NOTE: You will need to setup a Linux terminal on your Intel based Chromebook. For more help please take a look at the official documentation at https://chromeos.dev/en/linux/setup
Open up the Linux terminal and navigate to your home directory. Once there we will
make sure to perform a system update and install wine and the mesa drivers
If you don't want to install an extension to fore 4K VP9 support on Stadia on desktop you can copy and paste the following code into the Chrome Developer Console (ctrl+shift+j) before starting a game. This will tell your browser to use the VP9 codec as well as tricking your browser to load the 4K video stream for the game you are playing.
// set local codec to VP9
localStorage.setItem('video_codec_implementation_by_codec_key', '{"vp9":"ExternalDecoder"}');
// set 4k dimensions and screen values
let x = 3840;
After installing the PackageManager via wine edit the file $HOME/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/MagicLeap/PackageManager/package-manager.ini using your favorite text editor and add the following arguments.
-Dprism.order=j2d
-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false
Now you should be able to start the PackageManager and bypass the blank black screen.
| # install zip/unzip if you haven't already | |
| sudo apt install unzip zip | |
| # download the binary and unzip and make binary executable | |
| wget "http://www.epsxe.com/files/ePSXe205linux_x64.zip" | |
| unzip ePSXe205linux_x64.zip | |
| chmod a+x epsxe_x64 | |
| # install dependencies | |
| sudo apt-get install --reinstall libssl1.0.0 |
| # In the summer of 2017 the Ufocoin paper wallet | |
| # generator located at www.ufocoin.it was generating | |
| # invalid WIF (wallet import format) keys. The following | |
| # scripts converts those invalid keys to valid keys. | |
| # | |
| # Install pybitcoin as follows: | |
| # pip2 install pybitcoin | |
| class UfocoinPrivateKey(BitcoinPrivateKey): | |
| _pubkeyhash_version_byte = 27 |
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Convert SNES ROMS from SMC to SFROM for use on SNES Classic | |
| # | |
| # NOTE: | |
| # To use this script you will need the python script ebafewuzur.py | |
| # which can be downloaded from the following link | |
| # https://hastebin.com/ebafewuzur.py | |
| # | |
| # DIRECTIONS: |
Here is a little alias to help you update your system swiftly and easily without a lot of typing. You can make this alias sticky by appending it to the end of your .bashrc file.
alias update="sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y"
Now that Ubuntu 16.04.2 has been released you can safely update your elementary OS kernel to a newer one to give you a better user experience if you happen to be using newer hardware or are plagued with kernel panics every time your device hibernates or goes to sleep. To update your elementary OS kernel to 4.8.x please input the following into your terminal and reboot once complete.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install --install-recommends xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 -y
To get app indicators showing up in wingpanel on elementary OS takes a little bit of manual labor by adding an environment variable in your apps .desktop file. If you use an app that uses app indicators and they are not working on elementary OS, please notify the apps developer and ask them to impliment support. In most cases this is a simple process.
Edit your apps desktop file:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/<app>.desktop
Had problem with Ubuntu package cache.
➜ sources.list.d sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease