Hardware Compatibility
GalliumOS requires "Legacy Boot" features in the firmware of your ChromeOS device. Some devices ship with stock firmware that includes Legacy Boot, and some devices require a firmware update to include it. Others will not work at all.
The chart below lists all ChromeOS devices ever produced, and the vital details regarding their ability to support GalliumOS. If you find any errors, updates, or missing devices, please let us know!
- Intel Haswell, Broadwell, and Ivy/Sandy Bridge Chromebooks and Chromeboxes are supported by GalliumOS
- Intel Bay Trail models are still only available in nightly. They will become available in mainline during Beta 2.
- Intel Pineview models do not have the required firmware features, and are not presently possible to update
- ARM models do not have the required firmware features, and are not presently possible to update
If you run into any issues not covered here, please check our issue tracker and submit a bug report.
Firmware updates for many devices are available from John Lewis or Matt Devillier.
Additionally, some devices can support dual-boot (GalliumOS alongside ChromeOS) either with stock firmware or with updated firmware. See chrx for more details.
Devices with Factory SeaBIOS listed as Unusable may have been patched by Google, but since it is unclear weather the device has been patched, and difficult to tell if your device has the patch, you should flash John Lewis's RW_LEGACY anyway.
If you have found inaccurate information on here, please do not hesitate to contact us about it. We want this to be as accurate as possible.
Yes in the chrx feild means that chrx will work out of the box. JL in the chrx feild means you will need to run John Lewis script to install RW_LEGACY first.
SeaBIOS (John Lewis and Factory), chrx, and GalliumOS support
| ChromeOS Device | Hardware ID | Year | CPU Family | Factory SeaBIOS | John Lewis SeaBIOS | chrx | GalliumOS compatible? (and notes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer C7 | PARROT | 2012 | Intel Sandy Bridge Intel Ivy Bridge |
No | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB |
No | Well Tested
galliumos-sandy |
| Acer C710 | PARROT | 2012 | Intel Sandy Bridge Intel Ivy Bridge |
No | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB |
No | Well Tested
galliumos-sandy |
| Acer C720 | PEPPY | 2013 | Intel Haswell | Yes | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes | Well Tested
galliumos-haswell |
| Acer C720P | PEPPY | 2013 | Intel Haswell | Yes | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes | Well Tested
galliumos-haswell |
| Acer C730 | GNAWTY | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Acer C910 | YUNA | 2014 | Intel Broadwell | Unusable
display not working |
RW_LEGACY | JL | probably
* HiDPI issues likely galliumos-broadwell |
| Acer Chromebook 11 C740 | PAINE | 2014 | Intel Broadwell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | Tested
galliumos-broadwell |
| Acer Chromebook 11 (CB3-111) | GNAWTY | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-531) | BANJO | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Acer Chromebook 15 (CB5-571) | YUNA | 2014 | Intel Broadwell | Unusable
display not working |
RW_LEGACY | JL | probably
* HiDPI issues likely galliumos-broadwell |
| Acer Chromebox CXI | MCCLOUD | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-haswell-cbox |
| Acer Chromebox CXI2 | RIKKU | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-broadwell-cbox |
| ASUS C200 | SQUAWKS | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| ASUS C300 | QUAWKS | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| ASUS Chromebox | PANTHER | 2014 | Intel Haswell | Unusable
keyboard not working |
FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
JL | Yes
galliumos-haswell-cbox |
| ASUS Chromebox CN62 | GUADO | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-broadwell-cbox |
| CTL NL6 Education Chromebook | ENGUARDE | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Dell 11 | CANDY | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Dell 11 | WOLF | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
? JL | Yes
galliumos-haswell |
| Dell 11P | ? | 2015 | Intel Haswell | ? | ? | ? | ?
