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minus-squareHousePantherlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThere should be a legal requirement to make documentation available for all unsupported Chromebooks to unlock the boot loader and allow for installing an alternative OS. Furthermore, they should be required to release engineering docs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAgreed, though I thought that all ChromeOS devices could be bootloader unlocked.
minus-squareHousePantherlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThat could very well be the case and I could be wrong. I kind of operated under the assumption that Chromebooks are heavily locked down.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoMore information on ChromeOS devices and developer mode.
There should be a legal requirement to make documentation available for all unsupported Chromebooks to unlock the boot loader and allow for installing an alternative OS. Furthermore, they should be required to release engineering docs.
Agreed, though I thought that all ChromeOS devices could be bootloader unlocked.
That could very well be the case and I could be wrong. I kind of operated under the assumption that Chromebooks are heavily locked down.
More information on ChromeOS devices and developer mode.