Powderhorn ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 4 days agoQuestion: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up123file-text
arrow-up123message-squareQuestion: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? Powderhorn ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square ɔiƚoxɘup ( @Quexotic@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoOk. Now I’m curious. How’s that work?
minus-square kittenroar ( @kittenroar@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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-square ɔiƚoxɘup ( @Quexotic@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
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.