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    This document provides instructions for hacking a Chromebook to install additional software. It involves putting the Chromebook into developer mode, which removes security restrictions. Then it guides the user to download and install Crouton, which allows installing another operating system like Linux alongside Chrome OS. Finally, it has the user launch Ubuntu Linux using Crouton, giving them access to open source software beyond the basic Chrome OS capabilities.

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    This document provides instructions for hacking a Chromebook to install additional software. It involves putting the Chromebook into developer mode, which removes security restrictions. Then it guides the user to download and install Crouton, which allows installing another operating system like Linux alongside Chrome OS. Finally, it has the user launch Ubuntu Linux using Crouton, giving them access to open source software beyond the basic Chrome OS capabilities.

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    HackShop Index of Levels BSF STEM Scholars HackShop EdModo GitHub Repo Worksheets

    Hack the Chromebook


    PR0 Challenge 5.1 [30pts]
    omnignorant

    Before we can dive into the wonderful world of Arduino, we will need to prepare our
    computers to be compatible with these devices.
    Unfortunately, the Chromebooks are designed to be very simple machines that connect mainly to the internet. The good
    news is that this provides us with a really cool opportunity to hack them! Fortunately, while the Chrome OS that comes
    installed on the Chromebooks is a little too basic, the good people at Google have kept it possible for us to access the
    hardware and do our own thing.

    STEP 1: Enter Developer Mode


    approx. 10 minutes

    Developers are Hackers and Google has created a special place for them. Developer
    mode is a special environment built into Chrome OS where many of the security
    restrictions have been removed. This will allow us to install custom software designed by
    some seriously cool hackers, but it also means that the machines are more vulnerable to
    security breaches. It's a good thing we're not keeping any personal data on them and
    we're only using this for learning.

    1. Hold down esc+refresh+power at the same time, keep holding.

    2. When you see the yellow exclamation mark, hold down ctrl+d then press
    enter .

    3. When you see the "To turn OS verification OFF, press ENTER" prompt,
    press enter ;

    4. Take a 4 minute break while Developer Mode is activated!

    5. When you see the "OS Verification is off" prompt and red exclamation mark
    press ctrl+d ;

    STEP 2: Download Crouton


    approx. 3 minutes

    Crouton stands for: ChRomium Os Universal chrooT envirONment. It's a piece of


    software designed by a staff person at Google that will allow us to install another
    operating system instead of Chrome. We'll be installing a version of something called
    Linux

    Open the Google Chrome browser and navigate to http://goo.gl/fd3zc to


    download crouton;

    STEP 3: Install Crouton


    approx. 30 minutes

    Now things get trickier...

    1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to open a crosh terminal window in Chrome;

    2. Type shell at the chrosh> prompt and hit enter to call the shell prompt;

    3. At the chronos@localhost / $ command line type:


    sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t xfce

    ...and press enter;

    4. Now, take a 30-minute break while crouton does its thing…

    5. When it is finished installing, you will be asked to:


    Please specify a username for the primary user:

    … please enter:
    username: stemscholar
    password: use the usual hackshop password

    STEP 4: Enter Ubuntu


    If you are not already in a chrome browser, open one up! If you are not already in a crosh tab/window,
    follow the instructions from Step 3 to enter Crosh (hit Ctrl + Alt + t ). If you are in Crosh, type
    shellchrosh> prompt and hit enter to call the shell prompt.

    Now, we are going to launch a new window manager environment that will run alongside
    of the Chrome OX window manager you have been using the last three weeks. This new
    window manager is called xfce4 .

    xfce4 will allow us to access the foundational operating system on your chromebook,
    which is called Linux and the version we will be using is called Ubuntu Linux! This is an
    operating system like Mac OSX or Microsoft Windows that will allow us to install and run
    programs. The Chrome OS is based on Linux too.

    We will no longer be limited to the ChromeOS programs, we can now use any open
    source software that we want!

    1. In your crosh window, type:


    sudo enter-chroot startxfce4

    at the chronos@localhost / $ command line… but DO NOT PRESS


    ENTER!!!!

    Make sure to CHECK that there are no spaces between enter, the hyphen and chroot.

    2. When you hit enter, you will switch away from Chrome and switch into
    Ubuntu! When you are ready to return, you will have to hit: Ctrl + Alt +
    Shift + F1

    OK, now hit Enter!


    3. When you end up in Ubuntu, you'll be prompted to create a new panel.
    Choose Use default config .

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