The Bohdi developer has left. Another has stepped up to try and take up the slack but from what I read. Just a lot of atta boy posts. Non saying "hey man, i'll lend a hand".Roky, out of curiosity I searched for links for installing Linux on the C710, and the few I found didn't look accurate -- they talked about GRUB -- is Grub actually available on the C710?
Because I'm looking at buying a C720 to test, I also looked up instructions for installing Linux on that model. These instructions seemed much more specific and accurate (for that model):
http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/76 ... chromebook
But that was some time ago. Maybe things changed. I have not checked.
I will not dance with Ubuntu Unity on any of my gear. Icewm, Fluxbox, or XFCE is my preferred dance partners. JWM is like dancing with my sister. Not as much fun for me.
But I'll do it. Edit: I know I can install another Window manager and log into it.
But I am a minimalist at heart on certain things.
Touchpad support is a sticking point with Chromebooks and the Kernel 3.17 is just starting to get a handle on it. I do not want to run a finger mouse on my chromebook.
Just the way it is. I am patient and not in a hurry yet since I have other resources.
As far as having grub on a Chromebook. I sure as hell have not seen one on mine.
Edit again: Curiosity bit me since I posted. I am downloading the Fatdog iso first.
Then I'll try developer mode to boot off usb. I'll dd on my linux laptop. At least I am comfy there. I am nervous because last time my bios screwed up and it took some work to unbrick it last time I tried to go into developer mode. Here is hoping my unbrick bios steps worked OK and that all bios functions will work.
I don't know know if you ever dealt with a corrupted bios. It can be scary.
We will see this weekend. If it works out. Maybe you will see me post in the fatdog thread.
3rd Edit: Like I thought. My bios lets me go so far before it quits cooperating. I enabled legacy usb boot in crosh as root. But ctrl+l
would not give me the legacy boot screen on reboot, in developer mode. So I could hit the ESC key and pick USB. Maybe because this is a refurbished unit from Acer that I got for 90 bucks plus shipping.
So no fatdog for me.