How To: Install Ubuntu on Chromebook and REMOVE ChromeOS

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I will not tell you if your Chromebook is compatible. If you want to know it your Chromebook is compatible, you're going to have to figure out what processor you're working with. Then figure out what architecture it is built on (Braswell, Skylake, etc) and then go here to see if that architecture is compatible. johnlewis.ie/c...
If you want to install Ubuntu on your Chromebook and remove Chrome OS, this tutorial is for you. This is not a dual boot. This will REPLACE ChromeOS with Ubuntu.
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THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR CHROMEBOOK.
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What you’ll need:
- Chromebook (I’m using the Acer C720)
- Live Linux USB drive (I’m using Ubuntu 18.04)
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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 the screen with the red exclamation mark.
Developer mode is now enabled, power off the Chromebook.
Step 2. Modify the Chromebooks BIOS
By enabling developer mode, your Chromebook will always display the screen with the red exclamation mark on startup. Let’s now modify the BIOS to allow us to install Linux.
Turn the Chromebook on and press Ctrl + D to bypass the screen with the red exclamation mark.
Your Chromebook is reset to factory settings so you will need to go through the Chrome OS setup again.
Press Ctrl + Alt + T to bring up a terminal window tab.
Type shell and press Enter.
Type this: cd;bash ˂(curl johnlewis.ie/f...)
** You'll have to replace that angle bracket with the one on your keyboard. KZbin won't let me use an actual angle bracket after the "bash"
Choose the option to Modify my Chromebook’s RW_LEGACY slot and follow the on-screen instructions.
Step 3. Enable USB boot
Pressing Ctrl + D at the screen with the red exclamation mark on startup will take you to your Chrome OS install but pressing Ctrl + L will take you to the BIOS screen to boot from your USB drive. Let’s turn on the Ctrl + L functionality next:
Press Ctrl + D at the initial startup screen to load Chrome OS.
Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 at the Chrome OS login screen.
Login using the password chronos
At the terminal prompt, type sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_legacy=1
Power off the Chromebook by typing in sudo poweroff
Now on startup, if you press Ctrl + L, you will get the BIOS screen instead of Chrome OS.
Step 4. Install Linux
At this stage most of the work is done and all that’s left is to install Linux:
Plug in your USB drive into the USB port of your Chromebook.
Plug in your live Linux USB into the other USB port.
Power on the Chromebook and press Ctrl + L to get to the BIOS screen.
Press ESC when prompted and you will see 3 drives: the USB drive, the live Linux USB drive (I am using Ubuntu) and the eMMC (the Chromebooks internal drive). Choose the live Linux USB drive.
Choose the option Try Ubuntu without installing. When Linux loads make sure you can connect to the internet (I am using my trusty USB to Ethernet hub combo for a wired connection).
Click on the Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS icon and follow the on screen prompts until you get to Installation type.
We want to leave the Chromebook’s internal drive untouched so choose the option to do something else so that we can manually setup the partitions for Ubuntu.
Ignore all the mmc partitions and look for your USB drive, if you’re not sure, look at the size of the drive.
Check your partitions are correct and continue the install.
The rest of the install is a standard install so just follow the on screen prompts.
Once finished, reboot, remove the live Linux USB and press Ctrl + L
You now have Linux installed. Run the software updates to make sure you have the latest firmware, drivers and software.
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[@DBTechYT]

If you see "This video is unavailable on this device," it's because this video got hit with copyright and then the copyright was removed and now it doesn't appear to play. Here's the same video without the copyright issues: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2TGZYl3aa2IjcU

[@SnipesFromAbove]

After restarting my device from installing Ubuntu the chrome OS screen pops up like it should. But I didn’t press anything at all even after the beeping so it auto shuts down and turning it back on it says “Chrome OS is missing or damaged”. I can’t get past the screen with CTRL + L anymore. Do I have to start the install method over again for ignoring the Verification screen?

[@GigaDarth]

Thank you so much I’ve been on like 20 different videos and have been stuck at control l but this worked so now I’m gonna test other distros on my Chromebook to see what works well and what doesn’t I like the look of zorion

[@alfredkornfeld7284]

I'm late to the game having just installed Lubuntu 22.04 LTS on an Acer Chromebook 15 (CB5-571) running an Intel Celeron 1.50 Ghz. Everything worked perfectly and i'm extremely pleased with the results. The video was very well presented and it was easy for this Octogenarian to change the OS!

[@DBTechYT]

That's great!! Well done!!

