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Not sure if it counts, but I'll share it anyways.
I use a chromebook which has two Linux containers running on it. One of them I'm experimenting with learning Docker and possibly selfhosting some things there. Only running one thing right now, and it seems to be going fine.
The other container is my main Linux "install", which has all my apps like Inkscape, VSCode, Kdenlive, etc. The container uses a mix of nix, flatpak, and apt for installing things, which I do want to try and consolidtae eventually.
Probably not the weirdest of them all, but I do think it's pretty cool to run all this on a chromebook.
Do chromebooks allow installing linux nowadays?
Yeah, the official way from what I understand is basically a container running inside a VM (with multiple containers behind a flag). They run Debian, but I believe there are tutorials for other OS's if you want to try.
I've also heard of people who just replace chromeos with a Linux install, but I think that puts you at more risk of bricking your device.
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Yes. They do. Wrote about this on my personal blog recently. You can read up here:
https://mrchromebox.tech
https://www.reddit.com/r/chrultrabook
https://docs.chrultrabook.com/
Been running it on a HP Chromebook for over a year now.
Holy moly! That's going into my bookmarks. Thanks! A few people I know have old ChromeBooks and were forced to buy new devices due to the lack of updates. But if they're supported by this script, I could switch them over to linux!
Thank you 🙏
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