Linux Mint microblog update:
Why not put Mint on a cheap Chromebook?
It's really difficult to get a modern Chromebook to boot to install media that isn't ChromeOs.
Really really difficult.
But once booted to the Linux Mint install media, things are just moving along with the usual chill simplicity...so far.
I will update again once I am finish.
(Update: No luck so far. But I will turn this into a thread with updates until my Chromebook runs some version of Linux.)
Also, I clicked past so many warranty voiding warnings.
I genuinely wouldn't bother if:
1. Google's terms of service were short enough to read.
2. Google had stayed out of my news feed for privacy concerns for, let's say, the past five years.
But lacking both of those, I'm going to continue to wipe Google's OS off of any device I use.
#ivoidwarranties #chromeos #linuxmint #chromebook #microblog
If you have some kind of device running #Android with keyboard+mouse input, you too will likely enjoy the changes as you should be able to likewise disable all touch-specific code too! The Android version still has some compiled out code for desktop-y concepts like window handling so your mileage may vary however.
...I'm also not sure how commonplace it is to have an Android device with non-touchscreen input. If you're on Chrome OS our typical recommendation is to install Principia inside of the Crostini Linux container. Or do as I did, flash the bootloader with Coreboot and install regular Linux onto it!
https://voxelmanip.se/2024/09/02/turning-a-chromebook-into-a-chrultrabook/

Chromebook is the name of Google’s brand of mostly low-end laptops running Chrome OS, an operating system whose primary functionality is running the Google Chrome browser. When I finished 9th grade and went onto Gymnasiet, I had the option to keep the Chromebook I was given for the past three years at school. Since I had been keeping good care of it for the past years I was using it, why not? I knew that once it gets unlocked I will have access to the containerised Crostini Linux environment, but I was not aware at the time of the ways one can fully install another operating system on it.
2026年6月版「Google システム アップデート」最新情報公開【2026年6月24日(水)】
https://jetstream.blog/2026/06/25/google-system-update-june-2026-latest-info-20260624/
#jetstream_blog #Android情報 #Android #Android_Auto #Android_TV #ChromeOS #Google_Play_システム_アップデート #Google_Play_ストア #Google_Play開発者サービス #Google_TV #Google_システム_アップデート #Google_システム_アップデート更新履歴 #Wear_OS
ChromeOS 149 is rolling out with new features and a massive security patch
Google and Back Market’s $3 USB Kits prove ChromeOS isn’t going anywhere
2026年6月版「Google システム アップデート」最新情報公開【2026年6月22日(月)】
https://jetstream.blog/2026/06/23/google-system-update-june-2026-latest-info-20260622/
#jetstream_blog #Android情報 #Android #Android_Auto #Android_TV #ChromeOS #Google_Play_システム_アップデート #Google_Play_ストア #Google_Play開発者サービス #Google_TV #Google_システム_アップデート #Google_システム_アップデート更新履歴 #Wear_OS
#ChromeOS runter und #Linux drauf. Geht!!! Ist aber nicht sooooo einfach
https://staude.net/chromeos-runter-linux-mint-drauf-asus-chromebook-cx9-befreien/