Download and install Linux in this tutorial that covers how to choose a distribution, how to use the install command with Windows Subsystem for Linux, create a bootable USB for Bare-metal, or set up a Virtual Machine.
I have a Lenovo N22 Chromebook from like… a decade ago. It has the linux install menu so in theory its meant to be a simple install, but every-single-time for 2 years of attempts, has failed. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get it up and running? Im kinda at my wits end with it tbh.
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.
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.
I have a Lenovo N22 Chromebook from like… a decade ago. It has the linux install menu so in theory its meant to be a simple install, but every-single-time for 2 years of attempts, has failed. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get it up and running? Im kinda at my wits end with it tbh.
Removed by mod
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.
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.