[@emirvr4529]

How do I do that

[@ianchan8859]

Glad to know this is possible. I have a chromebox that is no longer receiving updates, but the hardware specs are like some of the new chromeboxes.

[@warden1240]

Did you have any luck installing ubuntu - I have a Dell chrome box with an i3 processor so lots of headroom along with 32gig SSD standard.

[@KenDecker]

Was in the exact same boat, with a ChromeBox. Getting into developer mode was a nag, but I got and installed Elementary OS. Running smoothly on a Lenovo Thinkcentre Micro-form factor Box. These steps helped me get to my end result. Well done DBT!

[@IanMuehlenhaus]

Thanks, David. Awesome tutorial that works! 2014, 2GB RAM Acer Chromebook. No touchscreen or anything. Chrome was no longer receiving updates, so I decided to make this a neat little Ubuntu laptop. Works awesome! Thanks!

[@DBTechYT]

Great to hear!

[@ijaydubb]

Hey! I really appreciate this video, it helped me repurpose a chromebook that wasn't receiving chromeOS updates anymore. Fast forward a couple weeks now and I've run into an issue. I installed Ubuntu on the laptop a couple weeks ago, but didn't use it much after that day. I opened it up to use it this evening and ran into an endless boot and shutdown loop. Here's how it works (as best I can tell): 1) I press the power button and the "unverified OS" screen shows up. I press control 'L' to load a disk. 2) I get to the boot screen with the SeaBIOS title and version at the top. I press escape to show disks and select 1, which also happens to be the only available partition. 3) On the same screen, the "Booting from Hard Disk..." message appears at the bottom. 4) After 10 to 15 seconds, the screen goes dark. I wait for a few minutes, and nothing happens. No Ubuntu logo. 5) I try pressing the power button and... return to step one. Is there any fix or is she dead?

[@gavinwebster8737]

Just confirmed this also works with loading Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on an HP Chromebook 14 with working sound. I never managed to get sound working with GalliumOS until now. hallelujah! Did a minimal install, connected to wireless, did the updates and installed Visual Studio Code for a cheap coding dev chromebook.

[@richardsonoge2045]

Here my brand HP CHROMEBOOK 14a-na000031wm, please help me with that? I am stuck in the "Shell" with the url, I just sent you the problem and I don't know what to do, please HELP ME, buddy

[@reyarqueza7627]

How's your HP Chromebuntu Visual Studio Code book doing one year later? My Mac is having a fit and I was thinking of doing what you did.

[@gavinwebster8737]

@@reyarqueza7627 Hi there, I ended up swapping out Ubuntu for Bodhi Linux and it’s been rock solid with VSCode for the last year. I’ve now got Bodhi on two chromebooks and an old netbook, all working fine with sound. Bodhi distro seems faster and less resource hungry than Ubuntu so I’m sticking with it. Hope that helps.

[@reyarqueza7627]

@@gavinwebster8737 I did it! Bodhi is working great. Thanks for the suggestion. Bodhi really is a nice minimal distro. ChromeOS will stop with the updates this June, so Bodhi is perfect for this Chromebook because my laptop only has 16 gigs of HD space. No sound with my laptop though. oh well.

[@gavinwebster8737]

@@reyarqueza7627 Awesome. Try: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install pavucontrol then mess around with the output options in pavucontrol to get the sound working.

[@captainbienvenuecanadianav7060]

Worked beautifully. I installed Mint instead of Ubuntu, but the process was easy, the commands were exact. Thanks so much!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome! Glad to hear it!

[@christinafroman7668]

This tutorial was so helpful! Installing new software etc. is always a pain but thank you so much for the detailed steps and the troubleshooting! Thank you!

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad it was helpful! :)

[@Fintan213]

I'm late to the party...but is there any tricks to installing new software...some of the packages I've installed don't run

[@allendance1]

Wow this actually worked. I tried it on an old Asus C300 which was no longer supported. I had previously dual booted this onto a usb stick but it wasn't really satisfactory. I would let my daughter use it and within a day she had lost the dual booting. Also if the power ran down you wouldn't be able to use linux without redoing the procedure all over. I was about to throw this computer away but decided to follow your video and it worked 1st time! Miracle! I have actually installed linux mint 19.2 and it appears to work fine. I know with 2gb ram it is going to struggle but to date I have not had a problem. Thank you

[@DBTechYT]

Good stuff!! Glad to hear it :)

[@mintyflavor1550]

Thank you very much for this tutorial! I purchased a Samsung Chromebook 3 and installed Elementary OS on it (because it had a macbook design...) using this video and couldn't have done so without your thorough explanation. Again, Thank you

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@iamthrasherthrasher7833]

Excuse the model of your Chromebook is XE500C13-K04US? :)

[@DBTechYT]

What?

