How To: Install Ubuntu on Chromebook and REMOVE ChromeOS
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu answerers point people to it when someone wants to replace ChromeOS with Ubuntu on a Chromebook rather than run it alongside via Crouton, and askers cite it as the guide they followed.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2019 to 2023.
What it is
A 20-minute tutorial by DB Tech showing how to wipe ChromeOS from a Chromebook and install Ubuntu 18.04 from a live USB, using developer mode and custom firmware on an Acer C720. It is a full replacement, not a dual boot, and the description warns that everything on the device will be erased.
What people said
Recommends Austin C. · 2019-04 · Ask Ubuntu · on “install ubuntu in samsung chromebook”
After doing some quick searching there is an application called Crouton, which allows one to easily run both Ubuntu and Chrome OS on the computer at the same time. This is not a dual boot setup, Crouton runs a "container" in Chrome OS that is Ubuntu. Here is a tutorial from Ubuntu on it. However, to install Ubuntu and not with Chrome OS would take some time and effort and found the video below that seems decent. Video [this video] Crouton [LINK]
Recommends donuy · 2023-01 · Ask Ubuntu · on “How do i install ubuntu onto a chrombook with out using crouton”
DB Tech's video [this video] on how to remove ChromeOS and install Ubuntu from a USB drive looks like a pretty decent tutorial. In his video description, he types out each step: Step 1. Enable Developer mode Developer mode will wipe your Chromebook back to factory settings so make sure you back up any data not on your Google drive. With your Chromebook turned off hold down the ESC and Refresh While keeping them held down, press the power button once. Press Ctrl + D to bypass this screen. Press Enter at the next screen. On the next screen press Ctrl + D to bypass this message. You will see a timer counting down in the top right hand corner of the screen. The Chromebook will reboot and you’ll see t
Cites Azora Moon · 2019-08 · Ask Ubuntu · on “No sound in Lubuntu 18.04”
I'm having issues with the sound on my Dell Inspiron 3133 Chromebook that has transitioned to Lubuntu LTS 18.04. I removed ChromeOS entirely and installed Lubuntu 18.04 using the following tutorial: [this video] I followed every step in this tutorial, except in lieu of installing a full Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system, I installed Lubuntu. When I run sudo lshw , I get this as my audio hardware description: High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 35 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi cap_list configuration: latency resources: memory:d1314000-d1317fff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor
Cites LuminousNutria · 2020-03 · Ask Ubuntu · on “g++ cannot find main function for simple "hello world" program”
I have been trying to compile a simple hello world program in C++ on my lubuntu laptop. I use the command g++ -o out cta.cpp but I always get the error message below.. /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o: in function `_start': (.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I have made sure I have a main function, here is the entire program.. #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout << "Hello World" << endl; system("PAUSE"); return 0; } The laptop I am using is an ex-chromebook where I have overwritten the original OS using the instructions on this youtube video [this video] . I have made sure that