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[James Gifford <jrgifford.james@xxxxxxxxx>]

I managed to install Ubuntu on it about a week or two ago. (I used Hexxehs method, not the wiki.)

I found that normal GNOME was slow, because it's graphics card JUNK.
In all, even though I prefer Ubuntu to ChromeOS, I went back to Chrome OS. 

For instructions in how to do it, here they are: http://hexxeh.net/?p=328117655

The only side notes I have is that you can't have Ubuntu AND Chrome OS side by side using this method - the Chrome OS doesn't like missing any of it's security partitions. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, Chrome OS has multiple locked 512MB partitions on there. Each with a copy of the Chrome OS. It randomly selects one to run a security check/comparison every time it boots. <insert joke here about Windows needing a verified boot> ;) )

If you have any questions, just hit me up!

James Gifford
@jrgifford
http://JamesG.tk

On Jan 31, 2011, at 23:28, Jacob Peddicord <jpeddicord@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Jonathan Buckley <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The CR-48 is a rather new machine, if you put Ubuntu on it, BE SURE TO
>> DOCUMENT EVERY LITTLE STEP!!! Because you'll be the first person to tell the
>> Ubuntu community how to install Ubuntu on a CR-48, & how well it performs on
>> one!!!!
> 
> Actually, the Chromium wiki already tells you how [1]. ;)
> 
> @Michael: Congrats on receiving one, you'll enjoy it. Haven't got a
> whole lot of use out of mine since the beginning of this month
> (doesn't support university wireless) but it's definitely fun to
> experiment with. Be sure to flip the developer switch to unlock the
> full potential of the device! You'll have to anyway if you want to
> install other OS images (ie, Ubuntu).
> 
> [1] https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/cr-48-chrome-notebook-developer-information/how-to-boot-ubuntu-on-a-cr-48
> 
> -- 
> Jacob Peddicord
> http://jacob.peddicord.net/
> https://launchpad.net/~jpeddicord
> 
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