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Google May Allow Windows 10 to Dual-Boot or Run Alongside ChromeOS on Chromebooks

posted by chromas on Tuesday August 14 2018, @06:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the diversity-in-telemetry dept.

takyon writes:

Google may add Windows 10 dual-boot option to Chromebooks

Google appears to be working on dual-boot support for Chromebooks. XDA-Developers has discovered that Google has been working to support an "alt OS mode" for its Pixelbook laptop for months now. Dubbed "Campfire," an obvious nod to Apple's own Boot Camp feature, Google's dual-boot is rumored to support Windows 10 on Chromebooks.

XDA-Developers claims Google is attempting to pass Microsoft's hardware certification for Windows 10 to allow its Pixelbook to officially run the alternative operating system. References to Microsoft's Windows Hardware Certification Kit have appeared in development builds of Chrome OS, and Google's Campfire work might extend to other new Chromebooks in the future.

Dual-boot support is said to be arriving on the Pixelbook soon, as Google engineers are pushing through multiple changes for Chrome OS to support the new feature.

That makes Google's recent attack ad a little funnier.

Also at Engadget, The Register, 9to5Google, Tom's Hardware, and CNET.

See also: Why cheap Chromebooks running Windows will benefit Google, not you

Related: ChromeOS Gains the Ability to Run Linux Applications
Google's Fuchsia OS Adds Emulator for Debian Linux Applications

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 14 2018, @11:15AM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 14 2018, @11:15AM (#721325) Journal

    I'm pretty sure that the largest storage on any Chromebook is 64 gig. However, you can modify a few of the latest Chromebooks, and install a 240 gig SSD into it. (There is a write prevent for the BIOS that you have to turn off, before installation.) Once that is complete, you can format the drive with any legitimate file system, and install your favorite OS.

    This isn't precisely the article that caught my attention, but it seems to cover most of it: https://www.codedonut.com/chromebook/install-full-native-standalone-linux-on-any-chromebook-elementaryos/ [codedonut.com]

    NOTE: Early Chromebooks aren't compatible! They are too damned slow, with limited resources. Only a couple of the newest Chromebooks will give you a satisfactory experience running Linux on a "laptop".

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  • (Score: 2) by pdfernhout on Wednesday August 15 2018, @12:42AM

    by pdfernhout (5984) on Wednesday August 15 2018, @12:42AM (#721622) Homepage

    Started with an Acer Chromebook 15" CB5-571.

    Upgraded the firmware to avoid boot warning with "press space to erase": https://mrchromebox.tech/ [mrchromebox.tech]

    Upgraded with: ZTC 128GB Armor 42mm M.2 NGFF 6G SSD Solid State Drive. Model ZTC-SM201-128G.

    Installed GalliumOS. https://galliumos.org/ [galliumos.org]

    I'm happy with it. Even runs VSCode and Minecraft.

    You can try out GalliumOS it without flashing the firmware or upgrading the flash memory -- which I did at first, but there are some drawbacks so I eventually did both of those.

    --
    The biggest challenge of the 21st century: the irony of technologies of abundance used by scarcity-minded people.