Add support for elementary OS

[citrusui]

elementary OS is heavily based on Ubuntu LTS, and runs beautifully on lower-end devices. If I have the time and patience to dig around the code, I might respond with a PR to add support.

[reynhout]

@citrusui Please do. I would be happy to include this in chrx.

[hmrubin]

@reynhout @citrusui any update on this?

[citrusui]

I used Etcher to copy the elementary OS ISO to a USB and booted my Chromebook from there. Unfortunately, Chrome OS no longer exists as a separate partition... but I have more use for Linux anyway.

[hmrubin]

@citrusui so you have given up on creating a pr for chrx?

[citrusui]

@hmrubin Yes.

[hmrubin]

@citrusui I am a beginner programmer... if you want to start this project with me I am sure that we can do it together in a timely manner

[citrusui]

@hmrubin You may want to take a look at fa45599 to see how Fedora support was added. I'm hesitant to do any testing with chrx as I don't have any spare Chromebooks to test with. 😞

[ghost]

I'm currently working on a fork for elementary OS. I have a question though: Is the 1GB /tmp size found mostly on older Chromebooks, or is this common on newer devices as well?

[reynhout]

@dippersauce I'm not sure, it might be true of all models. The highest-spec machine I have access to (4GB/32GB) has a 1GB /tmp tmpfs volume.

I haven't tested it yet, but I want to try creating a new tmpfs volume (1.5GB should be plenty) and caching the download there. Might not work well on a 2GB machine particularly.

[ghost]

Currently working on merging the pantheon-dektop packages into an GalliumOS rebuild. Work has me busy, so it'll be about a about a week before I create ISOs for any willing testers. Kinda hacky but it'll be a lot easier to maintain a DE fork than an entire fork of elementary.

[hmrubin]

@dippersauce I am willing to help if you need any!

[ghost]

@hmrubin What microarchitecture is your Chromebook(s) based on? I'll build those images first.

[hmrubin]

not sure it is the Acer c910 c37p

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[hmrubin]

@dippersauce lets talk on irc

[hmrubin]

@dippersauce any news?

[J0hannes91]

are you still interested in this

[reynhout]

@J0hannes91 I think it would be a great addition, and I would help where I am able.

[JollyGrin]

Is this still ongoing? My biggest aspiration is to dualboot eOS & native chromeOS on my pixelbook. It has the best form factor of all laptops but want to run native eOS vs crostini apps.