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Installing Ubuntu 26.04 on a Google Pixelbook
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Installing Ubuntu 26.04 on a Google Pixelbook

The following steps were followed on Ubuntu 26.04 beta version running linux 7.0.0-10-generic

Prerequisite

Before proceeding, unlock the Pixelbook's bootloader and install Coreboot firmware as explained in the amazing documentation from Mr Chromebox.

Then, proceed with the normal Ubuntu installation from a USB stick.

You should also install Git with sudo apt install git.

A reboot after each step is advised.

Screen brightness

The brightness will keep adjusting continuosly in a very annoying way, disable brightness auto-adjustment.

Run

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power ambient-enabled false

Audio

Follow the instructions provided in the amazing chromebook-linux-audio repo

Keyboard mappings

Copy-paste @flantel's .hwdb as detailed here

If you want, change the # KEYBOARD_KEY_5d=controlpanel line to KEYBOARD_KEY_5d=delete to use the "Hamburger" button as delete.

Then run

sudo systemd-hwdb update
sudo udevadm trigger
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