Chromebook Hacks

Just in Case... If you have accidentally broken the operating system on your Chromebook, whether by downloading a virus or using a terminal command incorrectly, you might think that you have permanently broken your Chromebook. Don't worry it's not very difficult to fix it. All you will need is: Your broken Chromebook Another computer with the Chrome browser installed (either Chromebook, Windows, Mac) and more than 4GB of free space A USB stick / SD card more than 4GB in size that you are prepared to wipe Step One: Install Chromebook Recovery Utility On your working computer, click on this link that should take you to the Chrome Web Store. Click "Add to Chrome" to install the app. Step Two: Run The Program Visit chrome://apps  (for Windows/Mac) or the Chrome OS search menu (for Chromebook) find "Recovery" and launch it. Step Three: Burn Recovery Image to USB/SD card After launching the program you should see this: Press &quo

What is Python? Python is a very reliable fully open source coding language with easy-to-use syntax. It's great for everyday programming use as well as high level programming. Step One: Install Linux on Your Chromebook with Crouton Follow the instructions found at  http://chromebookhacks.blogspot.ca/2018/05/how-to-install-linux-on-chromebook_28.html Step Two: Install Python While in your Linux desktop environment, open your terminal and type: $ su do apt-get install python Enter your sudo password when prompted. Step Three: Install Mousepad Text Editor In your terminal type: $ su do apt-get install mousepad Enter your sudo password if prompted. Step Four: Create Your First Python File Open your file manager and navigate to the folder that you wish to create your file in. Right-click and select  [Create Document]>[Empty File] . When you name it, make sure end the name with .py . Open this new file in Mousepad by right-clicking on it and se

What is Linux? You may have heard of Linux: it's a free open source operating system that supports thousands of applications from games to video editors. Also, Linux is completely open source, meaning you can customize it to look or act however you want. But don't worry, this installation won't completely delete chrome OS from your system, you can actually have them both running at the same time! Step One: Enable Developer mode: Press the keys  [escape]+[reload]+[power]  and wait for a screen to pop up. It should look like this: Don't worry, your system is intact. The next thing you have to do is press  [control]+[d] , a prompt asking you if you are sure about your decision to switch to developer mode appears: After you press  [enter ] , your Chromebook will reboot. This screen will appear: Press  [control]+[d]  again and your Chromebook will reboot once more. You will see this: After developer mode is fully installed, it should restart for the last time

What is Steam? Steam is an insanely popular online gaming platform with millions of users. Unfortunately, it's not easily available on a Chromebook  Step One: Install Linux on your Chromebook using crouton : Follow the instructions found at  http://chromebookhacks.blogspot.ca/2018/05/how-to-install-linux-on-chromebook_28.html Step Two: Install Steam in the terminal: While in your Linux desktop environment, open your terminal and type: $ su do apt-get install steam Enter your sudo password when prompted. Alternate Method: Run Widows Steam using WINE You may have noticed that the version of Steam installed using the previous method doesn't support quite as many games as the versions of Steam that you might have used on Windows or Mac OS. Here's a way that you can install WINE to run .exe files that are normally only used on windows. First type in the terminal: $ su do apt-get install wine Then, install the windows version of Steam from https://stor