Chrome OS Setup

Hardware

• Google Pixelbook
• Power Adapter: 45W USB-C

Settings

• Go over all Settings
• Go over all Android Settings

Importand Key bindings

• Get a List of Keyboard Shortcuts: CTRL+ALT+/
• Open a Terminal: CTRL+ALT+T
  • Type ‘help’ or ‘help_advanced’ to get a list of all possible commands
• Keyboard Backlight: ALT+Brighntness Up/Down
• Screenshot Full: CTRL+Switch Windows
• Screenshot Part: CTRL+SHIFT+Switch Windows
• Switch betwenn last two Keyboard Layouts: CTRL+SPACE

Install Extensions & Chrome Apps

• Umlaut Helper
• Adblock Plus
• Extension Developer Tools
• JSTorrent
• Secure Shell
• Web Server for Chrome

Install Android Apps

• RAR
• File Manager+

Enable U2F Button

• Open the Console (Ctrl + Alt + T), and enter

  u2f_flags u2f,user_keys
  

See also: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/u2f-ecdsa-vulnerability

Enable GPU for Linux

1. Enable here: chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support
2. Restart
3. sudo apt update; sudo apt dist-upgrade
4. glxinfo -B
5. sudo apt install cros-gpu-alpha ( Make sure you want this ! )

Install AWS in Linux Container

sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install awscli
aws configure

Interesting Links

General

• Chrome OS Recovery
• All Chrome Extensions made by Google
• All Android Apps made by Google
• Building a more Secure Dev Environment

Extension Development

• List of APIs
• Extra Keyboards for Chrome OS
• Hangul IME Extension with Candidate Window

Linux Containers

• Containers & VMs in Chrome OS
• So you bought a Pixelbook

Script to rename Files by Parent Folder Name

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Rename files to the name of their parent folder,
# followed by a counter.

set -e

mkdir -p ./output

counter=0
oldparent=""

find . -type f -not -path "./output/*" | sort | while read line; do
    echo "Processing file '$line'"
    parent=$(dirname "$line")
    parent=${parent##*/}
    if [ "$oldparent" == "$parent" ]; then
        let counter++
    else
        oldparent="$parent"
        counter=1
    fi
    extension="${line##*.}"
    cp "$line" "./output/$parent $counter.$extension"
done

Script to rename Files (dash to dot)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e
mkdir -p ./output

find . -type f -not -path "./output/*" -not -path '*/\.*' | while read line;
do
    echo "$line"
    newname="./output/${line##*/}"
    cp "$line" "${newname//-/.}"
done

Create Bootable Media

1. Download Googles Official Chromebook Recovery Utility
2. Rename your .ISO file to .BIN
3. Use the Cog Menu in the App to create a bootable USB Stick