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Installing crouton chroot environment
& Ubuntu onto Chrome OS
( ChromeBook | ChromeBox )

E. Frank Ball III

North Bay Linux Users Group

Why did I buy a Chrome ( Box | Book )?

Chrome OS Limitations & Annoyances:

Boot into Developer Mode:

Install crouton:

Recognized Releases:

Starting Ubuntu:

Starting Ubuntu Desktop:

Switching between Chrome OS and Ubuntu:

Comparision of crouton & containers:

Type:ps sees:systemd works:RAM/swap limits:disk quotas:CPU limits:
Crouton
chroot
all processesNopeNopeNopeNope
LXCcontainer onlyYesYesNopeNope
OpenVZcontainer onlyYesYesYesYes

Issues - Starting Services:

Issues - SD card mounting:

Issues - xinit:

Issues - keymapping:

Issues - keymapping:

ChromeBook Keyboard Mapping:

Keyboard Label:

fvwm key bindings:

 Key End     A M Exec /usr/local/bin/brightness down
 Key Home    A M Exec /usr/local/bin/brightness up

 Key Next    A M Exec /usr/local/bin/volume down
 Key Prior   A M Exec /usr/local/bin/volume up
 Key Next    A CM Exec amixer sset Master mute
 Key Prior   A CM Exec amixer sset Master unmute
 
 Key Insert  A M Exec xfce4-screenshooter --window --delay=2
 Key Insert  A MC Exec xfce4-screenshooter --region
 Key Insert  A MS Exec xfce4-screenshooter --fullscreen 

Chrome Browser Extensions:

Links: