Well its not so much as finding a Rom for it as just getting it to take a new Kernel and OS load. there are allot of people hacking their chromebooks to do various things. On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > I haven't looked to see if the bootloader is unlockable on the > chromebooks, but otherwise if so, it's really not typically "risky". I've > been romming/unlocking phones since winmo3/pre/early androids and never > bricked a device that wasn't recoverable via a factory recovery means. > Samsung is decent about providing unlock capability, so I would expect it > is or will be unlockable by end-users as most of their modern devices are. > > Finding a rom that works on it, maybe not so much. Canonical ported an > ubuntu to the nexus7, and later the gnex as ubuntu phone, but it's a matter > of getting the system working with still somewhat irregular hardware quirks > in each, including x with capable drivers for direct render hardware > acceleration and multitouch. Native ubuntu on arm phone-ish devices is > still a WIP. > > More easily you can usually get ubuntu to run externally atop the android > kernel, and there's an app to guide you through setting it up in SD on play > for ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, or backtrack5. I had 12.04 on my gnex for a bit, > and would vnc to the desktop for use. A bit kludgy, but gave me some > decent usability aside from unity itself being a pig and slowing the entire > phone down. LXDE is a much better route I'd heard, but never got to try. > > I'm trying to find some time to set up ubuntu over android on my > transformer prime infinity with the keyboard dock to see how my mileage is > with it, but hit some quirks of cyanogenmod 10.1 on it. > > -mb > > > > On 01/14/2013 09:01 PM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > >> The samsung chromebook runs a dual-core Exynos 5 processor >> (smartphone/tablet ARM 15 chip). It might be possible to get Linux >> running, but you need to get an ARM build. >> Also, there is a secure boot feature that may prevent running anything >> other than ChromeOS on the system (absent a risky unlock procedure). >> If you want to hack, then get the C7, which is far more amenable to being >> "repurposed"; the Samsung version really is intended as an "appliance" >> laptop. >> >> That said, I have the Samsung Chromebook, and it's a very nice tagalong >> device; not a primary device, but very good to take with me just about >> anywhere I might want to have a real keyboard and remote access, even when >> I'm not sure whether I'll use it or not. >> >> It's (almost) completely useless without WiFi, however (no wired port, >> and no cell option), so either have a mobile hotspot on hand or be sure >> there's WiFi available wherever it is you're going. >> >> >> On 01/14/2013 05:40 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote: >> >>> Stephen wrote: >>> >>>> ... [chromebooks] are 100% purpose built to run just a browser. >>>> Within that there are a number of tools giving you a great deal >>>> of functionality inside the chrome browser as a plugin. One of my >>>> favorites of these is an SSH client. they also have RDP and VNC >>>> clients as well. >>>> >>> >>> What is RDP? >>> >>> Would it be possible to install Linux on the Samsung chromebook? >>> I've read that it is being done on the Acer C7 chromebook. >>> >>> Or could one boot Linux from a USB flash stick on the Samsung? >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen