Depthboot: Your Chromebook, your way. No modifying firmware.

https://eupnea-linux.github.io/

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 9 pts · 3y

Since that page has zero useful information on it, I found this elsewhere:

Depthboot is a builder script that creates a bootable USB drive/SD-card that can be booted on any x86_64 Chromebook. It supports common Linux distributions(Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, Arch and Fedora) and a variety of the most popular desktop environments. Due to licensing restraints, Depthboot cannot be distributed as an iso. Instead, it has to be build locally.

It appears to be a way to run Linux direct on device (non-ARM) instead of emulated, though I can't be 100% sure since it doesn't actually say that anywhere obvious.

KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y

Dont try to do full system updates in depthboot, breaks it

rossm@fosstodon.org · 1 pts · 3y

@AdventuringAardvark

This looks pretty awesome. I wonder if it supports all Chromebooks?