Meanwhile runs "on" the Chrome OS using Crouton "my tailor," Debian / Ubuntu Linux (fluxbox + wbar + conky) without hardware problems (which takes over so Chrome OS perfectly). The performance is impressive: Quake1 runs at 1366x768 resolution liquid (as do themselves "big" Windows PCs hard) - and even Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), I was able to install using playonlinux, runs with no apparent delays ,
Perfect - except for a few things that I need to just live - after all, the Chromebook so his stated intention has been quite far:
* The Acer is not a stylish eye-catcher, but very solid, looks sturdy and has its 1.08 kg "thin" evenly distributed. Unfortunately, the charger with its massive, heavy 3-pin power charger cable and solid safety plug does not fit it. With a battery life of almost 10 hours (of course, decreases in video consumption or hardware, such as USB CD drive), the charger remains in any case at home.
* Very disturbing is that a "pickled" protrudes SD card almost half. A permanent "there can be" to increase the storage capacity is practically impossible. Since I will "abridged" SD card adapter (use the micro-SD card) try (Ramoz similar).
* The keyboard on a Chromebook is unfamiliar. The per se very well "writable" keyboard missing (Chromebook usual) function keys and the like. Heavy I lack the Delete key, and PageUp / Down keys. Much can be more or less offset by "Shortcut Software".
* The audio connector (or the coupling) has a very poor quality (loose connection, poor haptics). I do not need luckily.
* Curiously, USB sticks and SD cards are not recognized. Apparently only "with" the Chromebook formatted memory available - which, however, then on other devices. If we examine such a formatted media with "fdisk" you realize that no (ordinary) partitions on it, but the media was "partitionslos" formatted. In my patch Linux but can be any media mount and use. Annoying is, however, that you have to back switchen only for ChromeOS has and where it is automatically suspended medium unhook, to get it for the patch Linux "free".
* With a Chromebook you're Google always delivered (log in with the same Google Account). As paranoid I have to be constantly monitored feel of Google. Unfortunately, this also applies to Apple or (more recently) Microsoft products. What death you die so ...
* The boot procedure is cumbersome. After starting to get on a bright screen, the one indicating a gerootetes system (now just do not press the spacebar, otherwise the Chromebook reset "on factory-level" is). Press CTRL + D (or 30 s wait) it continues. Then log into the Google / User account so ChromeOS starts. Press CTRL + T you get into a Chrome Shell (crosh). The "shell" command then you get into a remo Shell. With another command (chroot) to jump into the Debian / Ubuntu Linux. Overall, slightly more than 30 seconds have now passed, what is still acceptable.
* If there are two systems, the interplay of shared content is not so easy. But there is the "Downloads" folder, which is the same in all operating systems. Important data and configuration files but I will regularly back up to external media - but if even one of my children at the start pressing the space bar ...
