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curl -s ftp://ftp.fpsclassico.com/Clux-25.raw.xz|xz -dc|dd of=/dev/sdX ibs=8192 count=3686656 obs=2097152 status=progressas said, when it comes to the image itself this time is kind of a universal (to some extend) one so it combines a regular 64 bits bios system, a efi based system and a 64 bits arm based system. that's probably about the biggest improvement over the previous system images in this forum, instead of having different images for each system, this same image should just pretty much boot in about any regular pc from the last fifteen or more years regardless of anything else (i.e. if it's bios or uefi based only as long it's 64 bits). the 32 bits were just dropped as they are probably not relevant anymore however I still included anyway on top of the main system both a actual mini freedos system and a fully fledged efi shell that both might be needed to service either bios or uefi based systems respectively. the actual system is just the usual latest up-to-date linux I've been using for the last fifteen or more years everywhere preinstalled with all the relevant (to me) software and with a additional 8 GiB partition for user space. as opposed to the previous image this time this is a actual mini running system instead of simply a "live" (i.e. rom based) system. as commented, as I tested on current devices in a actual basic 32 GB usb pen drive there's really no need to run "live" systems anymore, everything can just be perfectly run off there. obviously it will never be as good and reliable as the real thing but the thing is that it was never meant to be, this is just mean for occasional/emergency and repair/testing service instead as it can't be otherwise and just for that is more than good enough.
the local breakthrough of this image is that I finally managed to deploy a arm based system at last on that spare entry level Chromebook I had got a few years back for testing and as on the go backup so in addition to that this system should boot as well on any kukui based (Mediatek MT8183) Chromebook. in particular I tested (and even created this) on a actual kenzo based Chromebook (Acer 311) and everything was 100% functional with the exception of the 3D graphics as those are proprietary so unfortunately you're likely going to need to install and run them as separate binaries services instead by now. the system is the exactly same (just trimmed down a little) as the regular pc one only running a google based kernel instead as most of the mainline ones that I tried at least where incompatible in some way by now. obviously to boot it first you need to set your Chromebook in developer mode and enable usb boot, check google for actual instructions as they could eventually vary (i.e. up-to-date example here). once accomplished that you just run your Chromebook from there which actually turns it into a real workstation. you can probably even "flash" that image into the internal Chromebook drive and it will work although that's probably unnecessary as for that matter just a external usb ssd will do a much better and convenient job. no other modifications (i.e. firmware, hardware etc) are necessary.
the typical requirements for these systems is probably something around 4 GiB of memory which I believe that by nowadays is a reasonable value. the recommended for best performance tough is still 8 GiB so in case of less a swap partition is as well included and attached by default to the Chromebook system (i.e. mine ran with 4 GiB). unfortunately since I still had no time to update the well know game client packages these are not included by now, I hope I can just add those along the way. in any case, these systems are the ones I'll target to create those so maybe someone around here can be interested in testing them. and I think that's all by now, as usual I don't think this is probably of interest to just the general user, but probably it can be nevertheless an interesting tool for the many enthusiast and techs around so if someone around want just give it a try and let me know about it here.