I Should NEVER Have Listened To Your TERRIBLE Linux Idea...

**The Struggle is Real: Installing Linux on a Chromebook**

I must admit, I'm still in shock after trying to install Linux on my Lenovo Chromebook. What seemed like a simple task turned into an ordeal that left me feeling frustrated and defeated. But why? Well, let's dive into the details.

As a gamer, I was eager to explore the world of Linux gaming on my Chromebook. However, it quickly became apparent that this wasn't going to be a walk in the park. Despite following numerous guides and tutorials, I couldn't get past the initial setup phase. It was as if my Chromebook was playing a cruel joke on me.

**The Research Phase**

I spent what felt like an eternity researching the best way to install Linux on an arm-based Chromebook. The process was grueling, to say the least. I had to create a Chrome OS install file on a flash drive and then somehow "grow" a Linux distro inside it, using the Chrome OS kernel as a foundation. Yes, you read that right – it was like trying to cultivate a virus!

But here's the thing: I couldn't just download the correct kernel for my specific laptop yet. It seemed that a Linux savant hadn't created one for my particular device... and so, I had to make it myself! Talk about feeling overwhelmed.

**The Frustration Mounts**

As I progressed (or rather, failed to progress) through the installation process, my frustration grew. I'd get close, only to hit another roadblock. It was like trying to solve a puzzle blindfolded while being attacked by a swarm of bees.

My Chromebook would suddenly freeze on me, and I'd have to restart it. I tried everything from Ctrl+D to holding down the power button for an arbitrary amount of time (while muttering curses under my breath). But nothing seemed to work. It was as if my device had developed a mind of its own.

**The Conclusion**

After what felt like an eternity, I finally realized that installing Linux on this specific arm-based Chromebook might not be feasible... even for someone who knows what they're doing! The process is just too convoluted and error-prone. I mean, seriously – creating a Chrome OS install file, growing a Linux distro inside it, and using the Chrome OS kernel as a foundation? It's like trying to build a house of cards on a windy day.

