Crouton Arduino USB To Serial Driver Success

I recently bought a cheap Arduino Board on eBay that came with a CH34x USB to Serial Chip. The eBay seller offered a link and instructions for the drivers for Linux, Mac and Windows. Installing/loading this in Crouton was not straightforward however.

Connecting the board and opening ide shows the lack of connection as expected.  Note the grayed-out ‘Port’ Selector.

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