
Originally Posted by
thomaspatrickwilson
Just out of curiosity, has anyone gotten Kali Linux to run as a single-boot install on a chromebook? I love the 2-in-1 Lenovo with Stylus, I just would prefer linux because chromeOS is sort of buggy.
Yep. Even have touchpad working.
Code:
$ inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 5.19.0-kali2-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-kali2-amd64
root=UUID=c63f5c29-1fad-4b32-a88a-ed35a1c7b6ab ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: Kali GNU/Linux 2022.3
kali-rolling base: Debian testing
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.8/44.5 Wh (94.1%)
volts: 12.8 min: 11.4 model: Samsung DELL XK type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full cycles: 84
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.76 GiB used: 1.9 GiB (50.7%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
required.
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont
level: v2 built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x37 (55)
stepping: 8 microcode: 0x838
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 112 KiB
desc: d-2x24 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 500/2582 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 500 2: 500 bogomips: 8666
Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush
cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms
est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear
mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm
pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 pti rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss sse
sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq tsc_reliable vme vmx vnmi vpid
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x235c built: 2014 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 136 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.569 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.329
y: 0.569 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.133 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.2.0 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT)
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04
class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.19.0-kali2-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:5 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 22.29 GiB used: 6.41 GiB (28.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: Hynix model: HAG2e
size: 14.68 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD
size: 7.61 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 13.22 GiB size: 12.92 GiB (97.66%) used: 5.66 GiB (43.9%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 maj-min: 179:2 label: N/A
uuid: c63f5c29-1fad-4b32-a88a-ed35a1c7b6ab
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 144 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 maj-min: 179:1 label: N/A
uuid: D264-3C90
ID-3: /media/harry/DC4E-F021 raw-size: 7.61 GiB size: 7.59 GiB (99.80%)
used: 760.4 MiB (9.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: DC4E-F021
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 768 KiB (0.1%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 maj-min: 179:3 label: N/A
uuid: 726ae05d-69c0-4551-b3ec-dcf015fe87f7
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1boot0 maj-min: 179:256 size: 4 MiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1boot1 maj-min: 179:512 size: 4 MiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2.1:6 info: PNY Classic Attache Flash Drive type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 154b:007a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-2.3:4 info: Microchip Composite HID + CDC APP-ESS14-1
type: HID,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04d8:0b28
class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-3:3 info: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02
Device-4: 1-4:5 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1241 libs: 736 tools: apt,apt-get,synaptic
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 171
1: cpu: 23.4% command: xorg pid: 38535 mem: 118.5 MiB (3.0%)
2: cpu: 15.1% command: firefox-esr pid: 45520 mem: 668.1 MiB (17.3%)
3: cpu: 3.6% command: libcpugraph.so started by: wrapper-2.0 pid: 38817
mem: 35.6 MiB (0.9%)
4: cpu: 2.8% command: conky pid: 45160 mem: 18.4 MiB (0.4%)
5: cpu: 2.7% command: conky pid: 39213 mem: 14.5 MiB (0.3%)
Memory top: 5 of 171
1: mem: 668.1 MiB (17.3%) command: firefox-esr pid: 45520 cpu: 15.1%
2: mem: 146.2 MiB (3.8%) command: firefox-esr pid: 45730 cpu: 0.5%
3: mem: 132.5 MiB (3.4%) command: firefox-esr pid: 54690 cpu: 2.2%
4: mem: 118.5 MiB (3.0%) command: xorg pid: 38535 cpu: 23.4%
5: mem: 102.4 MiB (2.6%) command: qterminal pid: 84708 cpu: 1.7%
Info:
Processes: 171 Uptime: 3h 12m wakeups: 30523 Init: systemd v: 252
target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A
Shell: sh running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.23
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