![]() ![]() Once you’ve made all of your changes, hit Ctrl+X and then Enter to save the file.The newer Google Chrome OS Flex gives the user the ability to use Debian 11 (Bullseye). To change the RAM and CPU settings, adjust the code in the first two highlighted lines in the basic.sh file image you see below. If you have 8GB, changing this to 10GB will not benefit you. Note, that you can only use whatever hardware is actually on your machine. I upped mine to 12GB of RAM and 4 CPU cores and I can say it made a noticeable difference in performance. While you have the basic.sh file open, you can tweak these settings if you like. device ide-hd,bus=sata.4,drive=SystemDisk \īy default, this machine uses 2GB of RAM, 2 CPU cores, and 4 CPU threads. drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,file=MyDisk.qcow2 \ ![]() If you changed the name of the hard disk you created, you will need to update it in the first line of code below. There are two lines you need to add to the end of this file. Last but not least, we need to use nano to edit the basic.sh script. qemu-img create -f qcow2 MyDisk.qcow2 64G If you do rename it, take note of the file name because we will need it in the next step. You can name the disk whatever you like or you can leave it as the default MyDisk.qcow2 in the command below. The command below will allot 64GB to your new hard disk but I recommend bumping it up a little if you have space in the Linux container to spare. Remember, you can only use as much space as you have free in the Linux container. Now, we need to create a “hard disk” to install macOS. If prompted, hit “Y” or enter to verify the installation process. Once you’ve set up Linux on your Chromebook and everything is up to date, you can install nano with the command below. ![]() Nano will allow us to quickly make modifications to the build script used to run the macOS installation. Ready? To get started, we’re going to install the very useful text editor, nano. That said, you will want to make a backup of your existing Linux container if there’s anything you don’t wish to lose. If anything breaks, you can easily remove Linux and start from scratch. If you want to install macOS on your Chromebook just to say you did or maybe impress your friends, I’m going to show you exactly how to do it. If you’re looking for a legitimate macOS experience, this isn’t the tutorial you’re looking for. The experience is pretty choppy even on my Core i7 ASUS that’s equipped with 16GB of RAM. Before we go any further, I will warn you that I do not recommend doing this unless you just like to tinker. The process is actually quite simple and takes only a few lines of code in the in-built Linux terminal that comes with most modern Chromebooks. Can you install macOS in some shape, form, or fashion using Linux? Turns out, the answer is yes and one sharp developer has a Github repo dedicated to this very task. That said, I was sitting at my desk the other day when a crazy thought popped into my head. For me, it’s mostly a matter of trying for the sake of trying. ![]() I know I’m an outlier and I know that most users have zero desire to install non-native software on a Chromebook and that’s totally okay. While it didn’t require Linux, we even figured out how to use iMessage on a Chromebook simply because we could. Over the past couple of years, I’ve installed a wide variety of Linux applications, desktop environments, various Linux distros, and even a full-blown Windows installation. Why? Why not? Since Google was kind enough to add a Linux container to ChromeOS, I feel it is my duty to tinker as much as I can to see just how far I can push our favorite operating system. Another day, another opportunity for me to do something absolutely irrational with my Chromebook. ![]()
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