How to Install Ubuntu Linux on ChromeOS / Chromebook / Chromebox – Asus M004u Crouton

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• If you're still around is there a way to do it in 2023 I followed your steps but they changed the beginning and now it says, install cannot start

• Nice. How do I configure the box to always boot into Linux ?

• Do you need to stay in development mode after you've done this?

• I'm bookmarking this video. I'm bidding on a Chromebox now and hopefully I'll win it and put Linux on it. 🙂

• Did you remove Chrome Os?

• When I type shell , it says unknown command

• Who has a plug in keyboard anymore?

• wheres the Recovery Button at bro ?

• mate your videos are always AwesomE Lon.TV

• Awesome Bro

• What Movie Was that you was watching bro ?

• Isn't Chrome Windows???

• 5 years later and this tutorial still works on the newest chromebooks!

• Thanks for all your great videos. I installed LInux on the ASUS Chromebox but cannot print using a USB cable and a Brother laser printer. I did install CUPS and Brother drivers. The printer is detected nut never able to print the test page or text from LIbreOffice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• I have downloaded linux and i was trying to play games with steam and it didnt work because of some gl error?!!?!…., does someone here have the same problem?? would be nice if someone could help me with this!

• Hi I have a Asus Chromebox for meeting I have followed your steps but each time it prepares for the developer mode it ends up on the Enroll page. How do I get pass this stage

• why would you want to run two operating systems in parallel on the same hardware on a already limited piece of hardware? How much does this affect performance? Can Linux be installed instead of the chrome os?

• wtf this black out my chrome book

• Hi,

  Thanks for the video the installation went great.

  However, I've tried installing certain application for web development such as Sublime Text 3 and GEdit.

  However, for some reason, Sublime Text 3 doesn't launch and I can't seem to download GEdit.

  I might be doing something wrong. Would you have some tips?

  Thanks

• what is the last code for this year in 2016

• it seems that google cares more about Chromebook that about chrombox

• my problem with email is on chromebox of course

• Gmail says that my version of chrome is not compatible but it's the last one so what can I do to make it compatible

• on the Internet there is no time limit the time has no price you can take a lot of time to explain no need to speak fast you are not on TV

• when press ctrl D nothing happens its a lg desktop monitor

• whats the recovery button?

• Lon, I have 4 years old kid and it is a pain to enter password every time chrome OS boot. The kid does not know how to enter password. This is an issue for me.
  After developer mode is done and it boot up chrome OS again, does it ask for password ?

• Intel NUC kicks this chromebox butt

• Hi Lon great video so thank you. I am total noob with Linux! So just wondering how do I get the sound working? And also YouTube on the browser? Thanks

• where is the recovery button

• Hi Lon ( viewers ) ,
  Would this also work on the
  HP cb1 – 014 Chromebox ?
  Thanks .

• *****  thanks for video. Is it possible to run Linux on an external hard drive through chromebox?

• can you use a tablet as a monitor?

• Says my version of Chromium OS is "extraordinarily old" but I'll figure this out. Otherwise, thank you so so much!!

• Lon, do you know if there is a way to get a network printer to work with the Chromebox??

• can you make a video that how to delete chrome os, and replace it to ubuntu

• Hi Lon Seidman,
  as per your another video dual boot chrome os and openelec i installed openelec along with chrome os. From last week for some reason i can not go into openelec but my chorme os is working. Now i want to reboot again chrome os + ubuntu and for this i insert a paperclip to inter in a developer mode but after showing chrome os is missing or damage message i wanted to type ctrl + D but it does not work. i meam my keyboard is usb keyboard but dont work ctrl+D. Is there another way to inter into developer mode or am i doing something wrong? please help me
  thank you in advance
  meri bassai

• Oonboonu?

• how  do you get steam  to let you install to usb  tho I get  err  saying I cant do it

• is it possible to just run linux WITHOUT the chromeOs at the same time? i dont want 2 operative systems at the same time… only 1 linux. Is it posible?
  Thanks for the answer

• Thanks for the video!

• can someone tell me how to get google chrome on this

• Will this method work on the acer Chromebox?

• thanks man, really helpful !

• Seriously no one else noticed that this isn't ubuntu but Xfce….

• so i had it all installed and shut down from the chrome os side and got back on and couldnt get onto to linux?? :/ any solutions?

• im trying to run this on my toshiba chromebook 1  i got it in to development mode. then went to github and downloaded the crouton and then typed in the terminal:   shell   enter then typed in sudo sh -e ~/downloads/crouton -t xfce   it then tells me it cant open… please if you have any idea why this wont work for me if you could please help me?? i really just want to have xbmc on my chromebook thank you.

• I have an HP Chromebox that I have installed Ubuntu on. Is there any way to boot Ubuntu directly after installing it instead of booting ChromeOS and the going to Ubuntu? In other words, how do I make Ubuntu the default OS?

• Is it possible to install Ubuntu to a USB memory? 
  Although I think this PC is a good because there is a USB3.0.

• Thanks for the video. I don't know if it's a stupid question or not, but is it possible toinstall ANY ubuntu distribution on a Chrome OS device? How about ubuntu studio? 

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