[@iamthrasherthrasher7833]

@@DBTechYT Sorry the question was for @Minty Flavor to know the model of your laptop. :)

[@mintyflavor1550]

@@iamthrasherthrasher7833 Hi, my chromebook is the XE501C13-K02US, Intel Dual-Core Celeron N3060. Love that midnight blue color

[@smkibler]

Installed GalliumOS on an Acer C720 with a similar process to what you've documented except I used Mr Chromebox's firmware (after removing the firmware write protection screw). Thanks for the video and maintaining the comments thread highlighting new information such as Mr Chrombox's offerings.

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome

[@ratintosh]

Thank you so much for this, I constantly refer to this video as a guide to installing linux. Watched the entire thing like 20 times (I enjoy playing with new operating systems). Very helpful.

[@DBTechYT]

Glad it helped! :)

[@korhiihills]

You saved me so much money, thank you! This video needs to be achieved on the chrome website

[@StopballSport]

Excellent tutorial. Have you done any back to back performance comparisons between Chrome OS and Ubuntu 18.04? I run 18.04 on a couple of other machines but wonder whether it will be any better on my Toshiba Chromebook?

[@DBTechYT]

I haven't done any performance testing. I can tell you that OSes like GalliumOS actually run a little better than Ubuntu because it was built for ChromeOS devices.

[@selcukgenc]

I followed your video tutorial, and I installed Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS on my Samsung Chromebook XE500C13. It worked perfectly! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome! I'm glad the video helped!

[@DarkStunn]

I've done this entire set up more than 5 times and I still cannot get it to boot up properly without having to press CTRL + L . Appreciate if you make a video talking about how to fix this.

[@DBTechYT]

Yep. That happens. Try this method if your Chromebook is compatible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJXYkKWYi85sY7M I know it describes how to install Windows 10, but you just need to watch through unlocking the BIOS. When it gets to the part about installing Windows 10, just put in your Ubuntu USB stick. You can check your Chromebook's compatibility here: coolstar.org/chromebook/windows-install.html (Again, ignore that it says Windows)

[@oadnapalliko7342]

When ever I try to boot off of my usb it reads it but just pops up the message "An operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain and operating system."

[@goodnight517]

Background music: Naruto theme song remix

[@jashinsdisciple8512]

Yo, why does this not work on my chromebook? When I go into crosh this shit just tells ne "sudo commands will not run by default" It tells me some "no new privileges flag" is set even though I went through the process of running developer mode, can someone help me please?

[@Westman5]

Same bro.. Ive been trying to work on it for the past 4 days and nothing ever works its incredibly annoying i always run in to SOME sort of problem but if i could JUST get passed this i would be fine and could run stuff but noooooo of course there is a problem

[@user-ip8yh2tr1h]

It's weird that various computers and laptops have these abilities to place one or multiple operations on the hard drive. For me, it seems complicated to renew a computer or a laptop with the new system, because I have a Galago Pro and not a Chromebook. Yet, it's an excellent tutorial for some people that has that laptop. :D

[@DBTechYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@logana7991]

Thanks. I was trying to boot Ubuntu on my Acer Chromebook 11 c720p-2600 and it finally worked. I have tried countless times. Your video was very helpful!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome! Glad to hear it

[@salvatoreromano6911]

Hey thanks so much for this video! I used this as a basic tutorial on just how to get my CB to boot from the USB and I tested mine with Kali Linux, Parrot OS and the basic Ubuntu! Thanks alot!

[@BigBoi027]

Confirmed this worked installing Lubuntu on Toshiba Chromebook 2 - B3340. Thanks so much! Cheers!

[@susanpost.9398]

Thanks for the tutorial! I needed linux for a statistics program for my uni work, really helped!!

[@kibegamimultimedia]

Got this working and running on my Acer Chromebook C72 (Peppy). I'm loving it so far and the net/sound works fine. Thank you greatly for making this tutorial happen. :D

[@DBTechYT]

That's awesome! Glad you got it working! :)

[@00jmarrero]

My word I don't believe you could have made this any easier! I followed your instructions paused when needed looked in the description to get the spacing and phrasing that was needed to get things rolling properly and boom if I could take a picture I would! Thank you for taking the time to get this working I just did a similar process on an old windows 7 laptop and it wasnt too terrible but I had no idea how to modify the chromebook. Is there a way to get the chromebook to automatically startup into unbuntu without pressing ctrl + L, esc, 1, enter? My son will be using this so I wanted to make it as easy as possible so if this is the easiest than I'm good with that! Thank you very much!

