Easily Add A lInux Desktop Interface To Your ChromeBook - KDE Plasma & Chrome OS
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2020
- In this video I show you how to add a Linux Desktop interface to your Chromebook without wiping anything on your device, This runs inside of Chrome OS so you will not lose any data on the Chrome OS side. Whit this method we will install the KDE Plasma desktop on the Chromebook, this will allow you to get that Linux to feel without deleting any data you already have on your Chromebook. This also supports desktop widgets!
1.Update Linux: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2. Change Root Password: sudo passwd root
3.Install KDE Plasma Desktop: sudo apt-get install task-kde-desktop
4.Run the desktop: startkde
Fix X11 - cp /etc/x11/xinit/xinitrc ~/ .xinitrc
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It works great once you have Linux on chrome updated probably.
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was considering running parallel on my chromebook but apprehensive due to its limited resources. already had debian I brought in and came across ur vid. perfect fit, thx
This works very well. Another great video!
Customizing a Chromebook, seems interesting stuff!
I went to go try that out a couple weeks ago when I got a chromebook but where this is an education chromebook for students in the classroom that feature is locked out. I work for a university that has an education program and this Dell chromebook is part of a pilot project where they give them to grade 6 students. I have it to help me give tech support for university students for their online classes. I love the chromebook but I'm super bummed I can't try the Linux desktop on it. Great video as always 👍🏻👍🏻😳
NO OFFENCE as this video is really good. Super easy to follow, well presented. I'm presently setting loads of SDR applications etc and I've been using guides like this all over the internet. Point is, these fellas know what they are talking about so it IS a reflection of my lack of knowledge. However it never fails to frustrate when you follow instructions to the letter, apply fixes and as usual......didn't work for me. It probably worked for you but not for me. Therefore, I stand before yet another failed project. It DID download the apps into my linux apps so at least I got something out of it. Despite entering that published fix......COMPUTER SAYS NO. I do have the apps but not the Linux desktop. Very frustrating.
Same here and it doesn't look like he or anyone has a fix for this!
Same here
What do you mean the "COMPUTER SAYS NO".
Have you gone to the Debian page/site and asked on the forum? I seem to remember reading somewhere that the chromebooks only ran 'parts of linux' meaning it couldn't get all the desktop looks and convenience. But now I can't find where I read it. But either way, the guy the made the video also had issue if you read under the video and so it isn't his fault nor yours. If I were you I'd send google an email to burn their a*s for pushing some half-as*ed system like it was remarkable
Yeah, this how-to doesn't work anymore. This is one of about a dozen tutorials on how to do this. I can't find anything updated.
Outstanding Video!!
There are actually several ways to do this, but this is absolutely the best and easiest way!
Thank you so much for your time and effort in creating this wonderful tutorial!
what are some of the other ways
I've had no luck trying to get a desktop on my chromebook but others seem to have no problem. Can't figure it out. All the KDE apps get downloaded but no desktop!
Same with me.....Doesn't work! @@martyatherfold9408
this turned out really cool!
This is great feature to have on a Chromebook.
I know it probably wasn't intentional, but going to 11 on the disk size was a nice reference to Spinal Tap just as Google did the same with the Android 11 Easter egg.
Congratulations on the work. When possible, test the retro emulators on the Poco X3
This is great i love linux OS there are a lot to choose from. I just installed twister os its pretty cool and having all those Libre writer apps its not bad for the average person surfing the net and writing stories. School work as well like you said. Great ideas.
That was very interesting. It looks like it should be called the Chrome Subsystem for Linux. :)
Nathan Abbott I see what you did there! 😉💻
Except you must use Debian
I guess im asking randomly but does someone know a tool to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me
@Julio Jesse instablaster :)
@Colten Samir Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and im in the hacking process now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
I don't have the space to try this but this is pretty cool. I have a dedicated Linux mint desktop so although I'd like to try this it's not necessary
Wow.... Great...By the way why it not a replacement for laptop if im into basic tasks ?
I have a real question....Retroarch? Enough said. Love the content.
Play Store Retroarch on Chromebooks is outdated and in some models,broken.
what about other desktop environments such as cinnamon?
