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Re: Can Linux be installed on a chromebook?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:25 am
by keos
Stevo, what I want is, to install on a notebook that comes with Chromebook, a Linux system, preferably MX-21. -- but the solution offered in the link above is practically impossible for me, very complicated.
EDIT:
In case anyone wants to know, at least on eBay you make the selection of the Linux operating system that the notebooks already have installed when you place the order, they have an option/selector, I did not see any with MXLinux so I went for a Kali since the other offerings, Mint and Ubuntu, at least for me are all a mess with the packaging system, the PPA, etc ...
Regards
Mrch
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:49 pm
by Earl57
It i quite poaaible to install MX on your lenovo n22. I am writing to you from my n21 that I just installed mx 21 on. It runs good on this little machine!
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Snapshot created on: 20221003_1417
System: Kernel: 5.10.0-19-amd64 [5.10.149-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-19-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
Distro: MX-21.2.1_KDE_x64 Wildflower October 20 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Enguarde v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 9
serial: <filter>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Enguarde v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: coreboot
v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.4 Wh (35.6%) condition: 32.0/36.6 Wh (87.3%) volts: 11.1 n
min: 11.1 model: SMP L14M3P2 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
cycles: 146
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont
family: 6 model-id: 37 (55) stepping: 8 microcode: 838 cache: L2: 1024 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8666
Speed: 2295 MHz min/max: 500/2582 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2295 2: 2028
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Chromebook HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:2
chip-ID: 04f2:b471 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7")
diag: 294mm (11.6")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT) v: 4.2 Mesa 22.0.5 compat-v: 3.1
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-19-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: 1000
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b2 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 14.56 GiB used: 9.18 GiB (63.0%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:0 model: AGND3R size: 14.56 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 13.55 GiB size: 13.24 GiB (97.68%) used: 9.18 GiB (69.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 maj-min: 179:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 maj-min: 179:1
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 768 MiB used: 1.7 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 maj-min: 179:3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2496 lib: 1374 flatpak: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
2 and read the info there at least twice.eboxrom: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info: Processes: 182 Uptime: 1d 11h 18m wakeups: 13466 Memory: 3.76 GiB
used: 2.13 GiB (56.6%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06
Boot Mode: UEFI
Go to /mrchromebox.tech/#home and follow the instructions to install coreboot. When you are finished, you will have a notebook ready to install whatever linux you want, even Windows.
Only problem I have is the small ssd(16gig) that might limit what you install. I used a snapshot from one of my nicer rigs that has a ton of additional software on it and it still fit.The other i issue I had was a lack of a legacy boot option, so it is uefi only--not really a problem.
I wish you good luck with yours.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:07 pm
by rokytnji.1
Well. With Kali. You will have to turn tap on in touchpad xfce settings under mouse settings.
Then. Either stick with user kali and it's password. Or. I deleted user kali, added my user, and added my user
to groups, sudo and root accounts.
Wifi connection was simple. Add a usb drive for personal stuff. It will auto show on xfce desktop as a icon. You can mount and unmount it from there.
I did what Earl57 suggested a while back on a Acer C710 chromebook that finally broke down. It powers on for about 3 seconds and then powers down.
Only difference was I ran antiX on mine instead of MX. On these Dells I recommend. The bios change is already done. He can install MX any time he wants to on that Dell after he gets it.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:38 pm
by keos
I don't think I understand this well, I'm not an expert but rather a Linux curious person.
When I go to the address bar what I get is a page to download GalliumOS.
Does this mean that the Gallium OS is going to download and to be installed on Chromebook, just like that? (i means as a dual boot)
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:11 pm
by MXRobo
@keos
No it won’t be installed “just like that”.
Find your model “Lenovo N22 Chromebook” under:
https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility
and refer to the chart and info; but I’m afraid you’ll have to be a little more linux curious to know what to do to accomplish this as you have to read and search what to do.
This can all be found Googling, but CharlesV’s link and my links should more than get you started.
The suggestions and references were just a place to start to find whether you needed a new BIOS and things like CharlesV’s link suggested with removing screws as you’ll likely have to modify the chromebook to install linux on it.
My main point was, once you get to the step where you can install GalliumOS on it, you could probably install most linux distros on it, or GalliumOS.
I don't necessarily recommend nor really discourage GalliumOS for chromebooks.
Good luck
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:19 pm
by keos
Well, now I think I understand ... no, that is not for me, I would not know how to continue, I do not know even the operating system ... it's definitely impossible for me, I lost my money with this google garbage.
Any way, thank to all of you.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:32 am
by keos
After all this mess with the other chomebook/google notebook i got from Amazon ...
And, in case anyone is interested to know:
The eBay seller, 'mountainlocals' was agreed to install MX-21 with Xfce4 for me!!.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:34 pm
by rokytnji.1
Good to hear. You would not have been thrilled using Kali. I just broke my Kali install by deleting /swap partion and trying to grow my / partition while running kali.
Was real easy to make a antiX live usb and I used gparted to fix it. Did a file system check in gparted to fix it.
Thanks for getting back on this. Other members might wanna know. Me? I just hit the esc key. Picked usb boot. Booted my antiX 21 full iso on this Dell. No problemo.
Working desktop, wifi, and all. Only kept kali on here out of curiosity to see if my fix worked. Looks like it did.
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$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 385M 1.3M 384M 1% /run
/dev/mmcblk1p2 14G 7.2G 6.0G 55% /
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
/dev/mmcblk1p1 511M 144K 511M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 385M 80K 385M 1% /run/user/1001
Notice /swap is gone.
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$ inxi -b
System:
Host: kali Kernel: 6.0.0-kali3-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce
v: 4.16.1 Distro: Kali GNU/Linux 2022.4 kali-rolling
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.3/44.5 Wh (95.2%)
CPU:
Info: dual core Intel Celeron N2840 [MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 803
min/max: 500/2582
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.0 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi
Device-2: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 44.65 GiB used: 7.15 GiB (16.0%)
Info:
Processes: 169 Uptime: 1h 27m Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (46.2%)
Shell: sh inxi: 3.3.23
So like I said earlier. The esc key and MX 21 live usb and you are in business with these netbooks from this seller. He has already hacked the bios.
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:05 am
by keos
An unexpected incident occurred that I want to put on record here so that it does not happen to someone else.
The seller had already sent me the order, according to what he explained to me they (eBay) fine him if he takes too long to send .... and I was delayed the issue ... I had not put the note at the time of purchase, so I will receive now the system with Kali installed.
However he asked me something that although it sounds familiar I don't think I understand it very well: "Can i send you an install drive mx+xfce to you?" I answered yes ... I will see exactly what it is about.
Anyway if this thing already have kali installed ... no BIOS problems, I can install MX-21 from a pendrive, can't I?
Re: Can Linux be installed on a noteebook?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:21 pm
by rokytnji.1
Anyway if this thing already have kali installed ... no BIOS problems, I can install MX-21 from a pendrive, can't I?
That is right. Insert your MX 21 live usb in the usb slot. Open the netbook and hit the escape key. A bios screen will come up.
It will have a boot order line. Pick usb and boot. MX 21 will show on your screen instead of Kali.
I am hoping you are familiar enough with the installer to take it from there.
Might want to leave the 1 gig /swap partition alone also during the install process.
Might help if you use sleep alot.