion: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareQuestion: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook?Powderhorn@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekittenroar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou can; however it will always show a message that leaves you a keypress away from nuking your system on boot
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoOk. Now I’m curious. How’s that work?
minus-squarekittenroar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoChromebooks have a special bios, it works with a chip on the motherboard to detect if chromeos is running or if some unverified os is running. If chromeos isn’t running, it displays a warning message on boot. This behavior cannot be disabled.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThanks! That is such pretty, jealous behavior. It was unlikely that I was going to buy one of those before but now it’s absolutely out of the question.
You can; however it will always show a message that leaves you a keypress away from nuking your system on boot
Ok. Now I’m curious. How’s that work?
Chromebooks have a special bios, it works with a chip on the motherboard to detect if chromeos is running or if some unverified os is running. If chromeos isn’t running, it displays a warning message on boot. This behavior cannot be disabled.
Thanks! That is such pretty, jealous behavior.
It was unlikely that I was going to buy one of those before but now it’s absolutely out of the question.