I think everyone should watch this video because news came down months ago that there are certain updates google plans that would leave some chromebooks obsolete which is horrible because that defeats the purpose of having a browser based is that is always up to date
I appreciate your work so much. Just as a feedback, I would like to point out that the methods on this video no longer work for the stable version chromebook Linux Crostini
THANK YOU SO MUCH
would love to see a way to add dependancies or pentest tools
I type everything on the list and it all worked until I got to the startkde command. It said command not found. What do I do?
wow, this is really cool
How about some emulation testing on chromebooks or linux. Haven't seen that done before.
verry cool i am gona try this on my hp 4gig 32ssd cromebook
this is great,, can you please try a tiling window, Xmonad or i3,,
It recommends 5GB, but we're going to 11, just to be sure.
Because what's higher than 10? 11.
Kevin W - You’ve got to 11x that desktop!
@ETA PRIME - The X11 command fix is not correct it seems (in the description). Should be: cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc (note the capital X and space removed) --> Running the latest Rammus build on a Zotac ZBOX Sphere OI520 / CPU i5-4200U / Intel HD 4400 Graphics / 16GB RAM / 256GB M2.SSD / BLUETOOTH + WIFI + ETH - Even my Logitech HD webcam runs out-of-the-box on it! Amazing! :)
And startplasma-x11
I'm running into this error also I'll try your description 🙂
This still did not work for mine. It comes up with “cp: cannot stat ‘/X11/xinit/xinitrc’: No such file or directory” please help.
Also when I run startplasma-x11 it starts to launch but then eventually comes back to the terminal saying “apper.daemon system not ready application should conserve resources” HELP PLS
@@mattcha.97 same problem :( can someone help to understand how to fix it
Thanks but that doesn't work either. The command runs without complaints but the startkde still gives me "command not found".
I wish google would enable some sort of easy feature to straight up install a linux distro once the chromebook has reached end of life. I see so much wasted potential in old chromebooks that people pretty much have to throw away.
Damn I thought I recognized the area where that wallpaper was taken and I realised I was driving past there yesterday.
Somewhere in the midwest?
@@rich1051414 No this isn't in the United States. This photo was taken in the Hills golf club which is near Arrowtown, New Zealand. Many of this photographer, Trey Ratcliffe's photos used as the default wallpapers on chrome os.
PLEASE FIX I AM YOUR BIGGEST FANNNNNN I SUBSCRIBED AND EVEN CLICKED BELLLLLL
Is there a way to make a GUI button to launch it every time instead of opening the terminal?
Perhaps create a script that can automatically opens terminal and execute the script?
I'm wondering why chrome os doesn't simply use Gentoo's portage package management system since it's based on Gentoo instead of virtualizing other distro.....
Can I download from somewhere this old KDE-plasma repo, which still worked with "startkde" command? Around december 2020 they updated the KDE. The issue is not that, because they have new command - startplasma-x11 - but because they put several new staff into the KDE, it not working anymore on Chromebooks. It starting with the new command, but after the logo circling through 1 minutes ending, and lead back to the terminal with several errors. I have Pixelbook 1. POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2020 march KDE-plasma from somewhere???
mee too! i have the same problem but there's really no tutorial about the new kde desktop installment :(
Is the only desktop environment that you can install is kde?
I ran the ChromeOS live session via an USB on a windows laptop and would like to continue doing so. However, I don’t see the Linux(beta) option in the live session. Tried the Crouton method to add Linux in as part of the live session but failed at the last step with the script unmounting Crouton and UID 1000 not found. Any idea??
My girlfriend has a samsung chromebook 3 with 8gb storage, after wiping everything on the drive that's possible, the max space for linux is like 7.5gb ... Can I use apt-get install to just manually add part of the stuff it installs? It's one of the samsung Chromebook 3 units that seem incapable of removing the security read-only setting for the bios firmware...
great video. but when I got to the part where startkde it say command not found
everything work with up to that point with no issue
Did you solve issue?? startkde for me not working aswell says bash not found
same problem did you solve it?
it has been updated. you now need to use the command: startplasma-x11
Did you notice anything different in your "Linux apps" folder?
I had the same issue so I huffed and puffed and then close the terminal. And when I started scrolling through my Google apps I noticed some different colors in that Linux apps folder
😆😆 Hopefully you notice the same thing
KDE changed the startup command to:
startplasma-x11
Does anyone know what to do when startplasma-x11 doesn't work? I was able to open it but when it's opening, it closes, then it would say that they can't locate it, also they ask if there is another
wm running.
same here
Hi, great video, but KDE deskyop crashes when I try to launch it, is there a way to check/repair the installation?
