• erwan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You can install vanilla Linux, but huge headaches are involved.

    I did it, and it worked, but I had to open is and remove a foil (equivalent to a jumper), go to developer mode, then flash a new bootloader by running a script from GitHub.

    Think flashing a ROM on a pretty locked down Android device.

    The upside is that when the process is done, you have a regular PC and no need to do any cumbersome process again.

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      1 year ago

      Chromebooks use some custom tailored coreboot variant, right? Not surprising that they've locked it down while they were at it.