dnschneid/crouton on Hacker News

…before Google decided the real threat model was "advanced hackers" and/or bored school kids. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by artisin · 2026-10-05 · in Googlebook

…coming to an end; Crouton was archived earlier this year. Probably it still works on older models: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by jeremyjh · 2025-12-02 · in Comparing AWS Lambda ARM64 vs. x86_64 Performance Across Runtimes in Late 2025

…like this one that require a bunch of coordination are harder to do in open source land. 1. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/244

comment by hedgehog · 2024-03-05 · in Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smooth Scrolling

I got one with the same intent and it’s not as easy as it used to be sadly. I was disappointed. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton If you want to get a Google account there’s Crostini, but it’s not the same. AFAICT you need to log in…

comment by afandian · 2023-11-21 · in Maryland will hand out 133k Chromebooks to the public

…Boot. If you want to replace ChromeOS on a Chromebook with a Linux distro, you can use Crouton: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton This approach removes verified boot. 1. https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/...

comment by danans · 2023-10-02 · in Chromebook Plus

…being "maintenance-only" now I share GP's hope that a similar thing will be possible and easy. [1]: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by freedomben · 2023-08-02 · in ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y

https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by justinclift · 2023-07-26 · in Software ‘death dates’ are sending schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin

…(ii) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4U8YbXKwog (iii) https://linux.die.net/man/1/chroot (iv) https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton (v) https://pypi.org/project/nodeenv/

comment by isolatte · 2022-07-19 · in Ask HN: How do you develop locally with privacy/security in mind?

…linux distros on them. (And could even use wine to run windows games on the x86 chromebooks.) [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by em3rgent0rdr · 2022-03-20 · in Steam to Chrome OS

…of erroring out. You can read the details here: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11974 https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/3914#issuecommen... This kind of stuff took me many tens of hours to debug, and I am relatively…

comment by nh2 · 2019-05-09 · in All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward

…I have not taken my Mac to vacation and also I often move to spare Lenovo laptop if I need to. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Backups

comment by chewz · 2018-11-15 · in Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video]

…(Linux) Dell XPS 13, or similar: I would appreciate any suggestions. [0] https://galliumos.org/ [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [2] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton#what-about-dem-crostinis-though [3] https://spacevim.org/

comment by canhascodez · 2018-11-14 · in Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video]

…a chromebook, but have you tried [0]? Looks like it allows to run linux programs fairly easily. [0] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by innot · 2018-10-25 · in The Keyhole Problem (2002) [pdf]

…Crouton [1]. Whether that supports this specific machine (whatever it may be) I do not know. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by Fnoord · 2018-09-09 · in Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook

…plus some of them can also run Android apps. Crouton installation instructions can be found here: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton A tip: while you can find ARM distributions of Linux distros and packages, it'll make your life much…

comment by cjmoran · 2018-06-28 · in Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Keyboard

…of CPU and RAM. So how can a text-editor that is not even an IDE require more resources... [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by _0w8t · 2018-06-08 · in Buying a laptop online is a broken experience

I have a $300 (plus SSD price) Dell Chromebook 13 from a few years ago which I use https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton on to run Ubuntu with i3. It's a wonderful machine for light web dev (I've never tried any really stressful…

comment by mattbreeden · 2018-05-12 · in Ask HN: Are Chromebooks ready for serious development?

…still a pretty credible alternative to local development. [0] https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/ [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [2] https://galliumos.org/ (I have no affiliation with any companies or projects mentioned.)

comment by sethrin · 2018-04-08 · in Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook Pro for developer?

…chroot environment and would run sluggishly anyway if you use an ARM-based laptop like I do. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by TheAdamAndChe · 2018-01-18 · in Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment

…even able to compile neovim, you just need to set it up to use the system's lua and luarocks. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by Asooka · 2017-10-23 · in Termux: terminal emulator and Debian-style userland as an Android app

…docker Here's the repo for crouton. I don't know if they have hardware support for pixelbook yet. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton I had some hardware/software issues from time to time but they were resolved with OS updates or a…

comment by cat-turner · 2017-10-05 · in Google Pixelbook with Linux

…codebase, and occasionally do design work. My setup: * Chromebook Pixel 2 in dev mode * Crouton ( https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/ ) running CLI-only Debian stretch * Google's SSH app ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-…

comment by fortes · 2017-10-05 · in Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your primary machine?

