Hello Rudra Saraswat (@rs2009), I made a port of Ubuntu Unity to the Kukui baseboard line of ARM Chromebooks. I just imaged my creation into a new flashable image. The official website with instructions install this image is located at https://chromebook-unity.github.io. Since only one device is currently tested, I need testers with Mediatek MT8183 Chromebooks. Some feedback from testers would also be awesome and make this port better. The supported devices for the port are listed below.
And also, @rs2009, thank you for inspiring me to port Ubuntu Unity at the young age of 11
Note: This image is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
tested systems - working
hp chromebook 11a - kappa
untested systems
lenovo ideapad duet 10.1 chromebook - krane
acer chromebook spin cp311-3h - juniper
lenovo ideapad 3 chromebook 14 inch (mt8183 version) - fennel14
It would be really nice and important too to get Ubuntu’s work great on Chromebooks. I wonder what’s the current situation and experience overall just right now
Downloaded the 23.10 version, put it on an sd-card, booted it on my Lenovo Ideapad Chromebook 3 (fennel14) ( CTRL-U on Login after enabling developer mode and usb boot) and it boots! Quickly checked some details:
Working out of the box: webcam, sound/video playback
glxinfo: hardware accelerated on Mali-G72 - yeah!
Not working: Wifi device doesn’t seem to be found - need to look into that
Anyhow this is encouraging! Thank you for doing this, this is great and just what I have been searching for quite a while now.
Thanks for reporting the wifi issue! I will try my best to look into it. However, wifi is working on my kappa. Can you try the 22.04 version and let me know? If that doesn’t work, delete /etc/resolv.conf with sudo, reboot, and connect to the internet again.
The 22.04 version has Wifi working out of the box and everything else seems fine as well.
On the 23.10 I deleted resolv.conf and rebooted - no change. iwconfig reports no wifi devices, so I assume something is missing in the 23.10 kernel (or modules) that was still there for 22.04.
This is even more encouraging. I will wait for the 24.04 version before replacing ChromeOS on the harddrive - but my hopes to free this little computer are really up now.
Thank you!
I will compare the output of lsmod on both images - maybe that will tell us something about the missing wifi driver on the 23.10 version.
Hi @bruzo,
I have some good news. When I tested the new 24.04 beta release, wifi has somehow fixed itself. If everything related to the 24.04 release goes to plan, expect a new image 1-2 weeks after release.