This actually bricked the Linux on my Lenovo duet chromebook tab. It seemed to get system upgrade okay, but it did not survive kde install.
So I have done this and it worked! But it also brings up a Taskbar type feature that is locked across the center of the screen? How do I move or get rid of it?
can you remake the half-life on the pi tutorial because I don't think it works anymore because I cannot get the valve folder so there is an error message that says cannot find the /valve directory? Also, can you do a tutorial on the safe shut-off script for the dmg pi boy. Specifically when the card you are modifying is already had stuff on it like overclocking, retro pi, and Minecraft. Like a loaded card
Wonder if RetroPi will perform decently?
Are you still stuck with the limitation of not being able to connect controllers and things using this?
love your videos but just FYI there is a spelling error in the title
Or a misplace key stroke
I bought an HP 11a chromebook with mediatek processor. It works great, and linux beta let me install kmymoney and libreoffice, which I like to use. The problem I've run into is that I cannot open my backup files which are located on a USB I plug in. I've even loaded these files to the downloads area, but they aren't recognized. Am I missing something? Will the Plasma desktop let me see the backup files? Thanks for any help!
I'm not sure but it seem that the folders aren't shared with linux. For those who are wondering or facing the problem:
- be sure that linux environment is enabled on chromeOS
-go to your chromeOS files manager and press right click to the folders you want to deal with, followed by " share with linux"
- check your linux files manager in the usr/home/mnt/chromeOS section ( nemo il a simple one to install)
Does my screen stay black for awhile after I start the desktop download?
Now, let's talk crazy. Can you run old windows games using wine ➡️ inside linux ➡️ inside Chrome OS?
Maybe something simple like point and click games.
You can do Scummvm point AND click really Easy
If there's no "Linux Beta" can't you just install Crouton instead?
yes
Ok bet because I just got my laptop and it’s chrome os and I can’t use my new elgato
Do i have to change the build channel for doing it?
When I do this it works fine, but with a bar with the time and other options appearing in a separate window I can tab to.
Any idea what's going on here? I assume these things should share the same screen space.
KDE-plasma on Chromebook is buggy, not worth the trouble.
Is it possible to install XFCE and Twister OS on top of that ??
That would be a great opportunity !!!
Is that the Chromebook 4 from Samsung? If not, what type of chromebook is that?
I love your videos ♥️ special channel to me
everything seemed to download properly but when I use the startkde command I get the message "command not found" did I miss a step or is there something I can do as an alternative. I tried the additional command if I got an error and it says .xinitrc is not a directory
well i found this command : startplasma-X11 which seemed to work at first but then I get other errors
if you ever found a solution let me know lol. mines doing the same thing
@@Lin-wi2zm nah. I gave up on it. I think the issue might have been that my lil duo thing has an ARM chip in it, I forgot what was the reason of my abandonment lol. I just decided to dual boot from my windows laptop.
not sure why but i installed via your instructions, finished with no errors but startkde comes up as an invalid command. also when doing the cp /etc/xinit..... command it comes back with xinitrc is not a valid directory. unsure what im doing wrong as i copied and pasted all your commands. any help would be greatly appreciated. also, are there any dependencies i should have already had installed beforehand because i did this immediately after a fresh linux install via chromebook settings developer tab. i am also in developer channel for my OS
"startkde" has been replaced by the command "startplasma-x11." If this doesn't work, try typing "start", then tab to see the list of available options to start.
@@suspiciouscarrot8403 will definitely try that. Thanks bud.
@@x3z3k1alx6 Someone further down the comments actually replied to me first I'm just spreading the word. Thanks for replying though!
@ETAPRIME I ran the command to fix it tried startKDE and it still did not work?
yeah but schools really lock them down, me and my friends keep on trying to do stuff like this but either the g suite "fixes" things or the teachers do.
i had the same problem, they had to repair my keyboard when it was broke, when i got it back i could suddenly do everything on it
@@saaus-_- did they unenroll your chromebook or something?
@@kxdsh probably by accident, but yes they did
@@saaus-_- lmao, go install linux and stuff before they notice
I already did and i putted myself in dev mode, So lmao
I've given up trying to get a Linux desktop on my chromebook. Tried Gnome and others and followed your video step by step and end up with "startkde" command not found. Then did the next step shown and all I got was directory not found. Getting a desktop has been a useless endeavour so far.
