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Al2001
Apr 7, 2007

You've gone through at the back
Are there any Linux distros that will run well on an Acer CB5-311 (ARM based: Nvidia Tegra K1)?

Google is not helping.

(As soon as I wrote that I realised they're not helping in 2 ways: 1. No search results for my problem, and 2. They withdrew ChromeOS support from a laptop that still functions well!)

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Al2001
Apr 7, 2007

You've gone through at the back

Atomizer posted:

Aside from it being an older device, it's still possible that you could enable Dev mode and use Crouton to install a Linux distro. I have even less experience about doing this on an ARM device, but it's still possible. There's info in the OP. As long as the software runs on ARM, the process is the same.

Thanks, I might try this. I think eventually I need to completely replace ChromeOS if at all possible though. Does anyone know the likelihood of this working well?

Like if I followed these instructions* (but using Manjaro's ARM distro) what are my chances of bricking the laptop?!

*My bad, those were designed for intel-based systems only. Is there a way of flashing the BIOS on ARM systems?

Al2001 fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Dec 15, 2020

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