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Install a perfect Linux box on Chromebook Pixel 2 (samus)

Install Gallium OS 3.0

curl -O https://chrx.org/go && sh go -r dev

https://wiki.galliumos.org/Installing/Samus (reynhout/chrx#63)

Installing samus specific fixes

sudo apt-get install galliumos-samus

and whenever you got sound / trackpad issue, run one of the corresponding commands as follows:

samus-alsaenable-headphones  samus-alsaenable-speakers    
samus-alsaenable-microphone  samus-touch-reset

Then, I personally think that XFCE is too underpowered for my samus LS (core i7 16GB!!!), and that HiDpi is not working perfectly. So, I installed Mate Desktop, by

sudo apt install ubuntu-mate-desktop

Next thing is to

sudo vi /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf

change that line to

bottom_pane=1

So that we can now login to Mate

Finally, download https://github.com/raphael/linux-samus And run keyboard.sh in setup/keyboard to fix keyboard layout.

Bonus! to make the track pad "natural scroll" (inverse the scroll direction) (The option offered by XFCE does not work on GTK apps)

sudo vi /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-touchpad-cmt.conf

Change the following two lines to negative values

    Option          "Scroll X Out Scale" "-0.1"
    Option          "Scroll Y Out Scale" "-0.1"

You have to logout and login again for setting to take effect.

Finally, a desktop is only perfect with the Arc Theme (https://github.com/NicoHood/arc-theme)

sudo apt install arc-theme

That's it! Everything is perfect now :)

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tyt2y3 commented Nov 16, 2018

galliumos-mate-chromebook-samus

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