tde on acer chromebook - success.

greetings! for the interest of it I purchased an acer chromebook c720. I like some aspects of it, especially the quick booting, but like some less (the screen) or find disquieting (dependence on the 'cloud'). I had trouble getting it to boot into Linux (other than chromeos of course) but finally got Bodhi and Linux Mint to run. the trick was to set the kernel parameter for memory. to my delight, Hare's exegnu not only booted but brought a beautiful display! the other displays were washed out unless you viewed from a specific angle. exegnu's is a perfect quiet matte! excellent! (I assume the others can be configured similarly.) I have not yet tried to get touchpad working, do suspend and a bunch of other things - just got it to boot off the live usb for the first time a half hour ago. I am now however likely to install it on the ssd card, perhaps get a larger one if I'm keeping it. (have another week in which to return it.) F. -- Felmon Davis Companionship is often shared loneliness. -- Herbert Salzer