GalliumOS is a Chromebook-specific Linux variant. It lets you put a real Linux distro on a Chromebook. My recent review of a new Chromebook feature — the ability to run Linux apps on some Chromebook models — sparked my interest in other technologies that run complete Linux distros on some Chromebooks without using ChromeOS. GalliumOS is not a perfect solution. It requires making a physical adjustment inside the hardware and flashing new firmware before the GalliumOS installation ISO will boot. However, it can be a handy workaround.
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Have you compared streaming video play duration between ChromeOS and Gallium + Firefox? Think Youtube / Netflix / DailyMotion / Cable_Go apps.
In my own experience I haven't found any OS/Browser combination that gives me longer play duration than ChromeOS on the C720 Peppy 2955u Haswell hardware.
The only way I outperform it is if I use mpv+youtube_dl to play the video URLs via VAAPI hardware decoding, but that's a bit tedious.
I've tried enabling VAAPI hardware decoding in Chromium but that comes with its own drawbacks, like compiling for 40 hours, self-signing and generating google API keys, again too tedious.
So I went back to ChromeOS + crouton + Trusty + some selective Xenial apps installed into Trusty. But as you know Google ceased updates for Peppy July 2019 so I'm having to look at alternatives.
Got a Screwdriver? GalliumOS Can Turn Chromebooks Into Linux Boxes
Posted by: Jack M. Germain November 8, 2018 12:39 PMGalliumOS is a Chromebook-specific Linux variant. It lets you put a real Linux distro on a Chromebook. My recent review of a new Chromebook feature — the ability to run Linux apps on some Chromebook models — sparked my interest in other technologies that run complete Linux distros on some Chromebooks without using ChromeOS. GalliumOS is not a perfect solution. It requires making a physical adjustment inside the hardware and flashing new firmware before the GalliumOS installation ISO will boot. However, it can be a handy workaround.
In my own experience I haven't found any OS/Browser combination that gives me longer play duration than ChromeOS on the C720 Peppy 2955u Haswell hardware.
The only way I outperform it is if I use mpv+youtube_dl to play the video URLs via VAAPI hardware decoding, but that's a bit tedious.
I've tried enabling VAAPI hardware decoding in Chromium but that comes with its own drawbacks, like compiling for 40 hours, self-signing and generating google API keys, again too tedious.
So I went back to ChromeOS + crouton + Trusty + some selective Xenial apps installed into Trusty. But as you know Google ceased updates for Peppy July 2019 so I'm having to look at alternatives.