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it appears that Debian 11 (bullseye) for Chromebooks already gets Kicad 6.02 by default.
Give a Crostini console command of "apt list kicad" to see which Kicad version you will be getting.
So may be fine to just say "sudo apt install kicad" once you get the Crostini linux environment up
if?"lsb_release -d" at the linux prompt shows "Debian 11 (bullseye)" or later, that version
of Crostini was released in Dec of 2021.?
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Looks like Kicad Debian builds can support ARM processors, but Intel/AMD processors
will have better support for some of the other Debian packages.
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Older Chromeos software versions required bringing the Chromebook into developer mode
to run Crostini (the Beta release of Crostini).? Chromebooks more than 2 or 3 years old
may not be supported by new Chromeos releases, and may not support Crostini at all.?
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After a couple days playing with Crostini on my recently bought Asus CX1500CN Chromebook,
I'm very impressed.? Only issue is that the contrast and viewing angles from the 1080p screen are
not as good as some.? Some may want a faster processor.? You will want a $10 bluetooth wheel mouse
when running Kicad.? If you can live with an 11" screen, some new "refurbished" Chromebooks are $50.
Just got this going, haven't built a board with it yet but am so far blown away with how capable
a lowly Chromebook can be.? Am curious what others with more time on Crostini have to report.
Jerry
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 03:48 PM, Jerry Gaffke wrote:
Just giving the command "apt install kicad" would work, but probably
gives you Kicad 4.? As of Feb 2022, you really want Kicad 6.
