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Use Ubuntu 19.10
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19.04 comes with gone-repositories, so even apt update is painful
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kyzn committed May 9, 2020
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you will need to spend ~$20 USD on a special USB cable. See the [installation instructions](#installation)
for details.

The automated configuration targets Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo), although it's likely that the basic techniques
The automated configuration targets Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine), although it's likely that the basic techniques
used will work for any distribution. I initially tried using Fedora Workstation 29, but ran into an issue where
the system would crash immediately after resuming from suspend. I assumed this was due to my tweaks, but decided
to give another distro a shot and found Ubuntu worked without issue. As a nice bonus, bluetooth works out of the
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Now that you're running a standard UEFI firmware, installing Ubuntu works just like on a standard
laptop.

Download an ISO image for [Ubuntu Desktop 19.04][ubuntu_dl] - other versions might work, but I make absolutely
Download an ISO image for [Ubuntu Desktop 19.10][ubuntu_dl] - other versions might work, but I make absolutely
no guarantees, and I won't be able to help you out if things are broken. Note that I might not be
able to help regardless, but if you run into issues and you're not running the same distro as me,
chances are much higher I'll shrug my shoulders and ineffectually wish you good luck, rather than
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installer (or in the stock Ubuntu install afterward), try rebooting and continuously moving your
finger around on the trackpad while the system starts.

Your screen might come up upside down. This is due to auto screen rotation. You can rotate your machine
upside down, then click triangle at top right, and click the button with lock sign inside rotating arrows.
This will "lock screen rotation" so it will stay in the correct direction.

Now you can go ahead and install Ubuntu using the standard method. The installer defaults should all
work fine, although I recommend encrypting your disk, or at least enabling LVM for volume management.

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[ansible]: https://ansible.com
[pixelbook_product_page]: https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/google-pixelbook/
[suzyqable]: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14746
[ubuntu_dl]: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?country=US&version=19.04&architecture=amd64
[ubuntu_dl]: https://releases.ubuntu.com/19.10/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso

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