Someone gave me a Hisense C11 Chromebook and I’m wondering if there’s absolutely anything I can do with it. It seems like a piece of junk and the Linux stuff I’ve seen for Chromebooks specify that they don’t work with the ARM processor. Is there any distro that would work on it? Any other ideas about how to repurpose it?
Note: I don’t have direct access to an Ethernet cable/router for setup. Also don’t have the most technical knowhow.
on the more technical side, for x86, chromebooks have a special UEFI firmware that only makes it possible to boot chromeos, and so the first step is to replace it with the firmware distributed by MrChromebox, which makes it work similarly to a regular laptop.
but, MrChromebox does not have firmware for ARM chromebooks, so replacing the OS may not be that “easy” in your case. if you don’t find a way, it’s best to treat it as an untrusted device, and follow what I have written in my other comment