this needs an update for more all the recent changes: the newer chromeos versions aret working with the AUR when getting the cros-container, getting the arch vm is a different site now, many errors involving, there are ERROR installations in the PKGBUILD process which is so difficult to effciently handle. The arch wiki guide is outdated and I'm confused on how to solve this. I just feel its better to update the process
Awesome content, just what i was looking for. I've been resistant to installing anything Linux on my Chromebook but i think the time has arrived. New to you're channel recently and loving the videos. Big thanks
OUTSTANDING !! Your mastery of all things terminal really shines here. Thanks so much for detailing out the process. I could never have arrived at this point flogging around on my own. Just got an ASUS C536EA about a month ago. Knew this was possible - and something I'm looking forward to making usable - so this is a dream come true. Many thanks.
@@CaNTBREaKCHRiS You sure about that? Because at least back in 2020 they had the option to install Android subsystem with google play store (it just didn’t show up between apps) & can install linux (they even have a guide + script to simplify replacing debian with arch container). And yeah they are from china, but you don’t have to use their account/cloud services and it’s built on chromium OS. And even the whole thing is still open source I think. But sure, I mean some people have concerns with Deepin too.
@@frykauf but the android subsystem always crashes, slow in fydeOS and Linux subsystem is also little bit slow compared to chromeOS and also it's inconvenient.
@Smug Anime Girl: Wow... seriously WTF is all I can say about that. I guess my point still stands then, you're better off going with ChromeOS than FydeOS if that's really the case. 😎
Since Arch is involved, I can actually ask this question. The Steam Deck is supposedly based on Arch. Is it possible to install that version (with all the Steam stuff) on an actual PC? It's sort of the opposite of your comments about installing Windows on the Steam Deck.
I might be misunderstanding your question, but just do a quick search for SteamOS. I don't know if SteamOS 3 is publicly available yet, but the old Debian-based version is.
@@hornzbiddle1189 Yes, SteamOS 3 is not public yet, we'll have to wait until the deck is released. I tried the debian version, but didn't like it at all.
if they don't update it on their website, someone will upload an ISO, or if the person got Steam Deck on Hand, he could try cloning his disk into another.
just downloading steam from arch repo will be do the work. in steam os they will be probably having some customisation DE wise and maybe toss in a few apps to update the arch linux automatically or something like that so that people who are new dont need to maintain arch.
followed this guide, however when exiting crosh, and opening terminal -- terminal just loads, and then shuts down immediately. Not sure what i did wrong, there were a few differences in a few things
@Leonardo De Carlo is the problem with the mirror link? I am on EU and used the same link in video but yes it says no host found , tried to copy url from official arch linux website for eu and still get some error , idk i am doing something wrong with the commands
Niiice, never knew you could do this on chrome os :) Sorry my Arch Linux ocd kicked in when you allowed all users in wheel to use sudo without a password, I could nevcer do that even if I'm the only user. I set up a reflector systemd timer so each week the system produces a fresh new mirrorlist
crosh> vmc start termina Error: operation `vm_start` failed: bad VM status: `VM_STATUS_FAILURE`: Failed to get image paths: termina-dlc was not installed, its state is: 0 [ERROR:src/main.rs:181] ERROR: command failed what should i do? why error
Hi, After vsh termina, lxc list doesnt show any containers and lxc start arch returns error: not found. I am on ARM64 chromebook. Please help Chris. On Chrome OS Version 92.0.4515.162 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Thank you for video! I'm very grateful RU-vid has playback speed control as I suspect must be getting senile as I couldn't keep up with listening and watching you type the commands and I actually started getting dizzy 😵💫 lol! I'm still not quite understanding the need to wipe out the native version of Linux that comes with but that's because I really only had the Chromebook for the blink of an eye. I would love to be able to do this on a Windows OS laptop as well. I'm trying to follow along and I'm sure it will take some time for me to figure out what you're doing so that the light bulb goes off in my head. Thank you very much again!
I have subscribed to this channel for being critical on all OS. But what I do like for both MacOS and Linux to have their own version of Direct Storage. Which it will be great for competition and for people to not miss out on features as well for the people to stick to their preferred OS.
no because no graphics acceleration in the linux vm yet afaik. if yoy try it will say could not find vulkan compatible graphics or something like that. open gl games would probably work though, but the proformance would not be as good as running linux natively afaik. if it being honest i barely understand it myself
Wonderful video! Maybe you or someone here can help me with a question, I have a Chromebook that finally got its last update (AUE). Do you think is possible to keep using it safely if I use this Archlinux installation? I mean with this I can use an up-to-date browser right? I will only use it for watching RU-vid videos, Facebook, email, etc. or maybe is better if I flash the firmware and erase Chrome OS and install Archlinux in the "normal" way? Thanks for your videos! 😀
I tried like 10 times and it still doesn't work. I did it as you said, I did it like Archwiki said, either my Chromebook isn't compatible or idk. Guess I'll stay with Debian.
