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There are tips for using crouton floating all around the interwebs. This wiki is for collecting them in one space. Anything core to the usage of crouton will probably be moved into the README, but device-, environment-, and application- specific usage tips can find a home here.
Feel free to add your tips and tricks to the wiki. Do test any commands and scripts you post before submitting them, and try to clean up your instructions. Don't be surprised or offended when the crouton author(s) and other upstanding community members tweak your tips to make the style consistent, or to work in more general situations. All tips should be placed in sub-pages, linked in the appropriate category. It's better to make a separate page for your trick than to have a long page of disparate and unorganized tips, but if you have a bunch of one-liner hints that fit into a coherent group, go ahead and combine them into one page.
- Backups: How to safely back up and restore your chroots.
- Security: A bit about crouton security and why you should enable encryption.
- Keyboard: How to install Chromebook keyboard layout, add custom key bindings, etc.
- Languages: How to change your language
- udev: manage inserted devices
- Power Management: Keep the system and/or screen from sleeping:
- Disable the screen saver (usually xscreensaver) in Linux
- Turn off screenblanking using the
xsetcommand. - Install 'Keep Awake' plugin within ChromeOS and activate when needed.
- Disable idle or lid close suspend with power manager overrides
- Autostart Chroot: Start a crouton chroot automatically when ChromeOS starts.
- Audio: Some notes about audio in crouton, and how it (literally) plays with Chromium OS.
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Sharing-files-and-folders: Edit
/etc/crouton/sharesto share things with ChromeOS. - Crucial.sh, a helpful wrapper that automates some of these tips
- How To Install To External Drive: How To Install A Chroot to an SD or USB.
- Shutting Down Safely: avoiding corruption.
- 'Chromebook Models' from the en.wikipedia.org wiki
- 'The Google Chromebook Comparison Chart' from product.info
- Printing
- VPNC: Connect to VPNs not supported by Chromium OS
- Using Cisco AnyConnect VPN with openconnect
- Running servers
- Full Blown Audio Video Workstation using KDE chroot and KXStudio
- SME Storage Made Easy: Package installation for local access
- Build kernel headers and install Virtualbox (x86)
- Repack kernel to enable VT-x for Virtualbox
- Screencasting on a Chromebook
- Ripping CDs
- Change chroot user password
- Word Salad: A target for WordPress LEMP development
- LyX with HiDPI