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I’d look up instructions on how to install another OS for both chromebooks. On my Samsung I had to physically disassemble it to remove a screw.
The OS to use is gallium OS. Specifically made for chromebooks and their oddities
Gallium is discontinued since last year, and not recommended any more.
Oh no :( I didn’t know.
OP, Linux on a Chromebook can work but don’t be surprised if you have hardware issues to deal with. Might be better to choose a more mainstream laptop
Mr chromebox had the up to date info but agreed it’s a lot of work to make this work, and without tools and scripts is likely to at least have broken audio
Yeah that was my experience - arch on a Samsung Chromebook, never could get audio working. Worked fine with gallium though.
There’s a script that works for moist distros including arch now but only works for I think most laptops now
Gallium sucks I tried it on my chromebook and it had issues.