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-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 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-up5·9 months agoIt’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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-up2·9 months agoChromebooks are actually Linux.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 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-up5·9 months agoAh, the CNG distro. Chrome’s Not GNU.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYeah not not standard Linux distributions. