yogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThis laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browserlemmy.worldimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThis laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browserlemmy.worldyogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLooks like a Chromebook, which means Linux would be a bit hacky and not guaranteed to work well at all.
minus-squaremariusafa@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt likely will work, but may not work 100%. It really depends on how popular this laptop is, and how well-supported it is in the linux community.
minus-squarePoolloverNathan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoChromebooks are actually Linux.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, Google/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Chrome plus Linux.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAh, the CNG distro. Chrome’s Not GNU.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah not not standard Linux distributions. Getting standard Linux to work requires a bunch of messing with drivers
minus-squareclawdius@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoit’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoNice! I gave up on Chromebooks after google screwed me over, but back then it was all very much an improvised hack to get Linux on them. Glad to see that progress has been made!
minus-squareaeharding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoVeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’ https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
Looks like a Chromebook, which means Linux would be a bit hacky and not guaranteed to work well at all.
It’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
It likely will work, but may not work 100%. It really depends on how popular this laptop is, and how well-supported it is in the linux community.
Chromebooks are actually Linux.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, Google/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Chrome plus Linux.
Ah, the CNG distro. Chrome’s Not GNU.
Yeah not not standard Linux distributions. Getting standard Linux to work requires a bunch of messing with drivers
it’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
Nice! I gave up on Chromebooks after google screwed me over, but back then it was all very much an improvised hack to get Linux on them.
Glad to see that progress has been made!
VeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’
https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn