#mrchromebox — Public Fediverse posts

#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.

Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.

The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.

I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.

The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?

For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:

https://github.com/ninelore/flake

@[email protected] @coreboot

#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.

Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.

The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.

I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.

The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?

For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:

https://github.com/ninelore/flake

@[email protected] @coreboot

#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.

Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.

The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.

I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.

The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?

For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:

https://github.com/ninelore/flake

@[email protected] @coreboot

#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.

Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.

The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.

I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.

The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?

For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:

https://github.com/ninelore/flake

@[email protected] @coreboot

#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.

Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.

The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.

I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.

The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?

For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:

https://github.com/ninelore/flake

@[email protected] @coreboot

@GossiTheDog even for gaming, windows is going out the door, with the advent of the steamdeck, and steam support being what it is today on linux.

and those chromebooks all run #coreboot or at least google's modified version of it. you can put #mrchromebox coreboot distro on it: https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/

doing this also lets you use normal linux distros really easily. and this is such a magnificent coup on google's part, getting coreboot into so many millions of computers in such a manner. bravo!

@GossiTheDog even for gaming, windows is going out the door, with the advent of the steamdeck, and steam support being what it is today on linux.

and those chromebooks all run #coreboot or at least google's modified version of it. you can put #mrchromebox coreboot distro on it: https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/

doing this also lets you use normal linux distros really easily. and this is such a magnificent coup on google's part, getting coreboot into so many millions of computers in such a manner. bravo!

@GossiTheDog even for gaming, windows is going out the door, with the advent of the steamdeck, and steam support being what it is today on linux.

and those chromebooks all run #coreboot or at least google's modified version of it. you can put #mrchromebox coreboot distro on it: https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/

doing this also lets you use normal linux distros really easily. and this is such a magnificent coup on google's part, getting coreboot into so many millions of computers in such a manner. bravo!

@GossiTheDog even for gaming, windows is going out the door, with the advent of the steamdeck, and steam support being what it is today on linux.

and those chromebooks all run #coreboot or at least google's modified version of it. you can put #mrchromebox coreboot distro on it: https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/

doing this also lets you use normal linux distros really easily. and this is such a magnificent coup on google's part, getting coreboot into so many millions of computers in such a manner. bravo!

@GossiTheDog even for gaming, windows is going out the door, with the advent of the steamdeck, and steam support being what it is today on linux.

and those chromebooks all run #coreboot or at least google's modified version of it. you can put #mrchromebox coreboot distro on it: https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/

doing this also lets you use normal linux distros really easily. and this is such a magnificent coup on google's part, getting coreboot into so many millions of computers in such a manner. bravo!

I installed #KDE Plasma on my Chromebook-running-linux (Linuxbook? LBook? ArchBook?) and not only does it seem to run about as well as #xfce, it has somehow fixed the sound.

Which is nice, because I went in on the assumption that I would have no audio.

#Linux #Chromebook #MrChromebox #Manjaro

I installed #KDE Plasma on my Chromebook-running-linux (Linuxbook? LBook? ArchBook?) and not only does it seem to run about as well as #xfce, it has somehow fixed the sound.

Which is nice, because I went in on the assumption that I would have no audio.

#Linux #Chromebook #MrChromebox #Manjaro

I installed #KDE Plasma on my Chromebook-running-linux (Linuxbook? LBook? ArchBook?) and not only does it seem to run about as well as #xfce, it has somehow fixed the sound.

Which is nice, because I went in on the assumption that I would have no audio.

#Linux #Chromebook #MrChromebox #Manjaro

I installed #KDE Plasma on my Chromebook-running-linux (Linuxbook? LBook? ArchBook?) and not only does it seem to run about as well as #xfce, it has somehow fixed the sound.

Which is nice, because I went in on the assumption that I would have no audio.

#Linux #Chromebook #MrChromebox #Manjaro

That was it (disconnecting the battery from the mb side not the other way around). Now I'm rocking #fedora 40 with #coreboot on the Asus CX5 #chromebook that I got cheap from Ebay with a broken screen. Thanks to #Chrultrabook and #mrchromebox 💾🏆 Saved from ending up on an e-waste pile, I imagine. Fedora is screaming fast on this machine too 🤩

That was it (disconnecting the battery from the mb side not the other way around). Now I'm rocking #fedora 40 with #coreboot on the Asus CX5 #chromebook that I got cheap from Ebay with a broken screen. Thanks to #Chrultrabook and #mrchromebox 💾🏆 Saved from ending up on an e-waste pile, I imagine. Fedora is screaming fast on this machine too 🤩

That was it (disconnecting the battery from the mb side not the other way around). Now I'm rocking #fedora 40 with #coreboot on the Asus CX5 #chromebook that I got cheap from Ebay with a broken screen. Thanks to #Chrultrabook and #mrchromebox 💾🏆 Saved from ending up on an e-waste pile, I imagine. Fedora is screaming fast on this machine too 🤩

I'm a bit puzzled trying to run #FreeBSD or #NetBSD on my #ungoogled #Chromebook Dell 13 7310 LULU using #mrchromebox UEFI firmware. It seems only #linux is able to reckognize the touchpad which appears as "Synaptics TM3141-001" and with id 06cb:7ab3
it appears in https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=18ecc4a6e7 as supported but it isn't clear by which driver it's supported
#runbsd

I'm a bit puzzled trying to run #FreeBSD or #NetBSD on my #ungoogled #Chromebook Dell 13 7310 LULU using #mrchromebox UEFI firmware. It seems only #linux is able to reckognize the touchpad which appears as "Synaptics TM3141-001" and with id 06cb:7ab3
it appears in https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=18ecc4a6e7 as supported but it isn't clear by which driver it's supported
#runbsd

I'm a bit puzzled trying to run #FreeBSD or #NetBSD on my #ungoogled #Chromebook Dell 13 7310 LULU using #mrchromebox UEFI firmware. It seems only #linux is able to reckognize the touchpad which appears as "Synaptics TM3141-001" and with id 06cb:7ab3
it appears in https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=18ecc4a6e7 as supported but it isn't clear by which driver it's supported
#runbsd

@geerlingguy @mntmn I'm interested in the general usage. Where is it at as a general browser/editor machine? Some word processing with LibreOffice?

I'm currently using an old Core-m3/4GiB Chromebook flashed with coreboot+Kubuntu (thanks #MrChromebox), so that's my main point of comparison.

@geerlingguy @mntmn I'm interested in the general usage. Where is it at as a general browser/editor machine? Some word processing with LibreOffice?

I'm currently using an old Core-m3/4GiB Chromebook flashed with coreboot+Kubuntu (thanks #MrChromebox), so that's my main point of comparison.

@geerlingguy @mntmn I'm interested in the general usage. Where is it at as a general browser/editor machine? Some word processing with LibreOffice?

I'm currently using an old Core-m3/4GiB Chromebook flashed with coreboot+Kubuntu (thanks #MrChromebox), so that's my main point of comparison.

@geerlingguy @mntmn I'm interested in the general usage. Where is it at as a general browser/editor machine? Some word processing with LibreOffice?

I'm currently using an old Core-m3/4GiB Chromebook flashed with coreboot+Kubuntu (thanks #MrChromebox), so that's my main point of comparison.

@geerlingguy @mntmn I'm interested in the general usage. Where is it at as a general browser/editor machine? Some word processing with LibreOffice?

I'm currently using an old Core-m3/4GiB Chromebook flashed with coreboot+Kubuntu (thanks #MrChromebox), so that's my main point of comparison.

Sete tornillos, 10 minutos de leer unha wiki, e un script... e xa temos un portátil con firmware UEFI normal e corriente para facer con el o que queira. Moitas gracias #mrchromebox !

Sete tornillos, 10 minutos de leer unha wiki, e un script... e xa temos un portátil con firmware UEFI normal e corriente para facer con el o que queira. Moitas gracias #mrchromebox !

@codemonkeymike I've been running a couple ASUS C202sa chromebooks with firmware from #mrchromebox and #endeavoros (one KDE and one i3) and they are my go-to devices. Not fast but usable, biggest issue is that they only have 4GB ram. I'll look into the Lenovo Flex 5, thanks!

@codemonkeymike I've been running a couple ASUS C202sa chromebooks with firmware from #mrchromebox and #endeavoros (one KDE and one i3) and they are my go-to devices. Not fast but usable, biggest issue is that they only have 4GB ram. I'll look into the Lenovo Flex 5, thanks!

@codemonkeymike I've been running a couple ASUS C202sa chromebooks with firmware from #mrchromebox and #endeavoros (one KDE and one i3) and they are my go-to devices. Not fast but usable, biggest issue is that they only have 4GB ram. I'll look into the Lenovo Flex 5, thanks!

@codemonkeymike I've been running a couple ASUS C202sa chromebooks with firmware from #mrchromebox and #endeavoros (one KDE and one i3) and they are my go-to devices. Not fast but usable, biggest issue is that they only have 4GB ram. I'll look into the Lenovo Flex 5, thanks!

@codemonkeymike I've been running a couple ASUS C202sa chromebooks with firmware from #mrchromebox and #endeavoros (one KDE and one i3) and they are my go-to devices. Not fast but usable, biggest issue is that they only have 4GB ram. I'll look into the Lenovo Flex 5, thanks!

This weekend's tech activity was to put #antiX Linux on the former parents redundant EOL'd Chromebook. Success! And a very nice Debian based distro without the systemd overhead. #icewm boots to 140mb.

Now if I can figure out how to get the latest #MrChromebox firmware and replace an this aged #Seamonkey based firmware, I'd be set.

This weekend's tech activity was to put #antiX Linux on the former parents redundant EOL'd Chromebook. Success! And a very nice Debian based distro without the systemd overhead. #icewm boots to 140mb.

Now if I can figure out how to get the latest #MrChromebox firmware and replace an this aged #Seamonkey based firmware, I'd be set.

This weekend's tech activity was to put #antiX Linux on the former parents redundant EOL'd Chromebook. Success! And a very nice Debian based distro without the systemd overhead. #icewm boots to 140mb.

Now if I can figure out how to get the latest #MrChromebox firmware and replace an this aged #Seamonkey based firmware, I'd be set.

This weekend's tech activity was to put #antiX Linux on the former parents redundant EOL'd Chromebook. Success! And a very nice Debian based distro without the systemd overhead. #icewm boots to 140mb.

Now if I can figure out how to get the latest #MrChromebox firmware and replace an this aged #Seamonkey based firmware, I'd be set.

This weekend's tech activity was to put #antiX Linux on the former parents redundant EOL'd Chromebook. Success! And a very nice Debian based distro without the systemd overhead. #icewm boots to 140mb.

Now if I can figure out how to get the latest #MrChromebox firmware and replace an this aged #Seamonkey based firmware, I'd be set.

@thememesniper Honestly, I'm really enjoying my #chromebook as #chromeos has its uses (running #android apps, not being obvious that you have a sh1mmered chromebook in school) and with #Mrchromebox CFW in AltFW 1 it can dual boot #Linux

#sh1mmer #LongLiveTheSh1mmerRevolution

@thememesniper Honestly, I'm really enjoying my #chromebook as #chromeos has its uses (running #android apps, not being obvious that you have a sh1mmered chromebook in school) and with #Mrchromebox CFW in AltFW 1 it can dual boot #Linux

#sh1mmer #LongLiveTheSh1mmerRevolution

@Starcross @Rasp tbh your issue with a chromebook is likely due to it being a managed chromebook.

Used #sh1mmer to jailbreak mine about a month back (its getting patched literally tomorrow btw) and I am loving it apart from a few annoyances (Linux app sandboxing can break stuff, tote can't be disabled, cant put the shelf on the top, can't remove Chrome from the shelf). Thankfully, mine has #Mrchromebox firmware available so I can boot a proper Linux install from a low-profile USB.

@Starcross @Rasp tbh your issue with a chromebook is likely due to it being a managed chromebook.

Used #sh1mmer to jailbreak mine about a month back (its getting patched literally tomorrow btw) and I am loving it apart from a few annoyances (Linux app sandboxing can break stuff, tote can't be disabled, cant put the shelf on the top, can't remove Chrome from the shelf). Thankfully, mine has #Mrchromebox firmware available so I can boot a proper Linux install from a low-profile USB.

@Starcross @Rasp tbh your issue with a chromebook is likely due to it being a managed chromebook.

Used #sh1mmer to jailbreak mine about a month back (its getting patched literally tomorrow btw) and I am loving it apart from a few annoyances (Linux app sandboxing can break stuff, tote can't be disabled, cant put the shelf on the top, can't remove Chrome from the shelf). Thankfully, mine has #Mrchromebox firmware available so I can boot a proper Linux install from a low-profile USB.

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox