yogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThis laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browserlemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1538
arrow-up1538imageThis 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 · 9 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·9 months agoThis device looks to be supported by the custom firmware project over here: https://mrchromebox.tech Basically it allows you to replace the stock firmware and just run regular ol’ Linux, entirely replacing ChromeOS. There’s also a pretty good video outlining most of the process here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
minus-squarethanevim@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoRunning xfce4 Fedora brilliantly on an old Dell Chromebook thanks to this, fully recommended!!
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
This device looks to be supported by the custom firmware project over here: https://mrchromebox.tech
Basically it allows you to replace the stock firmware and just run regular ol’ Linux, entirely replacing ChromeOS.
There’s also a pretty good video outlining most of the process here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
Running xfce4 Fedora brilliantly on an old Dell Chromebook thanks to this, fully recommended!!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
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