TheChromebook Pixelhascaught a lot of flakfor being an expensive , powerful computer that arguably throws that exponent away on the stripped down and simple Chrome OS . Well , it does n’t have to be that way if you ’re secret plan to monkey a minuscule bit . Turns outthrowing Linux on that suckeris already a breeze .
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The specifics of the switcheroo were explained by Google ’s Bill Richardsonon Google+ . It turns out that the Pixel , like every Chromebook before it , has a read - only Chrome OS BIOS . That ’s where you get your work up - in Chrome OS , and that ’s ( obviously ) there to stay . But the Pixel also has a bonus unverified BIOS slot that you could go and enable through developer context . From there , installing Linux is pretty fiddling .
There are a few catches , though . break out of your Chrome OS prison house is almost definitely go to give the touchpad and touchscreen useless which is a bummer . And in doing so , you ’ll have create a sort of anti - Chromebook Chromebook ; instead of being cheap and easy - to - use , it ’ll have been expensive and require a pretty gamy degree of exploiter know - how . And while there are still other fair literary criticism of Pixel , this fixes at least one of the exit . That is , if you ’re the eccentric who does n’t mind some tinkering . Or Linux . [ Bill RichardsonviaAndroid Central ]
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