[@DBTechYT]

Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you were able to get it installed. I agree that the CTRL+L and all that is annoying. You might look at this video to see if your Chromebook is compatible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3ybXpZ4f9xprck

[@RobertHoe]

Thank you! Works on my Acer C720 with Ubuntu 19.04! You can type "help" and just press "enter" after the graphical error boot message

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad it worked for you!

[@Ibuprofen_800mg]

Just subscribed, your tutorials are always super straight forward. Thanks again David.

[@DBTechYT]

Thanks for watching!! I really appreciate your support!!

[@luiscaminero9145]

Amazing! This worked perfectly on Thinkpad 11e installing Lubuntu. Thanks!

[@saltyscrub9735]

When i open my chromebook do i always have to use ctrl L at the OS verification to boot to the hard disk or is there a way for my chromebook to automaticaly boot into Ubuntu whenever you open it up

[@UnshornKeyboardist]

That's what I'm wondering too!

[@enginsanity2730]

Can i do that on acer chromebook 11 c740 ?? Ur using c720 does that makes mine a newer version or the acer 11 is so old ?

[@DBTechYT]

You'll have to follow the instructions in the description to find out if your Chromebook is compatible.

[@enginsanity2730]

@@DBTechYT so which one is newer ? Urs c720 but is it acer 11 ?

[@DBTechYT]

I don't know. I'm not going to look it up. I know it works on mine. Also, you might want to look at this video instead as it's a better method to install Linux or Windows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYnRhpKJar-BgLM

[@venomousshotz2042]

@Mr ChromeBox at the "Power on the Chromebook and press Ctrl + L to get to the BIOS screen." part it just makes a beeping noise what does that mean

[@dylanirwin6869]

It means you do not have sealbios installed your going to have to go to mrchromeboxs website to install that.

[@nottellinglol7442]

Sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_legacy=1

[@gardener_leaftail]

Well time to send this to a friend so he can get into the linux world

[@leonardoplays5546]

Thank you so much! I got ubuntu 22.04 running on samsung chromebook 4 with working sound and net with mrchromebox's legacy boot!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome!

[@McSlurmz]

I own an HP Chromebook 14 G1 and was wondering if i could run Linux on it

[@scottyoung1555]

Me too, did you have any luck?

[@stejac133]

did it work?

[@RLPnKY]

Since no more updates will be available for my Samsung Chromebook as it will no longer be supported (the message said to upgrade to a newer devive), this video is exactly what I need. I just hope I can accomplish the install successfully. Much better than turning it into a door stop. THANKS!

[@j.kapilrenninger4289]

Thanks man, followed your steps and it worked great!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome!

[@ThatAries321]

I am so glad that I found this video, I just recently switched my laptop over to linux mint. I have been really happy with it. But I have an old chromebook that I got off amazon while I was waiting for a new charger for my current laptop just kicking around and thought that maybe I could get it to work with it and thanks to your video I now have a linux mint HP Chromebook

[@xmenooolgomez2966]

HEY DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN MAKE A SCRIPT THAT WILL MAKE A automatic luanch to ubuntu desktop and bypass all of the steps to get into the ubuntu desktop ? instead of doing CRTL+L , ESC + 1 ?

[@monkeyboymod]

im not sure you can

[@Ed-G]

Thank you very much for the video. I have had a Chromebook that I've been attempting to install Linux on and had nothing but trouble so I want to thank you for the assistance hopefully my install will work also.

[@AdamFrangione]

Wow, thanks for the tutorial, it worked great for my Dell Chromebook and it now runs Linux mint 19.1 and it is super fast and stable.

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome! Glad you got it going

[@jjproductions6912]

Adam Frangione now is storage on it?

[@rafaeldiaz3027]

Good night, greetings friend, I want to ask you how I can get a equipe "Dell Chromebook Mini-Laptop" to return to Developer mode so I can configure the steps in the factory operating system of the Chromebook Mini, because the command to activate the appearance of the letters on the screen does not work for me, with the (Cmd = Esc + Update Arrow Button + Enter) and then I also cannot give it (Cmd = Ctrl + D), the black screen appears and then it falls to the Windows-10pro operating system. Without allowing me to configure the BIOS, so that the Chromebook is formatted as from the factory. What option can you give me to solve this problem?.

[@deity6687]

I should’ve watched the whole vid lol now I have to restore my chromebook and restart the whole process I didn’t know I could just press crtl L and boot back to Ubuntu ......

