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In the chromebook era, should I fear keyloggers?

Suppose we go to a cyber cafe that uses chromebooks. Since the OS is designed to make it difficult to install software keyloggers (by tampering the OS), and it is also difficult to install hardware keyloggers, should I fear that my keystrokes could be being logged?

ChrUbuntu (Acer): How to load kernel 3.8.0-16 instead 3.4.0?

I have an Acer C7 Chromebook with an Intel CPU, and I had installed there ChrUbuntu. I updated (Chr)Ubuntu to 13.04 daily version using dist-upgrade. But I found that I still use Google v.3.4.0 Linux kernel, not Canonical v.3.8.0. So how can I change kernel?

I found how to do it on normal computers with GRUB, but it is Chromebook, so there is no Grub.

Will you be able to change the SSD in the Google Chromebook Pixel?

The new Google Chromebook Pixel really looks interesting. However, it comes with a small SSD of 32 or 64GB. Even with cloud storage, that's small.

So will you be able to easily change the SSD?

How do I remap the Caps Lock key in Chrome OS?

I have a Chromebook and have attached an external keyboard to it. How do I remap the Caps Lock key on the external keyboard to another modifier? (The keyboard settings - chrome://settings/keyboard-overlay - don't provide a way to modify caps lock.)

How do I paste into the "crosh" terminal in a Chromebook?

I pressed Ctrl + Alt + t while having Chrome open to open a terminal in my Chromebook. How do I paste content into this terminal copied from another tab in Chrome?

I have tried Ctrl + v to no avail. I have also tried highlighting text and pasting it via the middle button on my mouse, which failed too.

I have also read this article (http://www.servercobra.com/nothing-but-chromebook-for-a-week/) and tried triple clicking my touch pad, but it isn't working for me.

Location of mounted Zip File on Chromebook via Crosh

See this answer for context.

I believe these steps could easily be recreated via crosh (Chrome Shell) given the location of the mounted media. Anyone know this path?

Any references to Chrome specific folder hierarchies and their typical contents would be greatly appreciated!

ChromeOS - Apps for supervised users?

My niece recently got a chromebook, and her parents added parental controls (supervised user) to her account. Unfortunately, they claim they only had the option of completely denying access to the app store or giving complete access.

There's some apps and games she would like to install, which I could clear with her parents, but they won't open access to the entire store. Is there any other options? It would be great if we could install single apps directly, have some sort of whitelist, or they could go in with full privileges and access the store to install the apps.

is there a way to completely delete Chrome OS on a chromebook - and install linux (not dual boot)

I'm looking to buy the latest fanless HP or Samsung Chromebooks. However, I want to install linux on it and delete Chrome OS - is there a way to do this ?

I am familiar with Crouton and Chrubuntu - however, they seem only to provide dual boot solutions

many thanks

ChromeOS: kill a hung ssh session

I have a hung crosh terminal. I was in a ssh session and the wireless connection dropped. The screen froze. Normally, I open an other one, ssh into the remote machine again, and kill the sshd, and that clears it. However, the sshd on the remote machine closed itself overnight and now the crosh terminal is hung, thinking it's still connected.

What's the best way to kill the crosh terminal? Is there a magic key combo?

Sidenote: Couldn't create tags for crosh, chromeos

Note that I am not using the machine in developer mode.

How can I wipe my Chromebook without the powerwash button?

I have a Chromebook, and ideally, I'd like to restore it to it's factory state, without any owners, any user accounts, or any data whatsoever. There's only one problem.

I have no access to the powerwash button.

Is there a way to completely wipe and restore my Chromebook to it's factory state?

To clarify, I've already tried Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R+Power, and various other methods.

Disable "OS verification is turned off" screen on Chromebook

I have an Acer C720 Chromebook. I have it in developer mode, and whenever it turns on, it shows a screen that says, paraphrasing, "OS verification is turned off, CTRL+D to continue, SPACE to start recovery." It requires you to take action before booting ChromeOS, and will beep loudly if you let it sit for a while.

My problem is that it's very easy for a non-tech savvy person to accidentally start recovery, which would delete all my local data. It's happened to me at least once so far.

Is there any way to disable this screen or make it automatically proceed after a short wait? I've tried to Google a solution, and all the answers seem hardware-specific to other Chromebook models. It's probably also worth noting that this particular model doesn't have a physical developer mode switch.

ChromeOS tabs refresh everytime they are opened

If I have two or more tabs open, the tab will refresh every single time that I switch between them, even if I had it open 5 seconds ago. Any ideas on how to stop this?

Is there a Bluetooth TRRS Headset Adapter for Audio jack on my Chromebook?

My Chromebook has Bluetooth, but as of writing, ChromeOS does not support HSP or A2DP, so I cannot play music or record audio through my Bluetooth wireless headset.

I very much would like to be able to use my headset for something like Hangouts, so I can talk and hear through my heads.

The Chromebook does have a TRRS headset jack, which works just fine, so I figured there'd be a device that could interpret Bluetooth as analog, and vice versa. There do exist many devices that either receive or transmit audio over Bluetooth when plugged into a 3.5mm jack, and some devices that purport to do both, but I have not been able to find a device that can transmit and receive at the same time.

My question for you is thus: does there exist a device that I can buy that will plug into the TRRS jack and be able to connect via Bluetooth to my wireless headset, using HSP or something like that.

Worst case, I could try to hook up a TRRS splitter that's male TRRS to two female TRS and then hook up a Bluetooth transmitter to the audio TRS and a Bluetooth receiver to the mic TRS, and then tell my headset to receive from the former and transmit to the latter, but that will require several pieces of hardware, and I'm not sure if there would be some weird lag between the transmit/receive that would cause calls to be terrible.

VNC access to Chromebook?

My grandmother is beginning to use a computer soon. We are giving her a chromebook so that it will be easier to keep the settings right, and not get lost.

However, for support purposes, and helping set up new things like bookmarks, plugins, and so forth, we want to set up remote control of the chromebook. It is not necessary for her to approve each remote control session.

We do have physical access to the machine before we deliver it to her. This will give us an opportunity to make any changes necessary to allow this.

I am a competent software developer, and can work with Linux, but have never worked under the hood of a chromebook before. What would be necessary to accomplish this remote access?

Transcend MTS400 SSD crashes my Acer C720 Chromebook, how to disable SATA power management in Chrome OS?

So I upgraded my Acer C720P Chromebook with a larger Transcend MTS400 SSD. However this SSD has a firmware bug, because of which it is incompatible with SATA power management (ALPM). This Transcend MTS400 bug crashes my C720, and before it crashes has poor performance. What happens is that it seems to work when I install it, but after is has gone from AC power to battery—when I take out the charger—I get input-lag when browsing folders or in commandline, sluggish performance and random crashes.

This guy had the same problem—and happens to be a Linux developer—so he was able to pinpoint the problem to the min_power SATA power state. When that variable is set (when chromebook is taken off AC), the SATA link starts throwing errors, after which the chromebook crashes.

He also suggests some solutions. In his post he suggests executing a commandline script every time you take the Chromebook off AC, for which you need to go in developer mode. In a comment he suggests a permanent solution, which will disable auto-updates. I will see if I can get those to work and will post an answer if I do. However I think there are multiple ways to go about this and input from other users might be helpful.