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Brian Masinick
Ukracer
Did you ever get it working with Antix.
You might see my other post I am trying to get an old chromebox running as a remote control for my dad’s fire stick.
I was told to try Antix as its not easy with Ubuntu. ;(
Brian Masinick
My guess is that old Chromebooks might work with SOME systems, but the mapping of hardware support between what Google supports on various Chromebook vendor systems and what vendors like Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Dell, etc. offer on their Chromebooks versus what they offer for their other supported operating systems is probably different – and quite likely – and reasonably so, different because they sell one set of models predominantly for Microsoft Windows and another set for rival hardware and software vendor Google.
It’s possible at some point that some Linux developers could notice the Chrome related hardware and write drivers for the peripheral parts on those systems.
I said “guess” because this is only conjecture on my part, based on some systems not working with the (possibly unique) audio components. An in depth analysis of the parts and the drivers used to support that equipment would be necessary to add “substance” to my conjectures.
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christophe
Try searching the web for your exact model of chromebook/box & “install linux” or whatever you want to do with it. If someone smarter than you has done it, and outlined it, then maybe you’ll get lucky! You can follow the instructions. 🙂 That’s basically what I was able to do. I followed someone else’s instructions to wipe the bios & everything. (And I installed antiX, of course.)
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seaken64
Did you ever get it working with Antix.
You might see my other post I am trying to get an old chromebox running as a remote control for my dad’s fire stick.
I was told to try Antix as its not easy with Ubuntu. ;(
I’m not sure if your question was directed to me. At any rate – NO, I did not install antiX on my Chromium Box. I do multi-boot on that machine and one of the OS on the other hard disk is antiX.
However, as Christophe mentioned rokytnji has successfully installed antiX on his Chrombook, as has Christophe. Do some searching and you may get some help.
My project was a little different in that I did not start with a Chromebook/Chromebox. I converted an HP All-in-One desktop to a ChromiumBox using Cloudready. I have never owned a Chromebook.
Seaken64
Brian Masinick
I also used Cloudready on one old computer. It worked but the network did not stay up very long.
I’ve been using antiX on the same hardware and it works better, but the hardware may have issues because if I attempt to use the system for a few hours the network also becomes unstable.
I tried antiX 19.5 and also antiX 21 Base with runit. 21 with the Base setup and runit works really well.
Yesterday it stayed up as long or longer than anything else on my old system so that’s a good combination, at least it has been for me.--
Brian MasinickOn the HP AIO the wireless does not stay up for very long. It does work in Windows but on all Linuxes it does not work well at all. I use the ethernet on that unit since it is a desktop anyway. On some of my other more portable units that have flakey WiFi adapters I use a USB dongle for WiFi.
Seaken64
Brian Masinick
In my case I wonder if the old system is dusty and in need of a tune up to clean it out.
Most of my other systems, including the Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop work great; no obvious issues with hardware or software.
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rokytnji
Looking through amazon sales.
Some killer deals during prime day I guess
https://www.amazon.com/chromebook/s?k=chromebookEven rufurb 68 dollar units. Like the Dell 11. Lots of documentation on installing linux on Dell 11 chromebook for 68 bucks.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsBrian Masinick
You’d be amazed what you can get in certain neighborhoods by cruising the streets during “trash pickup days”.
A guy that used to be on some forums with me once lived in a decent neighborhood in a suburb perhaps within ~50-60 miles of NYC.
He found countless systems by the curb. Yeah, some were better than others, but back in the day these were desktop units.
I don’t know how many parts I was able to use, reuse, or combine into one or two fully functional desktop systems, but I definitely had a few.Similarly my brother in law, who practices emergency medicine, had a few older systems that, when new, were upper middle to high end systems when new.
Yeah, they’re old now, and with Windows, some of them were pretty marginal; put magical antiX on them and guess what? They’re like new.Today I’m back using my previous every day system, the Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop. When new, I bought it with HDD rather than SSD because at that time I could get an 8 TB hard drive versus 256-512 GB for the same price so back then I took the hard drive. I was able to test many distros that way, but eventually I replaced the HDD with SSD and the performance differential is sizable and noticeable; yes, again I sacrificed ultimate space for better performance because I didn’t need all of the space; sure enough,MUCH better performance today.
I love antiX 21 with a decent browser on this system; hard to distinguish from a “full featured” system for me because I really DON’T use all the features of a “full featured” distribution anyway.
A decent Chromebook to use as a Chromebook, such as the Acer Chromebook 715 that I own provides very good performance for Web-based computing, such as Webmail and forums like this one.
As far as a Dell 11 Chromebook compared to my brother in law’s Lenovo X201, I think the X201 would outperform the $68 Chromebook; my actual cost = time to move equipment and reinstall antiX, no new cash expenditure. Still, Dell models, such as the one I’m using now, are decent systems. We do have a LOT of different ways to use antiX; “ve have our vays!”
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
I looked at the Lenovo X201 used or refurbished; they’re available from $39 – $125; eBay listed one that appears to be in working condition for $59.99; that’s probably a typical price for a working unit. For slightly more than $100 you can probably get one in very good shape, a little more and it’s probably been completely tested and refurbished.
On the low end under $50 you are at risk; some may work; others may have working parts.
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