Which firmware should I install on my Chromebook?

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I have an Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431-C5FM and I want to install GalliumOS on it. It’s from 2016, but I’m reading MrChromebox’s guides and I don’t know if I should install the RW_LEGACY firmware or the UEFI (Full ROM) firmware. I want to run ONLY GalliumOS and I don’t want to dual-boot with chrx or something. Can someone tell me what to do? Thanks!

P.S. I’m gonna remove the write protect screw from it.

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GalliumOS is not supported. It has not had updates in 4 years.

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I don’t care, which one should I use??

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Oh yeah? Well I don’t care that you don’t care!

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I use Arch btw

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I use Linuxfx, I highly recommend it!

You can get 10% off the professional edition with my discount code DONTUSEGALLIUM

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Use UEFI (Full ROM) if you don’t want to dual boot. I am using ChromeOS Flex by the way on UEFI

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Use code “sad” at checkout for 10% off!

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Ok, so actually I can’t use RW_LEGACY because my Chromebook has reached it’s end of life…

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I was thinking about installing Manjaro on it. Would that work with a 32GB SSD?

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If you’re using a unit with soldered storage or eMMC storage, I recommend having the EFI and / on the internal storage with your home directory on a MicroSD card or USB drive externally, especially if you aren’t able to upgrade the 32GB of storage.

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Give it a try. In case it does not work, you can go with a minimal install of Debian 12. That too is supported by the audio script by WeirdTreeThing.