Firstly, you do need to be in developer mode.Definitely worth checking out if you prefer the RPM over the DEB, as I definitively do. At the end of the page is the references, once accustomed to crouton, there is a Fedora based fork that, although behind the main project in stability, is coming along quite nicely. Here are the details on getting crouton installed and running.

further guidance, comments, links would be most appreciated.Crouton is a wonderfully done tool for ChromeOS based machines (Chromebooks and Chromeboxes) that allows for the chroots of various linux (generally Ubuntu-Based) environments. However this is a 32-bit machine, and I WOULD LIKE TO use the faster Acer chrome book (64-bits, with 10 Gb RAM). My 'main machine is still my ageing Asus EEE 1000 PC netbook currently running MINT 17 Qiana. Typing this (in chrome on my Acer chromebook. Most of what I do in Linux is via the GUI, rather than the CLI. I really dislike unity, and my preference is for MInt / Cinnamon, both my level of 'expertise' (.if one may call it that), are sorely lacking. Kindly correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that my best choice would be ubuntu / unity. (FWIW, I am the sole user and the machine is connected to my secured home network). I am aware of the security risks WRT developer mode. I would avoid cinnamon DE and stick with Xfce also didn't hear about a successful installation of ubuntu 14.04 or Mint 17 crouton does support encrypting chroots, but the encryption is only as strong as the quality of your passphrase.Īs you are using a hack to load 'linux' chances are not all distro will work. Note that developer mode, in its default configuration, is completely insecure, so don't expect a password in your chroot to keep anyone from your data. You need a device running Chromium OS that has been switched to developer mode.

Crouton chromebook