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In this wiki, we will use the term ChromeBook to cover both.
== Can I install OSCAR on a ChromeBook or a ChromeBox?==
If it is a recent one, then you can.
== Linux(Beta) ==
The feature added to recent ChromeBooks is called Linux(Beta). You may also find this feature described by the codeword Crostini. If you ChromeBook supports Linux(Beta), then you can run OSCAR on it. If it doesn't, then you can't.
== Does my ChromeBook have an SD Card slot?==
It almost certainly does, but it might be a slot for a micro SD Card.
Most CPAP machines use a full size SD Card though.
== I'm thinking of buying a ChromeBook, how can I tell if it supports Linux(Beta)?==To learn how to answer that, go to this page [[what What ChromeBooks support Linux(Beta) aka Crostini?]]
== I already have a ChromeBook, how can I tell if it supports Linux(Beta)?==You could follow the instructions above, but as you already have one, it's probably easiest to just see if it can be enabled. === The first thing to do is to make sure your Chromebook is up to date.===
If a ChromeBook is left on and connected to the Internet, it will update itself, and then ask you to restart it so it uses the latest version.
But we want to make sure, so, on your ChromeBook, go to Settings->About Chrome OS and see if there are any updates to apply.
=== If you have enabled Linux(Beta), then the next stage in the installation process is to learn which kind of CPU your ChromeBook uses.===
To do this, open the browser, and type chrome://system and press enter
Search for the term "uname". to the right of uname, you will see text that tells you what type of CPU you have. this will likely be AMD, or Intel, or you may see aarch64 or ARMv8.
If you see Intel or AMD, then you will need the package with amd64 in its name, or if you see aarch64 or ARMv8, then you will need the package with arm64 in its name.
== How do I install OSCAR on my ChromeBook?==
Go to the Oscar downloads page; there's a link to that close to the middle of the black horizontal bar
=== What you need to do now is to install the .deb file that you downloaded. ===We don't need to do this in Linux, it's simpler to do it from Chrome.
Do you know where the file was saved? You may have had your browser set to save it in your Downloads folder, or you may have had it set to ask you where to save anything (in which case, you probably know). Either way, now open the Chrome Files App, and go to the folder with the .deb file that you downloaded.
You can launch it now, and you can also close the window that told you that invited you to install it.
== '''If you launch it now...''' ==
If we are successful, we will be given a small square window that asks us to select our language as English.
When you get to this point, or if you see OSCAR start up, then you are halfway there, but please '''STOP NOW ''' and don't go any further.
The next part of installation on Chrome will be to create a profile and then to import from an SD Card.
You may have made a profile before, and you may have imported from an SD Card before, but importing from an SD card on Chrome OS for the first time is quite different, so do '''NOT ''' try it until you have gone back to the page above this one, and read all of the instructions about how to do it.
After it's been done once, it will be simple.
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