So, dear readers, please don't ask me to install Linux on random devices again. My heart (and life expectancy) can't take it! The strain on my sanity is already at maximum capacity.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the sub hundred dollar Chromebook I did a video on a while ago and in the comments section  of that video a bunch of you were telling me to just install Linux on this arm-based Chromebook  and then all of my wildest dreams will come true well I tried to install Linux on this arm-based  Chromebook and it didn't go very well the world definitely does not seem like a better place on  this end of the video making process so brace yourselves for a whole bunch of incompetent men  shouting at Chromebook action if I can't even get past this step my brain clearly doesn't think good  enough for me to be able to do this process I know it doesn't have Chrome OS on it that's the point  which is all your fault every little bit of it is your fault and because of that I'm gonna make you  watch an ad now after a long hard day at work I like to soothe my brow with a steaming hot couple  of note there's just nothing quite like a good reliable Linux based cloud 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varying complexity when it comes  to linuxing on a Chromebook the first one is a built-in beta feature which is supposedly very  easy to access and that's the first one we'll try and then the second option is just fully  installing Linux on this little Chromebook Lenovo even suggests specific distros that they think  would work well on a Chromebook Linux destroys that just gently sip resources so they can work  well on a little bit of Chromebook now I really appreciate that as somebody that sees Linux as a  disease you may catch if you hang around boring people too long anyway with that let's try the  built-in beta feature and take it from there now according to Lenovo activating the built-in Linux  environment on these Chromebooks is really easy you just go to settings turn turn on username10 gig that is basically the entire storage configuration of the little Chromebook OS update  required okay well I guess that's some Linux over there which means I am immediately scared  and confused like what what do I do now sudo apt that's I know that Linux involves sudo apt  I think okay let me Google it with Google's help I soon found a computer  World article that told me in detail how to do some Linux on Chrome OS hey  there's some Linux happening that's cool now it took Linux quite a while to finish happening on  the Chromebook wow this has been linuxing for ages but once it did Libra office was installed  which is like a freeware Linux alternative to Microsoft Office wow this is really useful and  a great way to expand the base functionality of a little Chromebook nice now you can also install  on here I was quite disappointed to find out that it wasn't the exciting kind of but  a very practical that lets you do photo editing and stuff probably not the most useful  photo editing device considering that the display isn't very color accurate and the Chromebook is  painfully slow but it's nice to have photoshoppy software available for free it's pretty cool now  this is all a little bit practical and boring for my liking so let's try and do something that is  actually cool and sexy on it let's try and install some Linux steam there were three ways in which  I attempted to install a not just useless Chrome OS theme using this lineup developer environment  the first was to just blindly type sudo apt-get install Steam which very surprisingly didn't work  my second method was to try and enable Borealis through crotch I mean crash which may sound like  gibberish but Borealis is like a Google developed project to get Steam games running natively on  Chromebooks but unfortunately that didn't work either of course it's not been released on this  device that would have been way too convenient apparently Borealis doesn't support arm-based  Chromebooks and not meaning to spoil anything but that's going to become the dominant theme of the  rest of this video my third and final attempt was to use flat Hub which is like a local watering  hole for Linux apps which even has a setup guide specifically for Chrome os's Linux environment but  despite even using the crotch tab the setup failed at which point I found a compatibility list which  did actually have a couple of arm chips listed as compatible but quite predictably the chip  in my Lenovo just wasn't one of them okay well I feel like I finally exhausted all my options in  terms of natively gaming on here using loser Chrome OS Linux so now I'm going to try and  install some proper neckbeard Linux on here and see if I can get real steam running using that  the research was grueling finding the best way to install Linux on an arm-based Chromebook  was an arduous process and after what felt like eons of preparation I was finally ready  ah ah why what is that localhost login I don't know and because I have to type in root  now it's just in red it's red now and now I don't know what to do because it's not how do I  go back to it having I don't know what I'm doing okay I'm gonna try to turn it off again now I'm  back in this bit without the red so if I go root return that happens and then if I type in enable  success wait what this didn't work last time okay very nice now I need to figure out how to  make boot media despite being very confused by the color red I finally got USB boot enabled on  the little Chromebook which was the last bit of progress I made before I descended into a  pit of despair okay and then Ctrl D needs to happen and then it doesn't do anything  it's worked before but it's not working now why are you so obtuse every guide I look at it tells  me to do this but it doesn't turning it off for the ninth time and I'm gonna hold it for longer  and then I'm gonna give it a minute so that it Finds Its bearings or whatever and makes itself  comfortable gets a cup of tea okay arbitrary amount of time passed d come on control D why  doesn't it work this time why if I can't even get past this step my brain clearly doesn't think good  enough for me to be able to do this process I know it doesn't have Chrome OS on it that's the point  now I've gone through lots of shouting and I've come to the conclusion that while I think it is  technically possible to install Linux on this specific arm-based Chromebook I don't think it's  technically possible for me to install Linux on this arm-based Chromebook because it seems to be  an extremely difficult thing to do even if you know what you're doing as far as I understand  basically what you have to do is like create a Chrome OS install file on a flash drive and  then like grow a Linux distro inside that Chrome OS install like a virus so that the virus Linux  kernel uses the Chrome OS kernel of the specific Chromebook or summon and I can't just download  the correct kernel Linux because a Linux Savant hasn't made one for the specific laptop yet so I  have to make it myself and I can't I'm probably not understanding that correctly but that is my  interpretation of it and I just think it's not within my capability to do it because a I don't  follow instructions very well and B the moment the instruction tells me to do something I do  the thing and it doesn't happen monkey growls come out and things get thrown around it just isn't in  my wheelhouse to do this whole thing and besides considering that the Chrome OS install on here has  linuxy features built into it I think installing like a just blindx bare metal onto it is not  even nearly worth the effort so with that please don't ever ask me to install Linux on random crap  again because all of this additional strain on my heart and subsequent reduction in life expectancy  is your fault random Linux commenter I hope you're proud of yourself and until the next video bye-byeforeign