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How to install Linux (learn.microsoft.com)
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[โ€“] Zellith@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en

Basically you go into the settings and find Linux development environment and turn it on. Setup always fails for me. But yeah I have a few usb keys lying around. I'll charge this chromebook and give it another go later. Do you have any suggestions for a really lightweight distro? I just want to stop using it with chrome since updates ended a year ago.

[โ€“] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

That's installing Crostini, the vm/container (Debian). Which actually works really really well, especially on on higher-end CBs. But I'd be really surprised if it runs at all, let alone well, on a CB that old.

Better would maybe be replacing ChromeOS but I've never tried to tackle that myself.