The only way to install it is through terminal. Keep it in your downloads folder (unless you’re an organization freak and need it in a subfolder). Now it’s time to download the Crouton file onto your chromebook. Now take a few seconds to reconfigure your Google account. Just press **Crtl+D **on the recovery screen if you don’t feel like waiting for 30 seconds.

While developer mode is activated, whenever you reboot your device it will show the recovery screen for 30 seconds before entering into Chrome OS. It will erase your data and reboot you in developer mode. After the beeps, your chromebook will reboot again. Your chromebook will reboot and you will hear two beeps, don’t panic. Once you are inside of the recovery, press **Crtl+D **to activate developer mode. This will put your chromebook into recovery mode. On the Acer C720, hold the the ESC and** ** **Refresh (F3)** keys and tap the **Power** button. The instructions for entering developer mode will differ for each chromebook. Of course, due to the nature of Chrome OS, you won’t really have to worry about backing up apps or anything. Be aware that activating developer mode erases all of your information. Crouton (don’t download this now, wait until step 2 )īefore you can install Crouton, you will need to put your chromebook in developer mode. Developer Mode allows you to get root access to the command shell.Here’s how to install Ubuntu on Chromebook. Also, this is easier to install (and uninstall) over dual-booting. The advantage with this method is that you can switch back and forth between Chrome OS and Ubuntu with a few clicks. Crouton will run Ubuntu on top of Chrome OS.

For this tutorial, I am going to show you how to install Ubuntu using the crouton method. Installing Linux or more specifically, Ubuntu, is really easy to do. However, you can do all these things on Linux. For exampling, I’m not able to open a java compiler on Chrome OS or use Wine to play Steam games. While I would consider myself part of the former group, I can admit that there are places where Chrome OS falls short of a desktop operating system. Some find it extremely useful and others think it’s complete garbage. Everyone has their own opinion of Chrome OS.

Ubuntu on chrome book