supayuzamenyu (for google chromebooks)

Quick and easy menu for installing and launching Ubuntu (using Crouton and Crucial) on chromebooks and boxes

It uses Crouton, the Chromium OS universal chroot environment and crouton-crucial, Helper scripts for Crouton

Advantages

• easy to launch Ubuntu windows or environments
• easy to install Ubuntu windows or environments
• easy to delete Ubuntu environments

Installing Crouton Extension

• install the crouton extension from Chrome Store, which provides integration with Chromium OS so that can copy/cut/paste to and from Chrome and Ubuntu. Also enables Ubuntu windows and tabs in Chrome.

Installing menu

• enter developer mode (see developer mode)
• download and unzip the zip file
• press ctrl-alt-t to open a crosh terminal see 10+ Commands Included In Chrome OS’s Hidden Crosh Shell
• invoke bash as root

crosh> shell

• run supayuzamenyu to install menu

$ sudo bash ~/Downloads/supayuzamenyu-master/supayuzamenyu.sh

• this opens a new Ubuntu enviroment

Starting menu

• run menu command to start menu in a new shell window then select number to do that menu item

$ bash menu

• example menu

--Launch-- Full Ubuntu (full Ubuntu in separate environment)
--Launch-- Ubuntu (Ubuntu in Chrome window)
--Launch-- Terminal (Ubuntu terminal in Chrome tab)
--Launch-- An Ubuntu Application in a Tab (e.g. gimp)
--Launch-- An Ubuntu Application in a Window (e.g. gimp)
--Quit menu ------------------------------------------------
--Delete-- Delete Ubuntu (deletes all instances of Ubuntu)
--Create-- Create a NEW Ubuntu (this takes a long while then launches in Chrome Window)
Please enter your choice (number):

• You can re-enter menu at any time by typing bash menu at the shell prompt $.

• IMPORTANT when creating a new Ubuntu enviroment last step seems to be entering a user name but you need to return then enter a password (then return) and then re-enter same password (then return) to complete setup.

Ununtu target file installation menu

• when you are in Ubuntu you can open up another menu by typing menu at prompt:

$ menu
1) --Install-- Minecraft Game
2) --Install-- Eclipse Integrated Development Editor
3) --Install-- Gimp Image Editor
4) --Install-- Alacarte Ubuntu Menu builder
5) --Quit menu ------------------------------------------------
Please enter your choice (number):

• this contains script to install popular software
• Feel free to make pull requests or issues with new installation scripts for chromebook Ubuntu software
• PLEASE BEAWARE THAT YOU ARE USING THIS SOFTWARE (supayuzameny) SOLELY AT YOU OWN RISK

Files for advanced users

• optionally, before creating new Ubuntu edit crucial.rc file (~/Downloads/crouton-crucial-master/crucial.rc)
• crucial.rc: annotated runcom file for Crouton environments; required by crucial.sh; edit this first
• crucial.sh: starts a Crouton chroot; optionally first installing, backing up, or updating
• keepawake.sh: a wrapper script optionally called by crucial.sh that disables suspend before enter-chroot