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Last active April 22, 2025 19:32
Linux on a Dell Chromebook 11

Linux on a Dell Chromebook 11

NOTE: The N3060 CPU's 2 cores on this old Chromebook were just too sluggish for it to be usable during that overseas trip mentioned below. It now sits unused on my lab table, as I contemplate taking it on a journey to our local county recycling center. I leave this gist here mostly out of nostalgia.

My retail (not enterprise) Dell Chromebook 11 (an Inspiron model 3181, not the 3180 or 3189) went EOL shortly after I purchased it new from Best Buy. Since then it saw some hard use in the family kitchen as a recipe lookup device, but was finally retired when replaced by a (relatively) newer Android tablet (that also reached EOL shortly thereafter).

With an overseas trip looming, I decided to look into refurbishing the Chromebook for use as a privacy hardened travel laptop. Frankly, the thought of TSA and Customs manhandling my trusty portable workstation was too much to bear.

I mostly followed the detailed instructions in the Chrultrabook Docs,