Try startplasma-x11 instead of startkde
@@jerrybriardy thank you that worked
I have a question what if a raspberry pi 4 install with a graphics card ether android or windows
can you also telll how to add kali linux and install ubuntu
Need help: when I put startkde it says its an invalid command. Any fixes?
thats what happened to me...🥺 did you have any luck?
same with me. followed all instructions with copy pasting, typed startkde and got invalid command. also the X11 fix command comes back as xinitrc is not a directory which i ran just incase this is what was causing the issue. let me know if you find a solution! thanks in advance
also for me: startkde don'trun, I've tried 'sudo startx'. Xinit: giving up. xinit: unable to connect to X server: connection refused. xinit: server error
/xinitrc is not a directory for me, xinitrc is a file inside /etc/X11/xinit. how can I fix it?
I get error: Command not found
when i try and run the launch command it says -bash: startkde: command not found
Should be able to ctrl+c in the terminal to close KDE without closing the terminal; alternately, open a new terminal tab and type: sudo ps aux | grep "plasma-desktop" THEN CHOSE THE PID OF "plasma-desktop" AND type sudo kill ID#
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Me: ummmmmmm... i have 11 year old and i like tech. I understand everything in this video
PS:Thanks for this video.
Just tried running this but it doesn't seem to work for me. Then I remembered that I was running it on ChromeOS Flex. I'm assuming that's why it didn't work for me but I'm still not sure why or what is needed to get it running. Any ideas?
@ETA PRIME What happens to the space you dedicated to the install of then when you disable it? Do you get that back?
Disabling the linux install option erases the virtual disk that was there, so yes you get all the space back
have a good day
Make video on Android Vs chrome book
the startkde doesn't work, i followed all the steps but it wont launcher, plz help
KDE changed the startup command to:
startplasma-x11
If you get an error while trying to do step 3 (Installing KDE) Try these commands. It will clean and update all lists and packages as well as make sure that everything is in the correct folder. Worked for me!
sudo su
apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
mv lists lists.old
mkdir -p lists/partial
apt-get clean
apt-get update
How do I start it the next time I want to use it after it’s installed?
This is weird, Chrome-OS is based on Gentoo, you need to able "Linux (beta)" option and this is a VM and this VM works with Debian.
Just because it's based on Gentoo doesn't mean Google keep the source code. It's the same thing with Android. Yes, it use Linux kernel but it change so much that it couldn't really be classified as a real Linux OS.
i've followed the instructions and downloaded everything, put startkde doesnt work?
startplasma-x11
So, I have found with certainty: not all chromebooks are built the same. This does not work for systems that have an aarch64 ABI. For those systems flatpak is a desktop environment that will run. And flathub has thousands of programs you can run on it. It's not the answer I wanted but the solution will work for what I am using it for.
How do I install that ? Because me also have arch64 thank you
Is there a way to do this with Arch + KDE instead? I dont want ubuntu and when I tried to make an Arch vm on tbe chromebook it was weird n didnt work correctly
thanks I have a question it says -bash startkde is not found can u pls get back to me fast? thanks for the vid
KDE changed the startup command to:
startplasma-x11
Hey I entered the startkde but after a while it keeps saying
apper. daemon: System is not ready, applications should conserve resources
What do i do?
Can you still install linux even if your device might not support it?
Check out the MrChromebox website.
How do i keep it there permanently without the usb?
It's kinda funny that you have to a separate Linux within a Linux-based to get proper functionality out of the machine.
@@raycert07 an OS should actually be usable enough to do more that watch youtube and, to be real, ChromeOS is kinda trash on that front
when i type startkde, i get: ... command not found any ideas? thank you
startplasma-x11
I have not seen yet more transparent virtualization than that )) I think something similar will be on Windows when it migrates to Linux kernel.
@@raycert07 Man, he is the richest (he's not) businessman because he took someone's else products for own needs =) All the history. For money or for free.
PS Your numbers are a "little bit" maximized
Microsoft do make similar feature like this on Windows 10 called Windows Subsytem for Linux (WSL).
