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2. Insert a USB drive into your machine and open Rufus. 3. Select your USB drive using Device, and then click SELECT and select the Linux OS that you wish to install. In our case it was Ubuntu. 4.

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Instead, you can easily install Yosemite on a USB 3.0 flash drive and have your development/testing operating system available in your pocket just a reboot away.

Traditional live USB drive/device - Requires a firmware mod for boot selection and you must exit Chrome OS to access Linux.

Tunic is a free software that can be used to install Linux over or alongside Windows without booting from external USB drive.

From there, it’s simple to boot to a USB install drive and it’s pretty much a normal linux installation from there. The keyboard isn’t great.