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Linux users with uncommon or unusual setups: tell us about it (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'll start with mine. yes part of this was to brag about my somewhat but not too unusual setup. But I also wanna learn from your setups!

Anyways: I primarily use Gentoo Linux.

I have two headless servers: a Raspberry Pi 4B and a Oracle cloud VM (free tier). Both running OpenRC, and both were running mainline kernel with custom config (I recently switched the Pi to PiFoundation kernel due to some issues). The raspberry pi boots from SSD and has no sd card inserted.

Both servers were running musl libc instead of glibc for a while. This gave me a couple of random issues, but eventually I got tired and switched back to glibc.

I have a desktop running gentoo and a laptop running arch, but hoping to switch the laptop to gentoo soon.

Both are daily driving wayland (the desktop had nvidia card and used for gaming). The desktop is running a kernel with a minimal config that compiles in 2-3 minutes.

What's your unusual setup like?

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[–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if it counts, but I'll share it anyways.

I use a chromebook which has two Linux containers running on it. One of them I'm experimenting with learning Docker and possibly selfhosting some things there. Only running one thing right now, and it seems to be going fine.

The other container is my main Linux "install", which has all my apps like Inkscape, VSCode, Kdenlive, etc. The container uses a mix of nix, flatpak, and apt for installing things, which I do want to try and consolidtae eventually.

Probably not the weirdest of them all, but I do think it's pretty cool to run all this on a chromebook.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do chromebooks allow installing linux nowadays?

[–] StorageAware@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, the official way from what I understand is basically a container running inside a VM (with multiple containers behind a flag). They run Debian, but I believe there are tutorials for other OS's if you want to try.

I've also heard of people who just replace chromeos with a Linux install, but I think that puts you at more risk of bricking your device.

[–] Vee@musician.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@onlinepersona @StorageAware

Yes. They do. Wrote about this on my personal blog recently. You can read up here:

https://mrchromebox.tech
https://www.reddit.com/r/chrultrabook
https://docs.chrultrabook.com/

Been running it on a HP Chromebook for over a year now.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Holy moly! That's going into my bookmarks. Thanks! A few people I know have old ChromeBooks and were forced to buy new devices due to the lack of updates. But if they're supported by this script, I could switch them over to linux!

Thank you 🙏

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