Everything seemed to install with out issues except when I put in the startkde command I got: -bash: startkde command not found
Found the problem. That command no longer works it’s: startplasma-x11
when i put the startkde it says command not found when i did the fix thing it did nothing as well
KDE changed the startup command to:
startplasma-x11
If you have any convertible eg. Hp envy/pavilion x360 could you do a dual boot win10 and blissx86/Android x86 that works?
As long as all the drivers work, you should have no problem doing so.
I pretty much wiped ChromeOS and installed Linux Ubuntu the minute I got my Chromebook home. I'm currently running Manjaro and will be switching to Fedora once my Pibook Pro gets here.
That is great.
I have got everything working but when i try to get into obs it says OBS appears to be running inside a ChromeOS container. This platform is unsupported
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Pixelbook 1, I running ChromeOS 97 , I'm in Beta Mode. I does everything as you said. The startkde command not working. "Command not found"... Any idea, whats wrong? Why not found the command, after I installed KDE? (The install process was shorter, around 15 min).Plz help...
startplasma-x11
@@nad1ax2 Started but finsihed with switch off. Maybe I need the fix. But the fix also not working: " cp: target '.xinitrc' is not a directory "
@@nad1ax2 Looks for KDE 5 need new command lines
@@kevhynaleks2631 Honestly its way better to install KDE via crouton, its faster than Crostini and just works without any fuss. Its what I ended up doing
There's a script to install KDE Plasma with just one command but YT seems to flag all comments containing a URL so I'm unable to post it here
@@nad1ax2 Others saying crouton is very buggy, so I dont want to use. This looks more simple, but this video 2 years old, so startkde command not working anymore, but your command worked, but still not started…
So still I need a correct command to fix this start issue,because what fhey used 2 years ago as fix, not working now.
Please sent me your commands to a jackon7123 account, belonging to the Google. Of course I cant wrote here, and I cannot use here signs, bcoz bolshevik censorship working here, more awful than in the Sovietunion!
When I get loaded up to the desktop it says "System policy prevents control of network connections" and shows that I need to type a password
I wonder if this works on ARM powered chomebooks like the Lenovo chromebook duet.
I think it works the same... Just look for desktop for arm
Roberto Maximiliano Silveira Mallada thanks I’ll look into it
@@OtioseFanatic It will work if there are ARM packages for your desktop environment of choice. If you use anything even remotely mainstream it's most likely compiled for ARM architectures. Linux containers on Chrome OS use the Debian repositories, so that's where'd you look, but first figure out which ARM architecture you are running on; armv6 is not armv7 is not aarch64 (armv8) and packages have to be compiled for each
-bash: startkde: command not found
It will not start with this command after "sudo apt-get install task-kde-desktop" has completed
How can this be fixed?
startplasma-x11
Hmmm. Lots of desktop redrawing / blanking out of open apps (i.e. Konsole), almost like Reveal Desktop is getting randomly run in the background.
It’s probably because the Environment it self is running as a window on chrome os so it behaves just like other windows. It just snaps over the other open ones if you click it.
Even after typing the x11 command of us still not working for me any idea why?
it says -bash: startkde: command not found when i try to start kde. can you fix that?
"startkde" has been replaced by the command "startplasma-x11." If this doesn't work, try typing "start", then tab to see the list of available options to start.
@@suspiciouscarrot8403 Doesn't work. Command not found
my chrome book installed an os update and shut itself down during my installation process, how screwed am i? the terminal wont load fyi
I personally use crouton to install my OS's on my Chromebook, just because it performs better and you can play games like Minecraft and half-life 2.
can u tell me how to get crouton on my chromebook?
@@quertyuiop7737 do you know how to get crouton on chromebook??
@@Jacob-wm8js please google "github crouton"
did u get minecraft for free or pay for it
@@N0TN04H I paid for it.
I keep getting the "Command Not Found" error in the Linux terminal after installing it successfully. KDE already seems to be installed correctly (verified using: apt list --installed). COuld you please suggest a possible solution to this problem?
"startkde" has been replaced by the command "startplasma-x11." If this doesn't work, try typing "start", then tab to see the list of available options to start.
@@suspiciouscarrot8403 doesnt work
I followed all the commands to the letter and once it had finished installing I typed startkde. I'm getting bash: startkde: command not found. Help?
can this be done with kali linux ?
Hello there! When I use command startkde then it shows that -bash: startkde: command not found. What is wrong with this?
KDE changed the startup command to:
startplasma-x11