Overall, though, the experience is very smooth, and everything works as one would expect. However, at least the latter can be fixed by adjusting the screen resolution for Linux. The only problem I noticed with LXDE, is the fact that if you own a touch enabled Chromebook, like the Asus Chromebook Flip, the touch doesn’t work very predictably in LXDE, and the UI is a tad too small. However, since the XFCE, and Unity Desktop Environments aren’t working, as yet, you’re stuck with using LXDE – a Desktop Environment not many people like. It will also help to use some sort of external storage such as a flash drive or an SD card for more space to install any additional programs.You should be able to switch between Linux, and Chrome OS, on the fly, by using Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Forward, and Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Back (on ARM Chromebooks), and Ctrl + Alt + Forward, and Ctrl + Alt + Back, followed by Ctrl + Alt + Refresh ( on Intel Chromebooks), but unfortunately, that didn’t work for me on LXDE on my Asus Chromebook Flip. You will have a more enjoyable experience if you use a newer model with better internal hardware.

Chromebooks that include an ARM processor will not be compatible with a majority of Linux programs. I tested it on a Samsung Chromebook.īack in March, Dan Graziano at CNet also took a stab at getting Ubuntu to run on a Chromebook:Īny Chromebook is capable of installing Ubuntu, however I recommend using a model that is equipped with an Intel processor.

Some of the advantages of Crouton are that unlike other methods, you don’t have to reboot your machine to switch operating systems you can switch between them using keyboard shortcuts as if you are switching between two apps. It offers various desktop environments including Xfce, Unity, and KDE. The scripts are hosted on GitHub and currently support only Ubuntu and Debian. For this tutorial I have chosen Crouton (aka Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment), which is a set of scripts that bundle up into an easy-to-use, Chromium OS-centric chroot generator. There are many ways to install a Linux-based OS on your Chromebook. Swapnil Bhartiya at shows you how to install Ubuntu on your Chromebook:

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