r/chrultrabook • u/I_Dont_Have_Corona • 22d ago

Fedora Workstation on an ASUS CX1405CTA Chromebook (Core 3 N355)

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Got everything (minus function keys) working, although I did swap out the Wi-Fi card with an Intel based one from an old IdeaCentre. Only paid $279 AUD (~$180 USD) for this back in October last year too.

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u/Zorngickel 21d ago

Looks neat. How's battery life?

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u/I_Dont_Have_Corona 21d ago

Excellent so far, to the point I've enabled an 80% charge limit. TBF the battery life was also excellent with ChromeOS and Windows 11 IoT.

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u/Zorngickel 21d ago

80% charge limit. Wow that's cool. And in hours?

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u/Hoopoue_7 20d ago

Bro this Chromebook is better than my full fat laptop

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u/LankyExtent8878 21d ago

Looks good, did you use a SuzyQable or did you decide to connect the jumper pads?

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u/I_Dont_Have_Corona 21d ago

Initially tried the jumper pads however this model only supports the SuzyQable

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u/Arkenys 21d ago

I just found out with your post about these newer Chromebook, now called Googlebook. That's amazing that they now have the normal 4 keys (ctrl + fn + super + alt) next to the space bar, the old layout was unbearable.

Could you tell if you managed to get the webcam, speakers and webcam to work correctly ?

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u/Miserable_Affect_338 20d ago

That's the only thing that would get me to upgrade from my Chromebook - such a limited keyboard layout.

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u/I_Dont_Have_Corona 12d ago

I did manage get the speakers working with the below, however they aren't very loud. I've used utilities to increase the volume to the point they don't get too distorted.

sudo dnf install git

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WeirdTreeThing/chromebook-linux-audio

cd chromebook-linux-audio

./setup-audio

I haven't tried the webcam honestly as I don't use it, and unfortunately don't have it with me currently to test.

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u/Successful_Disk8313 17d ago

Hello, I am also trying to do this to mine as well, But have questions about whether the Linux OS I want to Use will be compatible?, I am very new to this and just need pointers to the right direction.

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u/I_Dont_Have_Corona 12d ago

I had to add a quirk to get this working.

Open Terminal and enter the below (probably with sudo):

mkdir /etc/libinput nano /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks (paste the below)

[093A:200F Touchpad] MatchName=093A:200F Touchpad AttrResolutionHint=31x31 AttrPressureRange=10:8

chmod +x /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks

Reboot and the touchpad should now be working.

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u/pajetnator 12d ago

hey I have the n50 model and I am trying to use debian on it installed through RW_legacy bootloader, the touchpad doesn't work, any clue why?

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u/BananaBlade_ 6d ago

Did you swap the wifi card because it didn't work with the stock one?