(Part 2) Top products from r/GalliumOS

Yes, mint also does all the HiDPI for you. The real reason I choose GalliumOS is having all the button mapping work out of the box. Also, the touch screen works as intended(like in chromeOS) as well! It works in other OS's just as basic mouse click less actual optimization.

For your knowledge, use the HiDPI fix for SAMUS or Chromebook pixel 2015 and it fixes most things. someone also just posted a fix for steam HiDPI issues.

Next thing if you have some extra cash is to make new internal storage for your pixel 2013. As /u/Mrchromebox has stated use the UEFI firmware. Then buy one of each of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GTGLMB2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S98ZVLZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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I then reinstalled galliumOS solely on my 500gb micro SD it is only 2.0 USB but things are working well and games I play work fine. The startup is a little slower, but really it is neglectable... and a huge upgrade to 32gb SSD. You have to change to boot order, but works great!

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Question: /u/Mrchromebox can I reformate my 32gb SSD that in onboard without it messing with the bios? Thanks!

I don't know if it counts as king, but the Acer aspire laptop they're selling on Amazon right now is a full fledged Windows laptop, could easily dual boot Ubuntu 19.10, and firmly sits in the Chromebook price range at $260. It also has a ryzen 3 3200u that benches out better than a Celeron 4100 (about the %30 faster on userbenchmark as long as you're ok with going with ryzen. BTW AMD apparently is know for running Linux better than a lot of Intel machines.


Edit: I also found this chromebook by Acer that has 8gb of ram, but a tiny 64gb internal memory and an M3-8100y processor that I can't find a benchmark for, but if you're looking for a Chromebook it looks promising.

It completely froze and would not work after that. I tried a re-installation but the usb was toast.
I have had very good luck with the Sandisk Switch:
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-SecureAceess-Software-SDCZ52-064G-B35/dp/B00BX5B9YM/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1501463215&sr=8-30&keywords=usb+sandisk
It is not as small as a Fit but is fairly small form factor.

it works out of the box if you buy one with drivers in the mainline kernel. Just go on Amazon and search for 'USB ethernet linux'

edit: I'll make my post more useful and add that I've used the Amazon Basics USB 3.0/Ethernet adapter and works perfectly across all OSes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M77HMU0

thanks for the reply, but that seems to be a bit out of my price range. i can't see anything under 400

I've found this one which seems to be pretty close

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0172GUW4I/ref=psdc_565108_t2_B016J9LHSO

but I'm concerned that it won't be able to handle decoding 1080p video. (i understand it'll be downscaling to a lower resolution. I'm fine with that. Everything on my nas is 1080p where possible)

When is the next generation models coming out? Will they be supported by galliumos out of the gate or will it take a few months even once they have come out?

Still holding out for internal sound support on Skylake devices.

In the meantime, I've had success using an external USB sound card.

Alternatively, you can experiment with Bluetooth receivers (speakers and some phones).

I am using an AX88179-based 1Gbps ethernet-to-USB3 adapter. It is this one. Might not be the latest and greatest, but it "just works" wonderfully with no messing around. I haven't tried with the ChromeOS, but it works with vanialla Linux.

Sometimes I need it for my Raspberry Pi Zero and it works too.

Thanks for the link, I think this one suits my needs although a little big in size/form factor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X5X2Z66

Also found this m2 ssd that should work for my needs 128gb if plenty for me as I don't store much data. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KLTPUU0

Thanks for posting the buyers guide again!

Acer Chromebook 15 (Yuna) 4gb RAM, Upgradable m.2 SSD, Core i5-5200U CPU, 1080p full HD display. It's really great.

Does your laptop have Bluetooth built in?

On my toshiba chromebook 2 (2015) this works perfectly.

I've used these on several machines too. Fairly compact and great sound for the price.

I boot off of a usb 3.0 SSD and it runs good. I use a Asus Chromebook Flip C302CA. I run Ubuntu. If you have usb C though then I would get a USB C SSD, they are even faster.

That looks about right. I know for sure it was Bay Trail and that's the same kind of model.

Reference this just in case: https://www.amazon.com/HP-Chromebook-11-2210nr-11-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00ZTRWX7C

Yep, its an SD card, this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-Memory-Frustration-Packaging/dp/B014IX0234

SanDisk Ultra 64 GB SDXC Class 10, advertised as up to 80 MB/S which I though would be more than enough, but as you said it looks more like a limitation of the slot

I am using the ADATA 128GB ssd in mine without issues. Seems to be the more reliable brand.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012ASBZEO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G51SATK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Several people have reported stripping their WP screws on LULU.

The general advice applies: use the largest screwdriver than can possibly work, make sure it's very well-seated in the head before turning, keep firm downward pressure while turning, etc.

If it still ends up damaged, you might need to move on to needle-nose locking pliers (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000BYD9A). There are also "screw extractor" type tools, but they work by drilling into the screw head, leaving metal shavings around...which would require careful cleaning afterward, but is sometimes the only option left.

I did know that the only options were the Transcend and MyDigitalSSD. I bought the MyDigitalSSD from Amazon a few days ago but I didn't realize that it was apparently bad.

I did some googling and found that MyDigitalSSD has put out a firmware update for the SSDs--at least for the ones that I bought. At least on Amazon, most of the reviews complaining that the SSD broke were in 2014, and I didn't find any after that year so hopefully the firmware update worked. I also saw a review from 2015 which said that the firmware update was included in the SSD that reviewer bought so hopefully I will not have to do the firmware update myself.

I'm hopefully going to have time this weekend to switch SSD's and install galliumOS. If you're interesting in how switching out a MyDigitalSSD goes, I'll try to document it somehow.

The SSD I bought

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LNF1RVM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The page for the firmware update

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/how-to-upgrade-firmware-on-mydigitalssd-phison-s9-controlled-drives.html