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I have been wondering what's the best way to install Ubuntu, on a Samsung Chromebook 2

Specification: Intel Celeron with 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of flash storage.

I am really not sure if that will be enough space for Ubuntu. I want to run my Linux games on here, then I realized it can't really do much. I am just a geek that wants to tinker with his hardware and operating system. And mostly because I want to use Ubuntu on the go, without using crouton. Even though it would void my warranty, but at the same time I don't want to brick my Chromebook since I just got it 2 weeks ago I somewhat enjoy Chrome os but I need my Ubuntu

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Speaking from experience, you won't be running a very stable system with Crouton, which is essentially what you are describing with your last sentence. You can either run a nicely configured ChromeOS installation, or a nice ChromeOS configuration with Crouton to preview what a Linux distribution would look like on a Chromebook.

If you want to run a stable Ubuntu distribution on your Chromebook, you will probably have to replace ChromeOS with Ubuntu.

You can see whether your Samsung Chromebook is supported by John Lewis' custom BIOS here.

If you think you would like to potentially risk bricking your device, you can proceed with the instructions here.

I used the steps here for a dozen Dell Chromebooks but your instructions may differ because you are using Samsung.

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