Crouton is a method to run GNU/Linux on Google Chromebook through ChRoot command. To use Crouton, you need to enable developer mode on your Chromebook.
Installing linux
After going into developer mode,
- open Chrome, and press Ctrl + Alt + T
- then enter the command "shell"
- Following are examples of commands to install Linux:
sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -r trusty -t xfce-desktopsudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t touch,xfce
- sudo is command for running in administrator mode
- trusty is the name of a (release)version of (distro)Ubuntu
- xfce is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- xfce-desktop is XFCE GUI with all the customized desktop applications for it
- touch is for adding touch screen functionality
- -e signifies that, you want to encrypt your Installation.
- -k signifies that, you want to specify, where the cryptographic key for the excrypted installation is kept.
- -r signifies that, you want to specify, which Linux distro release you want to use.
- -t signifies that, you want to specify the target environment (User Inteface)
using Linux
If you installed XFCE, you can run Linux with the following commands, in "shell" command line terminal:
sudo enter-chroot startxfce4
shortcut:
sudo startxfce4
External Links
- https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
- http://www.howtogeek.com/210817/how-to-enable-developer-mode-on-your-chromebook/
- http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343
- http://housegeekatheart.blogspot.in/2014/01/two-os-dual-screen-one-chromebook.html
- http://tomwwolf.com/2013/11/20/howto-android-development-on-chromebook/
- https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/crouton-in-a-Chromium-OS-window-(xiwi)
- How to Auto-start Crouton When Loading ChromeOS
- Xubuntu on Chromebook (Article in Japanese)
- "Crouton Linux on Chromebook" Commands