Welcome to the GalliumOS Wiki

GalliumOS is a Linux distribution which has been carefully optimized for performance and compatibility on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

Our goal is to outperform ChromeOS on the same hardware, while delivering a full Linux environment.

Beta 1 has been released. Recent nightly builds are stable and will update properly to betas and releases as they become available.

• User Forums are hosted on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/
• Discussion happens on IRC Freenode #galliumos: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net#galliumos
• Development happens on GitHub: https://github.com/GalliumOS
• Issues are tracked on GitHub too: https://github.com/GalliumOS/galliumos-distro/issues

Downloads

Not sure if your Chromebook or Chromebox will support GalliumOS? Check our Hardware Compatibility list.

• GalliumOS Releases
  • Beta 1
  • 1.0 (November 2015)

• GalliumOS Nightly Builds (experimental)
  • Chromebooks: Haswell | Broadwell | Sandy/Ivy Bridge   (?)
  • Chromeboxes: Haswell Chromebox | Broadwell Chromebox   (?)

Documentation

• Why GalliumOS?
• Installing GalliumOS
• Media keys and default keybindings
• Hardware Compatibility

Getting Involved

We are a small team with a big goal, and there are plenty of ways you can get involved:

• Code
• Design
• Devops
• Documentation (including this wiki!)
• Testing and profiling
• and more!

Get in touch via #galliumos or Reddit if you'd like to help.

We'd love to meet you!

• Open GitHub Issues
• Wiki Pages To Be Written
• Beta Testing Focus