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Re:NayuOS – Chromebooks without Google by pepijndevos on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:05PM (#10997073)
Can you install this without opening up your Chromebook and flashing new firmware? Last time I looked into running anything but ChromeOS it seems you have to desolder a hardware write protection.

And if this works without that, do other non-google OSes work as well? My device is a Asus C300 without the SeaBIOS legacy emulation or anything like that.

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Re:NayuOS – Chromebooks without Google by smbarber on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:13PM (#10997137)
Since NayuOS is still based on Chromium OS you should only need dev mode enabled to run it. It'll boot the same way that Chromium OS does. Legacy boot is only necessary for a traditional Linux distro that isn't using the Chrome OS format for kernel images.

For the record, the write protect is just a screw on Chrome OS devices and doesn't need to be desoldered.

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Re:NayuOS – Chromebooks without Google by honua on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:13PM (#10997146)
With my Chromebook it was just a simple screw on the board. I have Ubuntu 14.04 on mine - the Arch Wiki has really good info on the general process and HugeGreenBug's Ubuntu flavor is customized for Chromebook

Edit: no firmware flashing needed. I use standard SeaBIOS

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