Linux 16.04 Xenial on ChromeOS via Crouton

This is a handy tutorial on setting up a dev machine on your chromebook, Crouton is developed and maintained by David Schneider https://github.com/dnschneid

This script is built for amd64 processors, if you have an ARM cpu some packages will not function.

Your Chromebook must be in developer mode in order to use this script.

A few vital resources before getting started.

Type	Link
Official Crouton Git	https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
Crouton Cheat Sheet	https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Crouton-Command-Cheat-Sheet
Crouton Wiki	https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki
Crouton Chrome Extension	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crouton-integration/gcpneefbbnfalgjniomfjknbcgkbijom

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Ready? let's go! After placing your Chromebook into developer mode, launch a crosh terminal by hitting CTRL+ALT+T then type in the following commands:

shell  
sudo sh ~/Downloads/getUbuntu.sh

After the installation is complete you can launch Ubuntu by oepning a crosh terminal and executing:

shell  
sudo startgnome

To switch between operating systems hit CTRL+ALT+FORWARD or CTRL+ALT+BACKWARDS