Back up your stock firmware first (the script offers this). And check the supported devices list – Bay Trail and some ARM models are limited.
MrChromebox maintains support for dozens of devices, from Haswell (2013) to Comet Lake (2020). Audio, touchpad, and GPU acceleration just work on most mainstream distros. mrchromebox firmware
– this is years of incredible work given to the community for free. If you use it, throw a donation his way. Back up your stock firmware first (the script offers this)
Seriously, this is peak open source utility. 👏 Subject: MrChromebox – turning Chromebooks into real computers Audio, touchpad, and GPU acceleration just work on
For anyone frustrated by ChromeOS’s end-of-life policy, MrChromebox’s custom coreboot/UEFI firmware is a liberation tool.
This isn’t just “another distro” – it replaces the stock ChromeOS boot firmware, turning your Chromebook into a standard UEFI laptop.
If you have an older Chromebook gathering dust because it stopped getting updates, or you’re tired of ChromeOS’s limitations, do yourself a favor and flash the MrChromebox UEFI firmware .