I heard it´s possible to install Linux on a chromebook, is this true?

>>57033987
It comes with Linux pre-installed

>>57034001
/thread

even my toaster can run linux

>>57034001
But that's not REAL Linux. When I said Linux, I meant Linux, not Linux. Why do people keep thinking I mean Linux instead of Linux?

chromeOS is literally gentoo

>>57033987
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=install+gentoo

>>57034096
Kek

>>57033987
If you can't google, probably

>>57033987
*I heard it´s possible to install ANOTHER Linux on a chromebook, is this true?

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343

>>57033987
Why would you change distros, it has Gentoo preinstalled

>>57033987
It's possible, but is it a good idea?

>>57034093
>when I said linux
You meant GNU/linux.

>>57036368
In /g/, Linux is always a good idea.

>>57036420
Yes, obviously. But I mean is it a better idea to buy a Chromebook over a regular Windows machine for this purpose?

>>57036603
OP probably has a Chromebook already.

Is it possible to install chrome os on my laptop or will I have to go chromium os

>>57036642
That's a possibility, but I was asking for my own sake, not OP's.

>>57036686
If you want a very thin laptop and speed isn't that much of an issue. Chromebook is quite affordable.

>>57034093

you meant another distro AKA [some other garbage]/linux

>>57036768
Cool, I'll probably do that then. I can't see many downsides aside from loss of a Windows key.

>>57033987
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=I+heard+it%C2%B4s+possible+to+install+Linux+on+a+chromebook%2C+is+this+true%3F

>>57036603
depends on the machine, but in general yes

>>57034093
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>57039514
Im surprised it took 8 hours for this reply

Chromebook shill thread #3852

Fuck you.