[NBLUG/Announce] Tues July 12th NBLUG meeting: Installing Linux on a Chromebook

Topic: Installing Linux onto a Chromebook / Chromebox When: Tues July 12th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Speaker: Robert Thille Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room past the metal statue and to the right - http://nblug.org/locations Have you looked at the prices of ChromeBooks and thought "Wow that's cheap! Too bad they don't run my OS of choice." **Well, they can! In this talk, Robert will go over the options to give you "more" linux with your ChromeOS device, from just accessing the crosh (chrome-os-shell) to flashing a new ROM with Coreboot & SeaBIOS and installing the linux distro of your choice. - Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------- During this meeting we will be accepting donations for a replacement projector, our first major purchase as a user group in nearly a decade. We are not a 501(c)(3) non-profit and cannot provide receipts for tax purposes, but don't let that stop you we can accept cash or checks. Thanks for your support! The projector fund is going well, we are upto $400, including the existing treasury. We are currently hoping to buy a WXGA (1280x800) projector in the $450 + tax range. ($500). Our current projector is only VGA (800x600), not bright enough, and only has VGA input. - Frank Ball