galliumos-haswell |
| Dell Chromebook 13 | LULU | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | Unusable
display not working |
RW_LEGACY | JL | Yes
galliumos-broadwell |
| Dell Chromebox | TRICKY | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-haswell-cbox |
| Google Chromebook Pixel | LINK | 2013 | Intel Ivy Bridge | Yes | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes | probably
* HiDPI issues likely galliumos-sandy |
| Google Chromebook Pixel | SAMUS | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | Yes (Unusable?) | RW_LEGACY | Yes? JL | probably
* HiDPI issues likely * audio issues reported galliumos-broadwell |
| Haier Chromebook 11 G2 | HELI | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | No (?) | No | No (?)
galliumos-baytrail |
| HP Chromebook 11 G3 | KIP | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| HP Chromebook 11 G4 | KIP | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| HP Chromebook 14 | FALCO | 2013 | Intel Haswell | Yes | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes | Yes
galliumos-haswell |
| HP Chromebook 14 G4 | KIP | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| HP Chromebox | ZAKO | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
? JL | Yes
galliumos-haswell-cbox |
| HP Pavilion | BUTTERFLY | 2013 | Intel Sandy Bridge | No | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB |
No | probably
galliumos-sandy |
| LG Chromebase | MONROE | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
? JL | probably
galliumos-haswell-cbox |
| Lenovo 100S Chromebook | ORCO | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo N20 Chromebook | CLAPPER | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo N20P Chromebook | CLAPPER | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo N21 Chromebook | ENGUARDE | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre Chromebox | TIDUS | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-broadwell-cbox |
| Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga | GLIMMER | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo Thinkpad 11e | GLIMMER | 2015 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Lenovo X131e | STOUT | 2013 | Intel Ivy Bridge | No | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB |
No | probably
galliumos-sandy |
| Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE500C12) | WINKY | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Samsung Series 3 Chromebox | STUMPY | 2012 | Intel Sandy Bridge | No | FULL ROM* *may brick |
No | maybe
galliumos-sandy remove galliumos-laptop |
| Samsung Series 5 550 | LUMPY | 2012 | Intel Sandy Bridge | No | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB |
No | probably
galliumos-sandy |
| Senkatel Edu | ENGUARDE | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Toshiba Chromebook CB30 | LEON | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes? JL | probably
galliumos-haswell |
| Toshiba Chromebook CB35 | LEON | 2014 | Intel Haswell | ? | FULL ROM
BOOT_STUB RW_LEGACY |
Yes? JL | probably
galliumos-haswell |
| Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB30 | SWANKY | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB35 | SWANKY | 2014 | Intel Bay Trail | No | BOOT_STUB | No | Nightly
galliumos-baytrail |
| Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB35 | GANDOF | 2015 | Intel Broadwell | ? | RW_LEGACY | ? JL | probably
galliumos-broadwell |
Intel Pineview and ARM - SeaBIOS Impossible
| ChromeOS Device | Hardware ID | Year | CPU Family | Factory SeaBIOS | John Lewis SeaBIOS | chrx | GalliumOS compatible? (and notes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer AC700 | ZGB | 2011 | Intel Pineview | No | No | No | No |
| Acer Chromebook 13 C810 | (tbd) | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311) | BIG | 2014 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| ASUS C201 | SPEEDY | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| ASUS Flip C100 | MINNIE | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| CTL J2 Chromebook for Education | JERRY | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| CTL J4 Chromebook for Education | JERRY | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Google Cr-48 | MARIO | 2011 | Intel Pineview | No | No | No | No |
| Haier Chromebook 11 | JAQ | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Haier Chromebook 11 (edu) | MIGHTY | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| HEXA Chromebook Pi | EXPRESSO | 2014 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| HiSense Chromebook 11 | JERRY | 2015 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| HP Chromebook 11 G1 | SPRING | 2013 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| HP Chromebook 11 G2 | SKATE | 2013 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| HP Chromebook 14 G3 | BLAZE | 2014 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Samsung ARM Chromebook | SNOW | 2012 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE503C12) | PIT | 2014 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Samsung Chromebook 2 (XE503C32) | PI | 2014 | ARM | No | No | No | No |
| Samsung Series 5 | ALEX | 2011 | Intel Pineview | No | No | No | No |
