Crouton Chromebook:After boot to Developer Mode, 4 steps to install and run Crouton from github site
This is not a tutorial. This is the 4 steps to install crouton after you have entered developer mode on your chromebook:
Taken from crouton github by dnschneid
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton#...
Skip to USAGE (already in the URL above) and go to Linux Example Ubuntu LTS with Xfce:
1. Download crouton
2. Open a shell (Ctrl+Alt+T, type shell and hit enter)
3. Copy the installer to an executable location by running
sudo install -Dt /usr/local/bin -m 755 ~/Downloads/crouton
4. Now that it's executable, run the installer itself:
sudo crouton -t xfce
Yep,.. it's that easy.
Note, the crouton script can be found above URL second sentence:
If you're just here to use crouton, you can grab the latest release from https://goo.gl/fd3zc.
Why did I make this video?... well just because I can.
I have an old chromebook HP 14 g4 made in 2017 end of life august 2021. It's now stuck on chrome 93 for the rest of it's life.
I read online that you can run latest firefox if you download and install crouton linux.. then install firefox.
Generally:
1. If you have a 2019 chromebook or newer.. you can just use Linux (Beta)
2. If your chromebook is unsupported for linux, then installing crouton is the alternative.. (basically a side loaded linux that runs alongside chrome os)
Overall.. to get firefox running on old chromebooks.. it's HARD.
a. Put chromebook in developer mode (this factory resets it)
b. Boot into developer mode... then install crouton.. (it's this video)
c. Boot crouton, then install firefox from terminal session.
VOILA... easy peasy.... well... not really
firefox from terminal session might not be latest version nor the fastest.
Things I found out:
Ubuntu 16.04 with installed firefox 88 didn't run smooth nor fast. It was laggy, choppy, and audio stuttered and was slow. This is not a complaint.. just an observation.
What I tried:
1. Updated firefox.. but still slow
2. Installed latest chrome 97, but still slow
3. Installed chromium.. 97, still slow.
4. Installed crouton for a different linux version (Debian bullseye). YAY!!! it runs fast!
5. Installed latest portable binary version of Firefox directly from Mozillas webpage. YAY!!! it runs quick locally in the Downloads folder.
Final Observations...
WOW.. you can run different installations of Linux... and easy to install
WOW... firefox and chrome aren't slow with debiun linux. It's pretty good.