Switch your Chromebook to developer mode. You'll need a 4 GB or larger USB flash drive or SD card.ġ. You may want to create a restore image for Chrome OS by installing the Chromebook Recovery Utility extension.Google backs up your passwords, browser extensions and so on, but you may want to back up the files that you've saved in your Downloads folder though. Switching your Chromebook to developer mode is insecure! Crouton supports encryption, but as the Crouton wiki page mentions, " the encryption is only as strong as the quality of your passphrase".
#Install ubuntu from usb chromebook install
Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook using Crouton Since your Chromebook runs in verified mode, it also means Crostini is more secure. On the other hand, Crostini is an official project and doesn't need enabling developer mode (which is required to be able to install Ubuntu or Debian on a Chromebook using Crouton). Also, compared to virtualization, Crouton has zero speed penalty since it runs natively. Using Crouton, you continue to use Chrome OS, but you can easily switch between Ubuntu and Chrome OS when needed.Ĭompared to the Crostini solution for Chrome OS offered by Google, Crouton has wider device compatibility, and it enables direct hardware access. There are also a few tweaks / tips, and instructions for removing it.Ĭrouton, or Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment, makes it easy to install Ubuntu or Debian in a chroot environment on Chromebooks, no matter the Chromebook model or architecture. I thought some of you might be interested in this, so this article presents step by step instructions for installing Ubuntu on any Chrombook model, using Crouton.
I have a HP Chromebook G4 from 2014 that won't receive official Linux (Crostini) support, so I decided to use Crouton to install Ubuntu instead.
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