How to install GalliumOS on a chromebook using Chrx

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Can anyone recommend a small, durable Chromebook (or other laptop) that plays well with Linux? The Dell XPS-13 looks amazing but that’s a little over my budget at the moment.

I’ve been coding on an iPad Pro via SSH but would like to have a full Linux desktop environment.

What editor do you use? How do you cope with lack of ESC? Are you using vim with the jj insert mode trick?

I ask because I would really like to make this work but haven’t found the sweet spot yet.

I use Vim and sometimes VScodium. for some reason `ctrl-C` gets you out of insert mode. That's been my little hack.

In Vim

CTRL + [

is the same as pressing the escape key, it took me a couple days, but now it doesn’t bother me in the slightest.

I’ve been using a combination of (Python shell & IDE), Working Copy (Git, can monitor and commit changes a folder in your iCloud Drive which Pythonista can also access), and Termius for ssh.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to fit Buffer (editing files on remote server via ssh) into my workflow but haven’t yet.

It’s not perfect, but I like traveling with my iPad more than my MacBook Pro because it’s smaller and as an added bonus I can also edit photos from my DSLR on it.

Whoops, I meant to say that I’ve been using Pythonista (which is a Python shell & basic IDE)

You might find this useful:

https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility

That’s a good starting point, thanks!

Is there a similar list for Chromebooks capable of running normal distros?

(Possibly after physical modification, if that's still a thing)

Thank you for that. My chromebook is fast approaching the end of its life and will stop getting updates, so I found that quite useful!

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