[TriLUG] Feedback on your favorite Linux distro on a Chromebook

[Ken M via TriLUG]

I use crouton with Ubuntu trusty. I prefer Debian but crouton and Debian do not support the r11 touch screen target.  I preferred todo less digging in that so I went with trusty.  Last chrome book I used Jessie 

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> On Aug 3, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> James - you say,
>> I use crouton with Ubuntu 14.04 and LXDE. I chose this distro mostly
>> because it was the latest stable, and I am more accustomed to Ubuntu.
> Ubuntu 16.04 is now the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu (ref: http://tinyurl.com/cpkhqt6); a point release is latest, 16.04.1. A few people have complained about this release as  some have experienced minor bugs, minor, so a Google search would be in order to look into using it on a Chromebook.
> 
> You might consider Xubuntu: it's a bit lighter weight version, using the XFCE interface. I've been using Xubuntu for several years and it's been great. I have Xubuntu installed on my desktop as well as on Clevo and Lenovo X130e laptops, and an ASUS Netbook. Side note: I prefer to re-install rather an upgrade between versions. I've found it's worth spending the extra time to re-install applications to avoid intra-version problems and go forward with a cleaner system.
> 
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>> On 08/03/2016 01:55 PM, James Whisnant via TriLUG wrote:
>> I have been happy using Crouton on my Chromebook.  I have not used
>> ElementaryOS before (on any system).  My chromebook is an Acer Chromebook
>> 15 C910-C37P 16-Inch Chromebook (1.5 GHz Intel Celeron 3205U Dual-core
>> processor, 4GB memory, 32GB SSD, Chrome OS).  I have been very happy with
>> the large screen and the long battery life.
>> 
>> I use crouton with Ubuntu 14.04 and LXDE. I chose this distro mostly
>> because it was the latest stable, and I am more accustomed to Ubuntu. I
>> mostly use terminal apps in Linux as well. It works well for me. I noticed
>> the CB35-C3350 has 16 GB SSD; you may want 32GB if you are considering
>> crouton.
>> 
>> The advantages of crouton I see :
>> 
>> 1) easy installation - it is a shell script
>> 
>> 2) easy to configure multiple chroots and multiple desktop environments and
>> modify them with a simple script
>> 
>> 3) I can run Chrome OS and Linux distribution(s) at the same time - and
>> switch between them easily.
>> 
>> 4) Easy to backup your environment to an SD card. I recommend this! I
>> crashed by Ubuntu VM. I think I ran out memory testing some of the code I
>> had written. When it rebooted, the OS thought it was in a "broken" state.
>> The solution is to powerwash the system on boot to get a working laptop
>> again. As far as I know, there is no way to interrupt this at boot. It is
>> equivalent to a factory reset. Which will delete all non-Chrome OS files.
>> So all of your crouton chroots will be deleted. A powerwash might delete
>> files if you have a dual-boot setup (using something other than crouton)
>> and something goes "horribly wrong". This is a danger of Developer Mode.
>> 
>> 5) You can run a chroot from an external SD card. I have found this to be
>> too slow, personally.
>> 
>> 6) You can move a saved environment from an external SD card back to SSD
>> easily.
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ron Kelley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings all,
>>> 
>>> Time to do the laptop shuffle at home (giving my MacBook pro to my wife)
>>> and am hoping I can switch over to a Chromebook instead of buying another
>>>> $2K-$3K Mac.  I love the Mac - it fits really well for my workflow -
>>> especially the shortcut keys (love spotlight).  However, I often find
>>> myself doing things that don’t require that much horsepower or special
>>> applications my laptop provides.  My typical night involves lots of
>>> terminal stuff (ssh, sftp, etc), VNC/RDP, email, general browsing, etc.
>>> Not heavy on any office-type apps (leave that to the day-job laptop), and I
>>> have a real desktop for any heavy-lifting work.
>>> 
>>> Looking for feedback on your favorite Linux distro on a Chrome Book.  Why
>>> did you choose it, and how well does it work on your Chrome Book.  For the
>>> record, I am looking at getting the Toshiba Chromebook 2 - 2015 Edition
>>> (CB35-C3350) and installing either Crouton or ElementaryOS.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> -Ron
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