It may now be possible to install puppy linux on chromebooks that have been properly flashed by using Mr. Chromebox's firmware utility script. See: https://mrchromebox.tech/ My mostly used chromebook is a Toshiba with UEFI. I'll test some puppies that are compatible with UEFI and post the results. W...

If you have an Acer C720 Chromebook see Hugegreenbug's iso's and check out Linux Mint Cinnamon. Note that only certain versions of C720 can use it, including my C720-2848. I think the bottom line is that most Chromebooks cannot properly use Linux and those that do are mostly limited to crouton. Ther...

Well, Puppy has historically been geared to resuscitate and get more years out of older computers. From memory, Fatdog puppy has a distro that can run on certain Chromebooks. I'm not a developer, but I don't think it would be easy to get a puppy distro to run on a Chromebook. Firstly, not all Chrome...

Well, I've successfully using Xubuntu tailored for the Acer C720 chromebook with full installation on the SSD. Kudos to HugeGreenBug (Hugh Greenberg) for his website and his personal work for C720-compatible Linux distros. Still, I miss Puppy Carolina. I don't understand why the laptop manufacturers...

Thanks gcmartin.

Good info, rokytnji. Your link is good too. Thanks!

I didn't know fatdog was addressing the issue. I'll check that out.

Bodhi for chromebook is alright but nothing beats Puppy IMO.

Keep posting here when you come up with more ideas.

Have a nice weekend.

Ardvark, no puppy has the patch for chromebooks as far as I know. https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/bleung/platform-chrome-haswell-chromebooks/ is Benson Leung's link for patches to the c720 and other chromebooks. Benson was kind enough to send me the link. The acer c720 chromebook is the best, IM...

I'm wondering if Benson Leung's patches would be useful.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/ble ... d-haswell/

Thanks for the ideas, elroy. I'll certainly give them a try.

user@chrubuntu:~$ lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [8086:0a04] (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a06] (rev 09) 00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device...

Below is my post at the Beginners Help forum: My only computer for the time being is an Acer C720 chromebook running xubuntu in developer mode My favorite puppy version (Carolina namely) boots up and runs fine off of a usb flash drive except for two important issues. No sound. No touchpad (a usb-co...

My only computer for the time being is an Acer C720 chromebook running xubuntu in developer mode My favorite puppy version (Carolina namely) boots up and runs fine off of a usb flash drive except for two important issues. No sound. No touchpad (a usb-connected mouse works though). I have very little...

I got my Acer C720 chromebook to boot puppy from usb drive but no luck with the unique kernel modules for the chromebook touchpad. I can't wait to get the touchpad functional and see if this low-priced (US $199) pc can be like a high-priced ultrabook. The simple several steps I used getting the Acer...

I'm personally in favour of heavy encryption no matter what the situation.

Can someone tell me what kind of encryption the heavy encryption is?

I'm currently using Tipsy Puppy on a USB stick with an aging laptop that has a dual processor I think Intel.