Damn Chris, u r really good with Linux commands, really impressive!👍Seeing the Linux Arch virtual containerized subsystem on the Chrome OS is something special and really awesome, thank you!
damn i can't figure out what im doing wrong, every time i go to start the VM in the 'terminal' app, i get "checking the linux container" and when it finishes i have debian again
I'm pretty sure that at 2:12 Chris goes over renaming the containers to avoid Chrome OS wiping and restoring the container, which leaves you with Debian. I may not have the mechanism right but Chris talks about that problem so maybe check out his web-site to see if there's more explanation there.
At 3:00 Chris pulls the Arch container down. You should just need to replace 'archlinux/current' with 'ubuntu/focal' or whatever version of Ubuntu you want.
Chrome OS is leaner, faster and more efficient, also considered to have more polish and be more secure. Because it is less demanding on hardware, it requires even less to run well than Linux while still managing to look nice. Take all that, add the ability to install pretty much any Linux or android software you want and why wouldn't you want to do it? When it comes to actual chrome books especially, it runs better than overwriting it with Linux plus the hardware is set up to take advantage of chrome os's design. For example it runs two physically separate instances, your live session and one for receiving updates, if one of the updates causes a serious problem it will jump back to the first instance you were using.
can you help me i got this error message when i launch "vmc start" 2:03 Error: operation `vm_start` failed: bad VM status: `VM_STATUS_FAILURE`: Failed to get image paths: termina-dlc was not installed, its state is: 0 [ERROR:src/main.rs:181] ERROR: command failed
My audio is not working in Arch linux on Chrome os. Other than that this is nothing short of just amazing. Right when I was really thinking about switching back to Windows for 11 now I have a reason to stay with Arch. I will just spin up an Azure vm if I need a Windows 11 for now.
x86. The VM containers for running x86 Linux require an x86 Chromebook. x86 Linux will not run (I do not recall the exact error message) under ChromeOS on ARM.
Uh - you skipped some steps. I caught one edit, but not another. I get the following error: "Failed to create the directory $BUILDDIR (/root/yay-git) and then I am stuck. I can see that somewhere in the edits, you switched users or directories but didn't specify it and now I got stuck. I wish you had been a little more careful with the video as it is impossible to follow directly and hard to follow even with a watchful eye.
Done this this morning and Im impressed what my ChromeBook can do. The only thing what i've found out is that my sound does not work. Any idea what this is?
I wanted to run Ardour and use my audio interface but no matter what I do, ALSA just can't get real time permission and, as it turns out, the kernel is custom and does not support real time. So...
@chris... so... i followed along and it didn't work. what version of chromeos are you on, Chris? also, when i got to the arch container, it hadn't created a user for me (no dir in /home)... i don't think i missed any steps, but i'll go through it again. thanks.
So im at about the 6:30 mark, The container VM is running however, Termina keeps changing the words randomly. As in i copy paste the command and get “terqma” command not found, “termina akdjdh” not found, any idea whats going on???? I have a hp “Seltzer” 14 Chromebook on the Dev channel with a usb for chromo storage mount and an SD card for linux storage mount
hi.. great video.. this arch no grub and no efi from what dmesg shows.. trying to change the kernel. want to create a video on how this vmware loads kernel and change to say zen or whatever kernel? thanks
i did all of the steps but device drivers dont seem to be working or updating properly returning "Failed to write 'change' to : Permission denied", any way to fix this?
Did you need to do any type of updates or change anything on the Chromebook before starting this? Everything worked until the "vmc destroy termina" which seemed to not do anything. Then I get an error with "vmc start termina". I have to manually start the linux environment by clicking the icon for the terminal. Then if I check the container, the original container is still there. My Chromebook is an HP x360 with core i3, 8gb ram, and ssd storage. Not sure if I'm missing a step or they just don't want you to change the linux distribution on this but I much prefer Arch over Debian. I can make due if Debian is my only choice but kind of bought this specifically to install Arch on it.
The website where you got arch Linux image is outdated, I get a whitpin error on my terminal. I don’t know how to say that word but I followed the exact steps and it did not install arch in my termina. I have an acer Chromebook.
My terminal is just loading after this, so close, after 10000 errors i got everything right, now my terminal is just loading, the linux one on chromebook. stuck here please help.
5:44 reflector command not found? run 'pacman -S reflector rsync' and then try 'reflector -a 10 -c us -f 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist' again :)
@@Jeremy-ul4ph lol i made that reply after i thought that fixed my problem but it didn't, i don't remember any details tho and it might help you who knows
hello all! what recommend GB should i a lot for creating Linux container for arch Linux? probably I will just install VLC player, libre office on my Chromebook duet 5. TIA
When I type this command -- reflector -a 10-cus -f 5-sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist It showed me this error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/reflector", line 3, in import Reflector ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Reflector' How can I fix this issue?
is it possible to add storage to a linux environment using an sd card? Or any other form of storage media, like a NAS or usb drive? I want to be able to expand the amount of apps that I can install on the linux environment. I have all 3 of these things, a NAS, a 512GB sdcard (preferred) and a 1tb usb disk.... Would you know of any way to increase the storage for installing apps on the linux environment? Preferably on arch....
Linux will suffer if it comes Chrome dependent. I'd still rather be able to by NO os laptops. I have an older Acer Travelmate that's had at least 20 distros on...