[@nutty232]

Same lol

[@nutty232]

But now I think I’m just gonna go with windows

[@TheBagOfHolding]

After i do the cd;bash it asks for a password.

[@jlgesbor6637]

OMG. This is so timely with all the discussion regarding the eventual expiration of support for all Chromebooks after 5-6 years. This provides the option of turning a defunct CB into a Linuxbox, which was the primary reason I got a CB in the first place. (I am done with MS & Apple.) The only remaining question I would have would be: "Is it possible to provide access to Android Apps after the conversion?" If so, how? That would restore most of the previous functionality to the converted CB, since I don't really use strictly Chrome Apps. (It would also be nice to have other Linux distros available, besides only Ubuntu.) Thank you.

[@DBTechYT]

I've made multiple videos about installing different operating systems on Chromebooks besides just Ubuntu

[@leandrotrombetta]

Thaks David for your time!, work perfect!

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome!! It would help me out a bunch if you would consider subscribing or if you'd consider other ways of supporting the channel here: support.dbte.ch/

[@uendertandrade5244]

I'm thinking to buy an ASUS Chromebook C202SA, but they will have stopped support it by Jun 2022. So I was wondering if I can complete remove Chromebook and then install Ubuntu. So you gave me the courage to do so... See you on Jun 2022 when they stop update the system.

[@judgeful]

can you do this verson and keep chrome os

[@DBTechYT]

No. You will lose ChromeOS if you do this, but you can change back to ChromeOS with a Chromebook Recovery USB

[@KartikJayaraman_jk]

Brilliant. Just finished installing on my ACER Chromebook CB3-111 and had no issues whatsoever. Thanks a ton!

[@DBTechYT]

Great to hear!

[@RENNE44]

Need Some Help! ~Sound issues~ i need someone to help me with this issue So i successfully installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and im very happy it worked 'Thank you DB Tech :)' For about 20 Minutes of tinkering and updating the system and installing software i finally encountered a issue,The System would not output any sound, i began to tinker with it a bit and look up forums and even went to the back of google to find the answer and could not,i tryed installing drivers and configuring AlsaMixer i found the problem,My sound card Couldent be detected,i have configured with BIOS settings and couldn't get a result , i made some assumptions of what could be happening but it never got to me Note : i might edit this comment with more detail later Note : in chroot/Dual boot it detects my sound card and displays it as CRAS and in the installation of ubuntu it says the default card if anyone knows the answer please leave a reply to this comment,Here is my chromebook details and install details if you need anymore detail leave a reply,i will be checking the reply's Daily for the next 1-2 months Model : C302 - CAVE D25-A4C-E2E-33A - Flip Ram : 3.8 GB processor : intel Core m3 Energy star version of ubuntu installed : Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Sound card - idk usb slot - NO sd card slot - no micro sd card slot - yes ~Works same as all others~ ==============================================================

[@twentye1ght949]

I have the same device and problem.

[@RENNE44]

@@twentye1ght949 You have any luck with the issue?

[@twentye1ght949]

@@RENNE44 you can download Galliumos instead of Ubuntu. There the audio worked for me but they are very loud but you sould have no problems if you are using headphones.

[@twentye1ght949]

Also if you want the looks of a other OS you can just download the desktop environment

[@RENNE44]

​@@twentye1ght949 So yeh i moved to GalliumOS and, well... its good!, but again still sound issues. Overall i like GalliumOS, Btw thanks dude for reminding me that GalliumOS is a thing. #Love4Gallium

[@stellarorbit1341]

I probably won't do any mods to my chromebook until the end of life for updates, but this is an awesome tutorial.

[@DBTechYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@taotapp]

The installation process worked like a charm on my N22. Thank you. Only thing I'd add is I had a problem with going into developer mode. The previous owner perhaps (I bought used) or someone had decided to disable devmode. To solve this, I had to open the chromebook up and take out the write-protect screw/sticker, and then after putting it all together again, I had to factory reset my chromebook to get rid of the "you're not allowed to go into developer mode" issue. After doing this, it went into dev mode and the rest worked like a charm. edit: After some more tinkering, came to find that audio simply wouldn't work despite hours of troubleshooting, and the trackpad felt terrible. I put GalliumOS on it instead and it runs beautifully. I actually used your gallium tutorial for that part, so it's not meant as a critique towards you or anything, just for others who might find themselves in a similar situation. On N22 models at least, Ubuntu's kinda iffy, but gallium is great. Thanks again for all the great guides. Cheers!

