Linux dominates supercomputers as never before

Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before by millstone on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:33PM (#7941380)

I was given a free Chromebox (Samsung "Series 3"), and I tried to install Linux on it. It didn't work at all, apparently because the Chromebox doesn't support "legacy boot," whatever that is. I tried Crouton and Chrubuntu in turn, and found that sound didn't work in the first case, and that the kernel was not upgradeable.

I gave up and I bought a PC (Intel NUC). I was able to install Linux on it, but it failed to boot. I then found a BIOS update, and managed to get it installed (not a trivial task). After that my NUC worked well, except for the IR port, which required additional driver hunting.

Sadly, we're still a long ways from "it just works." The NUC didn't support Linux out of the box, even though it ships without an OS!

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Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before by jyu78 on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:45PM (#7941415)

You are describing customized devices which are build for a specific OS. Windows and MacOS don't work well on Chromeboxs either.

Also to my knowledge all modern Chrome devices have Coreboot support which enable "legacy" bootloaders and will boot any distro like a normal laptop. Older models like the C710 have unofficial Coreboot builds which allow the same (and linux driver support on modern distros).

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