…really get past the idea of being able to buy a half-dozen other machines for the same price. [0] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [1] http://galliumos.org/

comment by sethrin · 2017-09-20 · in Google Pixelbook Is Google’s New Chromebook

…you get with the default Chrome OS setup, you have to do cros-specific hacks to make it work ( https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/2215#issuecommen... plus switching back and forth between VPN and non-VPN DNS by hand), and last I…

comment by twotwotwo · 2017-08-22 · in Chrome Enterprise

…chord at startup and you're back. 1: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183084?hl=en 2: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by blacksmith_tb · 2017-05-02 · in Introducing Surface Laptop

With a pretty huge door you can open from the inside: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by pawadu · 2017-03-03 · in Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms

…have to be a remote IDE. You could also use a Linux distro from within a chroot [1][2]. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [2] https://github.com/drinkcat/chroagh

comment by btschaegg · 2017-02-01 · in Ask HN: Remote IDE?

I'm in the same boat but opted for ChromeOS with Linux https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton on https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-acer-116-chromebook-2857 My current mac mini sits idle only used for activities Chrome / linux doesn't support…

comment by rasengan0 · 2017-01-29 · in My Next Mac Mini

…a bigger machine is if I have specific tasks that need really big chunks of memory and/or disk. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by abeyer · 2017-01-05 · in A new generation of Chromebooks, designed to work with millions of apps

…the device, so if you decide to do this, make sure all your local files are backed up first. [0]: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by AdmiralAsshat · 2016-11-15 · in Why we need the best tools on Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi

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story by js2 · 2016-05-25 · 12 comments

…likes its running directly on chromeos. Sorry I can't recommend any particular link aside from https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton , but I think its worth a bit of googling to find discussions relevant to any questions you may still have.

comment by jshevek · 2016-05-20 · in Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

…and it satisfies all my needs. [I mean, it's just a Linux laptop, but that's what I need]. [1]: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by mixedmath · 2016-05-20 · in Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US

…crouton+ubuntu on my Acer c720, and I imagine it'd be even better on a higher powered computer [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by jzymbaluk · 2016-05-20 · in Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US

I imagine something like crouton[1] would come in handy for the CS students. 1. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by ntlve · 2016-04-25 · in Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be headed to Chrome OS

Have a look at https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton It lets me run ChromeOS most of the time, and then fire up an Ubuntu session when needed.

comment by nvader · 2016-02-17 · in We Need a Better PC

Check out crouton ( https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton ). you can tab back and forth between chromeos and (l/x/k)ubuntu. Fully Atom-compatible

comment by purplerabbit · 2016-02-02 · in Use Atom to edit in Chrome

…about the setup, because people want to mix chroot windows and Chrome windows. Maybe relevant: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/crouton-in-a-Chrom...

comment by pepijndevos · 2016-01-29 · in NayuOS – Chromebooks without Google

…way, it does exactly that. [1] https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/poking-around-your-chro... [2] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [3] https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide

comment by sunnyps · 2015-11-13 · in f.lux for iOS is no longer available

This is all you need: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by jessaustin · 2015-10-30 · in Google to Fold Chrome Operating System into Android

He is probably using Crouton : https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by ramayac · 2015-07-19 · in Ask HN: Most hacker friendly laptop on the market?

…eventually be using something very much like the Pixel within a couple years. Hope that helps. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by dhemmerling · 2015-05-04 · in Ask HN: Can you code on a Chromebook?

They have some great docs at https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton and the community's great at http://www.reddit.com/r/crouton As for replacing your ubuntu machine, the default distro is 12.04, but I'm sure you can install the latest. I…

comment by pandatigox · 2015-04-01 · in Porting Emacs to Chromebooks and the Web [pdf]

Yes - https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Personally I develop on a Chromebook by SSH-ing into a Digital Ocean server direct from Chrome OS. I don't use it full-time as a dev box though.

comment by tonyblundell · 2015-04-01 · in $149 Chromebooks

Crouton is essentially that 'official' way. It's maintained by a hardware engineer from Google. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by yincrash · 2015-03-22 · in The Chromebook Pixel (2015) Review

> I don't know if it's possible to replace ChromeOS for Linux... It is, with Crouton. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Or to be more precise, run the two concurrently.

comment by welly · 2015-03-15 · in Ask HN: Best Linux ultrabook?

…work as a nice terminal window within ChromeOS? I can't find that kind of setup on Youtube. [1] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton#i-dont-always-use-linux...

comment by blfr · 2015-03-11 · in 2015 Chromebook Pixel

Inside a chroot - yes. See https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

comment by darcyparker · 2015-03-11 · in 2015 Chromebook Pixel

It's really not though. There's crouton which makes it trivial to setup a chroot - https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton which is good enough for most users. If you'd rather blow away ChromeOS and install Ubuntu, it's just a few commands on…

comment by fragmede · 2015-03-11 · in 2015 Chromebook Pixel

…running with Crouton.[0] ChromeOS supports every common media format you'll come across.[1] [0] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [1] http://www.chromium.org/audio-video

comment by dublinben · 2015-03-11 · in 2015 Chromebook Pixel