[Noisebridge-discuss] Chromebook hacking

Todd Troxell todd at vidiq.com
Sun Jul 14 09:50:55 UTC 2013


Thus far I've been too lazy to change the DPI and I just use bigger fonts
or whatever-- gotta mess with that.  It looks at least as good as my
thinkpad w520.

-Todd


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Matt Thrailkill <matt at thrailkill.org>wrote:

> What's the high-dpi like with Linux on a Pixel? Are you able to
> do scaling and not look ugly, or do you have to display everything at
> the native res?
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Todd Troxell <todd at vidiq.com> wrote:
> > Have been super happy with Debian on the Pixel with Brock's kernel debs-
> >
> >
> http://blog.brocktice.com/2013/03/09/running-debian-wheezy-7-0-on-the-chromebook-pixel/
> >
> > LTE, suspend, wifi, touchscreen, all work great.
> >
> > -Todd
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I know there's at least one other person running around Noisebridge
> with a
> >> hacked up Chromebook. I'm looking for some guidance.
> >>
> >> Is Chrubuntu pretty much the only reliable painless way of getting Linux
> >> on the thing?
> >>
> >> Anyone gotten Debian running on it without pulling teeth?
> >>
> >> SD or USB for a Linux volume?
> >>
> >> Does the GSM radio in the more pricier ones work under Linux?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rubin
> >> rubin at starset.net
> >>
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