I used to avoid Chromebooks, I thought I had no use for them. That is, until a couple years ago, when I managed to put windows on a Chromebook..
From then on, I have:
Helped organizations get more use out of their Chromebooks with Windows and Linux
Through a start-up I work for, Fyra Labs, and with the partnership of the Chrultrabook Project, we have created a tool to make it easier than ever to boot Linux onto a stock firmware Chromebook, and are implementing it into Chromebook images for our distro
Worked with PostmarketOS to port to mt8192/google-hayato
Connected with other Linux distributions in regard to bringing Chromebook support to as many distros as possible
Become the first person to boot an OSTree-based Linux image onto a stock Chromebook, seen here
In this session, we will discuss:
– My journey with Chromebooks over the years, from how I got started to the topics above
– Demos of custom ROM (corebooted) Windows and Linux Chromebooks, and custom ARM and OSTree-based installs
– ‘Interesting’ (to say the least) ways to use modded ChromeOS devices (Pi-Hole, drawing tablet..)
– How you can get involved
– Different ways to view non-standard hardware
Links:
Chrultrabook Docs: https://docs.chrultrabook.com
Fyra Labs Submarine: https://developer.fyralabs.com/submarine
Ultramarine Linux Chromebook Edition/information:
https://wiki.ultramarine-linux.org/en/anywhere/chromebook/
Minnebar information: https://minnestar.org/minnebar/
