[HLUG] Chromebooks/Ubuntu

[david winterton]

Thanks for the flattery John, your first reply did get though, and very
witty it was, but on 'techy young wizz kids' I fail on all four counts. I
am not even sure you are the oldest member, go for it John become our in
house chromebook expert.

On 24 August 2015 at 20:10, john clutterbuck <valjohnc1 at btinternet.com>
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> Hi David, Sorry for the delayed response, I wrote a witty reply that
> disappeared into cyber space following the dreaded darkening screen.
> The dual booting looks good, to be the in house expert, ha ha, i come from
> the time when TV was the future, and a "bit" went into a horses mouth. I
> would like to think that you techy young wizz kids would come rushing to
> the aid of the oldest member of Hlug, looking forward to meeting soon,
> Regards John C. septagenerian!
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> On 18/08/15 21:32, david winterton wrote:
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>> Slightly off the subject, this last few weeks I would have rather sat in
>> your 'freezing' office
>> Looking at the web, it seems quite do-able, a step up from dual booting
>> most computers (which is my limit), but much easier than flashing a mobile
>> phone ( which I keep dreaming of doing)
>> Can I suggest you do it and become our 'in-house' expert?
>> some links;
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>> http://www.chromestory.com/2012/07/dual-boot-chrome-os-and-ubuntu-on-a-chromebook-or-chromebox/
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>> http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343
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>> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/132300-unleash-your-chromebox-how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chrome-os-device
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