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad that the videos helped!! :)

[@MikeHammill-TheShop]

This was very helpful! Thank you for making this video. Was able to finally navigate this process because of your video!

[@austinstoeber4584]

Thank you David for the excellent tutorial! I have Ubuntu running, but I was wondering if you had a problem with the audio. I can’t get the audio to work for anything. Do you know what may be the problem or how to fix this?

[@DBTechYT]

Be sure to check that your system is set to use the right audio device. If you're on the right audio device, then it's probably a driver issue. Because there are so many different Chromebooks out there that use different audio hardware, the default drivers might not work and you'll probably have to see about finding drivers in forums if you can't find them when running updates.

[@CedrickMC-Y1]

hey i wanted to say i might not be old enough yet but i really want to be good with computers,coding,types of OS like windows and Linux and chrome OS. Thank you for helping with my journey DB tech

[@erionagamesnl8168]

how to install chrome os after you have done this?

[@DBTechYT]

Plug in a chromebook recovery USB and reboot

[@BlazinNova]

I can confirm this is working on my Chromebook Acer c720. I ran into this problem where after the installation there would be a boot error and the boot menu. I reinstall it leaving the flash drive in my pc during the restart after it installed everything is working fine right now. I was never able to get ubuntu to work but I ended using Manjaro XFCE 19.0.1. Also if you're wondering I used BalenaEtcher to put the iso on my flash drive. Thank you so much for the video it was really helpful!

[@DBTechYT]

Honestly I don't entirely remember what program I used, but I'm pretty sure I used Win32 Disk Imager to create the USB.

[@BlazinNova]

Well at least it worked plus Manjaro is a big distro so I'm not too worried.

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome!

[@JTJGAMING]

Can you spell out the If I do this and it Breaks it’s my fault for me?

[@JTJGAMING]

I did it exactly the same and and it says that I have failed to enter the phrase correctly

[@DBTechYT]

Then apparently you didn't type the phrase correctly. You have to type it with the exact punctuation, capitalization, and everything.

[@JTJGAMING]

I got it

[@dylanbarnes9195]

@@JTJGAMING then what is it he never typed it out in the discription

[@DBTechYT]

@Alpha Fairfoxs the video description is there for a reason, man. Every step is listed in the description of the video. I do that with all my videos to make it easier for people.

[@forceblade4540]

great video thanks for the help I did this on a "banon" not "peppy" mine had one difference Instead of "dev_boot_legacy=1" it told me to use different code "dev_boot_altfw=1" but all works other than that so far still running install will update if any problems arise btw running ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

[@rafaelromero3841]

Thank's David, I fixed the problem. And everything is running smooth like butter!! Great tutorial !

[@DBTechYT]

Wonderful! I'm really glad it worked for you. Will you please tell me the model of your Chromebook so I can start putting together a list of devices it works on?

[@rafaelromero3841]

Acer C720P

[@DBTechYT]

Okay cool. So very similar to mine :) Thanks for the info!

[@rafaelromero3841]

Hi David, now runner ubuntu on my Acer C720P. Now trying to install ubuntu on a Dell chromebook 13.Can't get pass cd;bash ˂(curl johnlewis.ie/flash_cb_fw.sh)

[@DBTechYT]

@Rafael Romero "can't get pass" doesn't tell me anything. What errors are you running into? Like, exactly what is happening?

[@rs07scapeNews]

Following your instructions it worked first try with 0 issues. Thank you

[@siweizeng7828]

Thank you! Acer R11 pass the test.

[@CloroxBleachOfficial]

Haha i have the same one :)

[@s4vanah]

incredibleeee i just tried on mine a year later and it still works :)

[@fallensoulsx3]

I followed all your steps through. First off thank you for your time and tutorial. This is the most clearest and easiest tutorial ever. However, my HP chromebox freezes within 3-4 minutes into live usb boot ubuntu 18.04 LTS. What are my options now? TY!

[@DBTechYT]

Could be something as simple as just recreating your USB drive. Also try a different USB port on your Chromebook.

[@tabascocrimson7865]

gfx problem? type help, enter, enter.

