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Can eCS run on a Chromebook?
Martin Iturbide:
I really don't know much about the Chromebooks. Just today checking on Amazon's best selling laptops I found several Chromebooks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/565108/ref=sr_bs_1
There is the Samsung one that has an ARM processor, so that's for sure that eCS can not run on that one.
But what about:
- Acer C720 Chromebook (11.6-Inch, Haswell micro-architecture, 2GB) ($199) - Processor 1.4 GHz Intel Celeron ?
or
- Acer C710-2834 11.6-Inch Chromebook (Iron Gray) ($199) - Processor 1.5 GHz Intel Celeron 1007U ?
Reading about it, it seem seems that you can not install Windows on Chromebook either. From what I read even the Chromebooks that has Intel processors has a non Windows-compatible BIOS, so this may means that there is no chance to run eCS on that ones too.
But it seems you can run eCS inside a virtual machine on a Chromebook, but it will be interesting to try it someday.
Any thoughts?
Regards
ivan:
Martin, there are a couple of things to consider.
1) Can it run a standard linux distro?
2) Are there drivers available for the accessories?
There has been several comments about running linux on the Acer models in the Register so point 1 is covered. Point 2 is going to be the problem, specifically the wireless card, we don't have a very good record with that.
Martin Iturbide:
My first concern will be, will it boot ?
ivan:
In theory it should BUT you should read http://johnlewis.ie/pre-built-coreboot-firmware-for-chromebooks/ first to get some idea about what is going on and how to change things.
BigGoofyGuy:
Here is an article on dual booting on a Chromebook.
http://liliputing.com/2012/07/dual-boot-chrome-os-ubuntu-on-a-chromebook-chromebox.html
It seems it could be done.
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