Chromebook Expired Now What?

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[PaulBonnar-bt]

The company's attitude stinks! No further updates = defunct hardware, oh well, bin it and get a new one! So much for save the planet!!

[experimental]

TOS, maybe the new pinebook would be a good alternative. Similar specs and feel, but running an actual Linux OS like Mint Mate whee the user has control over their system.

[johnmal]

You want to use Gallium OS because they have different builds that depend on which Chromebook you have. I have an acer 720 so mine uses the Haskell build which is specific for my hardware.

[drivingschool]

My revenge:
- Back to Windows!
Welcome Bill Gates!

[jeffkelly]

I thought there was something called crouton that you can use to install a distro onto a Chromebook. I never looked into this though.

[experimental]

Only issue with this is not all chromebooks are supported by this yet. My chromebook is EOL, but support is spotty right now. Might look in to recycling it if I can't get this to work for it.

[mitchelvalentino]

I’ve been running Gallium OS for years. No problems. It feels like Xubuntu optimized for a Chromebook.

[mikescookingstudio]

I'm confuse that how a brand new Acer Chromebook I bought in 2019 already be expired?

[jamesvandamme]

I bought an original Pixel a couple years ago for $200 (originally $1100). My first PC that was never contaminated with Windows! And a i5 processor, hi-res screen and solid build.
I tried crouton ... meh. I tried a few distros I had on flash drives, Mint, Kubuntu, Manjaro, but all had issues with the touchscreen, audio, wifi, or something else. I installed Gallium as a dual boot and haven't looked back. It's Debian based so .deb files install. I thought XFCE was going to be boring but it's very customizable and will run on the cheaper Chromebooks. I use a SD card for extra storage.

[menzokruizinga]

Just use neverware I use it on my PC I love it it will support deb files no problem and flatpak you most enable linux support I love it

[zander]

Could you make an arch installation video?
A lot of people are getting into Arch lately it seams. Not just Manjaro and these other "newbie" friendly arch derivatives.
And also, have you ever tried Linux from scratch?

[donjames]

ya my mom had a chomebook it was out dated 2 years after she bought it at bestbuy. an it had a intel i3 6gb of ram 64gb ssd, it was one of the more capable devices . theres no way chrome os would requireanything more than that. so i installed Chromium OS the opensource version of chrome os an its still running and getting update