<div dir="ltr">I have an Acer C720 chromebook. I was able to load debian on it, but the installation was far from easy.<div><br></div><div>The touchpad support was spotty on the kernel that shipped with Wheezy. I had to compile a later kernel to get it to work reliably.</div><div><br></div><div>The BIOS that it ships with boots to a screen that will wipe the drive if you press the wrong key. There's an alternate BIOS available on the web, but installing it requires disassembling the unit to remove a write protection screw. This voids the warranty.</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, the laptop is light and gets great battery life. Just do your research before picking one of these up.</div><div><br></div><div>-Johnny</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Scott Plante <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:splante@insightsys.com" target="_blank">splante@insightsys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I guess that would be this Acer. Also available online at that price till tomorrow (8/22).<br>
<a href="http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/814044/Acer-Chromebook-11-With-116-HD/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/814044/Acer-Chromebook-11-With-116-HD/</a><br>
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Have any of you had good luck loading regular Linux distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE, on these things?<br>
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Scott<br>
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I'm in Office Depot on N druid hills and noticed they have chromebooks for $129. Is not on the shelf probably has gone fast. Check your local store.<br>
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