Greetings, Ted. That's really cool to hear about installing Linux on a Chromebook. I have a Chromebook that has a MicroSD card slot. Can a Chromebook boot and run Linux from it? I'm guessing "yes", but there may be a million reasons the answer is "no" or "yes, but ...". Regards, - Robert On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 11:58 AM Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome@gmail.com> wrote:
NMGLUGers, I think it is time for me to resign my active membership in the GLUG. Although I keep computing, I am no longer breaking new ground and not interested in being the hobbyist I once was. Oddly though, I am still doing some things. I am writing this on Xubuntu, Gnu/Linux installed on a former student 11 inch Chromebook(tm). The conversion removed all of the former OS after borrowing a script to rewrite the boot system with SeaBios or one of the other Coreboot varieties. Instructions are found at MrChromebox dot tech or other pages on the 'net. No major glitches, no major issues. I am limited by the emmc chip on the board - 16 Gb, but it works. Nice to have a really functional terminal and man pages and such. As well as the freedom to choose my applications and modifications. Used student C-books are cheap because the support for each hardware is only 4 years. A real waste of resources and trash producer for the landfill. I may try to be present at this weeks meeting, I will have nothing to turn in and the recent discussions have gone beyond my level of activity, but it is fun to listen. Be well, Thank you, Ted P. _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org