Is installing linux on a Chromebook sinful

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The question may sound stupid but is installing Linux on a Chromebook sinful? Chromebooks aren’t really supposed to run linux but Google has no restrictions agiants it but linux doesnt really support chromebook (at least from what i’ve seen) do you think its like stealing since linux makes a Chromebook run like a desktop when they’re not supposed to and is it like stealing a computer because its not meant as one and isnt one and if I do install it I can make it run programs that are for desktop.
 
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Google has no restrictions agiants it
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Agreed.

Would it be sinful to buy a car and then change the engine and suspension and turn it into a supercar and race it? No - it’s your car (and your risk if you change it from the manufacturer’s specs).

Similarly, it’s your computer. You bought it from google and that transaction is complete, and you can install whatever you want on it. (Unless the transaction is not complete and you have some ongoing payment agreement - in that case you would have to check the T’s&C’s).

Good luck with Linux! I’ve used it occasionally over twenty years and always liked it.
 
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Software EULAs are for the software. The hardware is yours.

Do whatever you want with the hardware.
 
Yeah I couldn’t see an issue there at all. Linux if freeware and once the equipment is yours I think you can do anything you like with it. What flavor of Linux? I’ve tried mint, Ubuntu, Kali, and some others. Really liked it but for some reason my HP didn’t do well… it’s a little aged tbh
 
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Chromebooks already run linux. Chrome OS, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Debian are all linux distros, just with different user interfaces. It’s not wrong to put a different linux distro on a linux machine. BTW if you have a newer Chromebook you might be able to install linux apps already – in Settings, there may be a switch for “Linux (beta)” which allows you to install a full linux terminal and any linux apps you want. I’ve got several linux apps on mine.
 
Hello, @Nat11. One thing I would like to say is that, just looking at your posting history in regards to threads you’ve started, you seem to have a lot of questions about if something’s sinful. And for me, one question I’d have would be whether or not you may have some scruples. (Essentially thinking things are sinful when they aren’t.)

The best advice I’d have for you would be to see if you can make an appointment with yoir priest to ask him all these questions you’ve been having. And also asking him if you may be dealing with scruples as they can be, from the testimony of people with them, a pain to deal with and he’d have some good advice on what to do.
By contrast, posters here on CAF, while well-intentioned, won’t have the experience or knowledge that may prove helpful to you.

Have a great day.
 
I have a computer, that windows does not work on, I have every intention of running aUbuntu on it (or something similar). if it was something you were stealing, then it might be, but just about everything Linux has free, I say just about everything, because there are some Linux things that cost money, but that’s for a different discussion.
 
Linux is free and there’s no obligation to not install it on a Chromebook.

So you’re good.
 
Personally I’m not really a fan of chromebooks outside of institutional use like schools where central control and cost are a factor. If you can find a way to make them more mainstream in the OS they are running, more power to you.
 
Technically, Chromebooks already have Linux, in that Linux is the kernel that is used. There’s debate around whether or not it counts as a distribution, since many GNU features are not present. That really separates it from something like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, or Manjaro.

With that said, there’s nothing wrong with running Linux on any computer you have.* There are risks involved, so it comes down to whether or not you want to take those risks. Depending on the device, Linux may also not run as well as Chrome OS. Personally, I would check to see if you can run Linux apps, since Chrome OS now has support for them, though it is limited from what I hear.

* Edit: Just adding that Microsoft and Apple aren’t fans of having their OSs replaced by Linux, but there’s nothing wrong with doing it. Google probably doesn’t care a whole lot, though.
 
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