[@hezzie4753]

thank you . This worked

[@tommycoleman1294]

Finally a guide containing enough information. I didn't follow it exactly and couldnt get it to work until I made chrome os rootfs RW. But it did work so thanks

[@ionianagoris6911]

Thank You, As Soon As I Clean The Hard Drives Of My acer C710s, I Will Install Ubuntu. Thanks Again, And Have A Great & Wonderful Weekend. Demo Agoris

[@DBTechYT]

I hope this works for you, but I'm guessing it should since you've got almost the same model of Chromebook that I do! Have a great weekend and please let me know if it works for you :)

[@thekiwi6011]

My chrome book is the exact same and has the same problem

[@BubbyTheHollow]

My chromebook screen is broken and you can't see the developer setup using an hdmi these steps are easy to fallow and i haven't had any issues so far

[@dubzNA]

mine locks up at the "ctrl+L" part every time rip

[@venomousshotz2042]

same

[@MProductionsHU]

Thanks for the tutorial! I have followed the steps and got my Ubuntu Chromebook. However it has no sound at all. Speakers, microphone, webcam are offline. In the settings there is none. Ubuntu does not recognize any of them. Could you please help me with that?

[@ChitreshRaiSharma]

Hi David. Wonderful tutorial & super easy to follow. Thanks for uploading the new updated tutorial. I got Chromebook Pixel, 16GB RAM (2015) and I had installed ubuntu last year but I ran into lot of issues so finally today I was going to restore the Chromebook to fresh ChromeOS install (actually did) but found your old tutorial and saw your comment that you just uploaded this video yesterday. All right. So Chromebook Pixel 2015 got Intel Core i7 BROADWELL chipset and I followed option 1 (RW_LEGACY) successfully without bricking anything. Rest everything was super easy to follow. Touchscreen, trackpad , camera, bluetooth, keyboard lights everything works fine, except no sound & keyboard shortcut keys of course don't work. I've updated the ubuntu 18.04 and made sure all the settings are fine. So i tried to see if ubuntu is recognizing the sound card with sudo aplay -l here are the results **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** Home directory not accessible: Permission denied card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: bdwrt5677 [bdw-rt5677], device 0: System Playback/Capture (*) [] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Both speakers and headphone won't work. Hey other than sound this is best thing I've accomplished this whole year, lol. I wasn't using chromebook anymore because of all the issues. thanks again. Liked your video and Subscribed

[@DBTechYT]

Thanks for the in-depth information about your setup! Have you tried running all the system updates?

[@DBTechYT]

I only ask because I had a few things not work quite right until I ran the updates on the system.

[@ChitreshRaiSharma]

Yes it's after the update. Sound was actually one of the previous issues from last unsuccessful attempts to install Ubuntu along with 10 other issues. This time it's 99% up and running just the sound.

[@DBTechYT]

Weird. I'll see what I can find and I'll update you if I find anything. Be sure to comment here to let everyone know if you get it figured out :)

[@DBTechYT]

Weird thought: have you tried Bluetooth speakers or headphones?

[@GreyWolfTowers]

I am using your directions currently. I am installing Linux Mint Mate edition, but I may switch to a different distro if it is taking up too much space or resources (my chrome book only has 16gb of ssd space and is not upgradable and has 2gb ram non-upgradeable if I remember correctly). I did have to change one command, the dev boot legacy is not correct for my chromebook, it is dev_boot_altfw=1.

[@Cyxodus]

Same here.

[@TheRobinLeBlanc]

Thank you so much for this! I have the exact same model chromebook and now that support is officially gone for it I've been thinking about doing this. Should it work with the new version of Ubuntu? And sorry, I'm so new to all of this stuff, but are there any additional steps I should watch out for or will it pretty much be the same? And final question, how was it in terms of longterm use?

[@TheMouryan]

Hi it's an excellent video. Really really thoroughly explained! However I just wanted to know that what if I ever want to have my Chromebook in the original condition (with chrome os) is there a way I'll be able to do that? Like sort of, remove Ubuntu and have the chrome os? or is this procedure kinda irreversible... Once again many many thanks for this video :)

[@DBTechYT]

All you need to do is use the Chromebook Recovery Utility to recover your Chromebook with this method. You can install the Chromebook Recovery Utility in Chrome on a PC. It's pretty self-explanatory once you get it installed.

[@zumalot]

My oldest CB just went EOL. I'm not going to bother with Google decisions as my blood pressure will just needlessly go up. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Whether I get a successful update to a linux distro or not, thank you. I'll keep working at it seeing that I have another chromebook and this oldest one will not update. It just seems such a waste for good hardware to die needlessly. Take care.

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad the video was helpful :)

[@armyraw29]

does not work at all. once i get to the johnlewis command it sais unable to communicate with it and its unsecure so it does nothing

[@reinaldevangeckle6288]

I tried ChatGPT4 before I found your video and no I am taunting CHatpgpt that I know how to actually do the task (thanks to you of course) lol. Once Ai evolves I expect it to remember making fun fun of how how got the process wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME, and even with your vid, the minor hiccups were nothing. You are a Master!

