Overall the new experience of using Crouton to switch back and forth between Chrome OS and Lubuntu has been smooth. I usually research using Chrome OS and write using Lubuntu. Any activity unrelated to work is also done on the Lubuntu side. Here are some pros and cons…..

Pro

1. Having 2 Oses is just cool

2. My productivity has increased due to the portability and long battery life of the Dell

2. One can write and save documents off-line without using Google Drive

3. Ubuntu and its myriad software

4. Lubuntu and Firefox (with multiple tabs open) is far lighter than Chrome OS with multiple tabs open





Cons

1. Sudo lives in both Oses that is it applies to Gentoo based Chrome OS and Lubuntu…..root in Lubuntu mostly requires command line interaction (eg:synaptic)

2. While working playing media and switching back and forth media play stopps upon switch.

3. Lxkeymap for GB english was not started upon entry

4. The Chrome browser chews memory and cpu use when left open (even when working in Lubuntu)….consumption is around 50% memory, 15-20% cpu

5. Lubuntu updates need to be done manually





A fix

To set your keyboard settings to auto start simply add the following line in order to autostart lxkeymap to your autostart file….



@setxkbmap -layout “gb”

The file is located in your ~ or home folder (in a hidden file)

Go to home hit ctrl + h to see hidden files then go to



/home/-your username folder-/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

and add the above line. Be sure to include the @ sign for it to work…..





Add on



I am now using Numix circle icons and a new blue wallpaper