I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post this question, but the question is about getting a new computer running with Linux. Background: A week or two ago, I bought a new ChromeBook laptop that was made by HP. The OS details of the laptop are:
Make of laptop: Chromebook
Manufacturer: HP
Google Chrome OS Version 94.0.4606
Battery life 6149mAh
There is no indication of what the CPU might be or how much internal memory is built in and still available. This laptop does have a Linux app that will open a Linux terminal. But while trying to get Linux installed on the laptop, I used an external CD/DVD disk drive with a Linux or Ubuntu .iso file and attempted to boot from that CD. No joy. Next attempt was to use a thumb drive that has either Linux or Ubuntu installed as a boot image (iso file) but still no joy. Knowing the current ownership of Google and the Chrome OS, it almost seems that there is some BIOS level switch that prevents even the display of any boot options. The keyboard of the laptop does not even have the Fn keys at the top of the keyboard. Thus, to me there seems to be almost no way to bypass the hard coded boot order and no way to install any new (and different) operating system. Other than totally writing this laptop off as a very bad purchase, what options might there be toward getting Linux or Ubuntu installed so that I could use the laptop while away from the main desktop computer?
Thank you for any help.
This problem has been solved. Thank you to all that have posted replies.
Make of laptop: Chromebook
Manufacturer: HP
Google Chrome OS Version 94.0.4606
Battery life 6149mAh
There is no indication of what the CPU might be or how much internal memory is built in and still available. This laptop does have a Linux app that will open a Linux terminal. But while trying to get Linux installed on the laptop, I used an external CD/DVD disk drive with a Linux or Ubuntu .iso file and attempted to boot from that CD. No joy. Next attempt was to use a thumb drive that has either Linux or Ubuntu installed as a boot image (iso file) but still no joy. Knowing the current ownership of Google and the Chrome OS, it almost seems that there is some BIOS level switch that prevents even the display of any boot options. The keyboard of the laptop does not even have the Fn keys at the top of the keyboard. Thus, to me there seems to be almost no way to bypass the hard coded boot order and no way to install any new (and different) operating system. Other than totally writing this laptop off as a very bad purchase, what options might there be toward getting Linux or Ubuntu installed so that I could use the laptop while away from the main desktop computer?
Thank you for any help.
This problem has been solved. Thank you to all that have posted replies.
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