alt Hacker News> On a Chromebook that I bought and that I fully own I can enable the Linux system and install whatever I want on it (it runs in a VM and it is a full Linux system).
Do you really own it ? Can you install linux or BSD _instead_ of ChromeOS ?
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AlexeyBrin • last Monday at 3:07 PM
(My original comment was about about running a Linux VM inside ChromeOS.)
To answer your questions, it depends. On some Chromebook models you can wipe ChromeOS and install Linux.
Yes[1], depending on the chromebook / chrometablet it will have varying levels of support for even swapping the firmware and running standard linux/BSD. Sometimes you will need to open up the laptop for a jumper/screw to adjust for enabling firmware flashing. Others its just turning on dev mode first.
[1]https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/supported-devices.html