[@DBTechYT]

You've got the wrong person. I've never made a video on that topic

[@blaccroyal1]

Thanks for the guide. This works perfectly for me. Everything I currently have is UEFI so I just simply made a legacy boot of MX Linux with Chromebook Recovery Utility and a local .ISO, renamed to .BIN Thanks!

[@DBTechYT]

I'm glad it was helpful

[@Scottishfoldshorts]

Installed windows this video was helpful thx man for some reason firmware write protect would not disable but i found this video i gonna give you a like

[@anthonycas683]

Hey DB Tech can you walk me through the process that you used to prep your "Live Linux USB drive" (how you got ubuntu downloaded and ready to go) Thank you!

[@DBTechYT]

Create a bootable USB on Chromebook: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3KklISMf92Zhs0 Create a bootable USB on Windows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ineYlp6Lbr-eh7M

[@henrydavis722]

9:06 when I press ctrl + L it just makes a beeping sound

[@dard4642]

I just got my Acer CB3-532 back into rotation with a new Zorin OS -- thank you so much!

[@naveedy3407]

when i click enter it doesnt show the options like 1, 2, 3 etc

[@bowenchen4409]

I don't why it shows Failed: No such file or directory after I enter the enter

[@DBTechYT]

You're going to have to be WAY more specific about your question

[@MRdlillpickle9]

Thank you so much! My old acer chromebook stopped receiving updates, now I can use an up to date browser!

[@BillBlandford]

Worked great. Now I have Ubuntu 22.04 on my EOL Acer R11. Thanks.

[@DBTechYT]

Great to hear!

[@NickMcMelin]

Prior to finding this vid, feels like google has me going through several military checkpoints to go next door to the neighbors house

[@ryanle1416]

Great video! you saved my day, quick question, how do I make it boot direct into Ubuntu without typing Ctrl + L to by pass the prompt ? Thanks !

[@DBTechYT]

Try this method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3ybXpZ4f9xprck

[@josemendezfumero9280]

I can’t enter dev mode on my schools laptop it says the owner doesn’t allow it

[@austinlairby6213]

Then it looks like the people who set up the laptop at your school did a good job.

[@juliocesarrd566]

Thanks, I successfully installed Xubuntu 20.04, it worked!

[@DBTechYT]

Enjoy

[@IrwinTech]

i have a new chromebook that does not have a forward button what should i push

[@aaronjeswald]

Both the 32-bit and 64-bit of Ubuntu did not work for me, but Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit installed just fine. I am using an older Acer Chromebook, so that could be the reason for it. Thank you for this video, it helped me out very much.

[@DBTechYT]

Awesome!

[@Nakura-dj8mg]

Awesome tutorial, worked just like yours, but is there anyway to make it automatically boot into Linux instead of having to press Ctr L and then making it boot from the menu?

[@wallosworld6441]

I’m on acer chromebook 11 intel w Ubuntu 21.10 and it worked. Amazing video and tutorial walk through. Bravo

[@DBTechYT]

Great to hear!

[@enricocolon226]

Its stuck on "booting from hard disk" Plz help

[@mrmax3169]

Change where it boots to.

[@mtnboy40]

So weird every thing went fine Neil I rebooted and I’m back at the chrome setup screen there are no f2 keys on acer R11

[@guestsneezeplayz]

Will You Make A Tutorial On How to make a bootable usb because i only have a chromebook that cant support Chromebook Recovery Utility

[@harveywilkinson5443]

is there a way to have it automaticaly boot from the hard disk without having to manualy do it?

[@JamesJones-zt2yx]

Thanks! With help from this video I 've installed Manjaro Linux on my Acer C720, and it's running great. (I bought the C720 because it was possible to upgrade the SSD; 220 or so GB should do just fine.) The problem I'm running into now is the difference between the Chromebook keyboard and the usual "Windows" keyboard--I haven't found a way to get the effect of the usual keyboard's HOME, END, PG UP, and PG DOWN keys. Do you know how to configure the keyboard to let some combination of keypresses give that effect?

[@DBTechYT]

You'll want to find a key remapping program for that I think

[@JamesJones-zt2yx]

@@DBTechYT Thanks. Actually, I found out that I could specify that I have a Chromebook keyboard, and then it will map right alt {left, right, up, down} to HOME, END, PG UP, and PG DOWN respectively. Now I just need to figure out how to make MAME notice them.

[@DBTechYT]

Glad you got it sorted.

[@Not1n5ane]

My keyboard isn't working when in the menu that says press ENTER to boot