I am happy to report that I was able to read and write to my baofeng 777s using CloudReady v78 (closest ChromeOS distro freely available) using crouton. I'm also sad to report I have ChromiumOS on a not-chromebook, but it was for a good cause!

I installed Debian 10 (Buster) with xfce and it was a pretty straightforward process aside from having 'dillon' as a web browser, having no permissions on the Downloads folder and not being in the 'serial' group.

Thanks Pat for the reminder about Crouton, it has so much more capability than crostini does. I'd be happy to help write something up if it would help anyone.

Tony

From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Pat Anderson <anderson5420@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020, 6:20 PM
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Google Chrome?

You need Linux to run CHIRP on a Chromebook. IMNSHO, however, the best Linux solution for a Chromebook is NOT Google's Crostini (the "official" way), which has been and still is a "work in progress."  (Others may disagree, and that is fine, and it is totally your choice). The best solution by me  is Crouton, developed by a Google engineer, Dan Schneider.  Crostini only allows you to run Linux apps, it does not provide a full LInux desktop, and requires you to do most everything from the command line. Crouton provides a full Linux desktop (I prefer xfce) so you have a nice graphical interface much more like what you are used to. Also, there are a number of Chromebooks, including my high-end-for-2017 Asus Flip c302 for which for whatever reason Google did not even make Crostini available (oddly, it works on a lot of older and less powerful Chromebooks).

Here is a very complete article on installing Ubuntu with Crouton.

Here is an article that is also required reading, since some of the steps have changed due to changes in ChromeOS. I also explains how to use different versions of Ubuntu, and do a lot of other cool stuff. Be sure to install the Crouton extension in Chrome, it is necessary to share the Clipboard between Chrome and LInux. This is all explained  in this article.

Now, don't be afraid of putting your Chromebook in Developer Mode. It is "not secure" but it is still more secure than a Windows or Mac computer. The main vulnerability is that somebody with PHYSICAL ACCESS to your Chromebook could do bad things. It does not expose your Chromebook to bad things from the Internet. 

So after you have Ubuntu installed, you need to install CHIRP. Installing and running CHIRP requires three commands on the command line. It is explained here. One cool thing about CHIRP under Linux is that updates are made with a single command at the command line. The command line can be intimidating, but for the most part you can copy and paste from the web pages into the Linux command line terminal.

I probably left something out, but give it a try!

Pat Anderson
KD7OAC





On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:45 PM Chance Fulton <chance.fulton@gmail.com> wrote:
Impossible without serious knowledge of Linux I believe. It can be done if you reload chrome os with generic Linux though.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:33 PM Ken & Sarita Strawn <paradiseuncovered@gmail.com> wrote:
How to download CHIRP to the Google Chrome OS ?  Thanx!
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