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Help choosing distro for old EOL Chromebook
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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I had a good experience with GalliumOS on an x86 Chromebook years ago: https://galliumos.org/
I eventually switched it to run Arch but I will admit that it had WAY better support/stability with the touchscreen/touchpad on Gallium than with Arch.
Edit: I just looked at the news page and realized it does not look to be actively maintained now.
Gallium is not maintained anymore though :(
Yes, sorry, just realized.
Hopefully most of the patches and tweaks that were put in to Gallium are all mainlined now so all regular distros can benefit.
No problem! Yeah, I think they mostly are, which is great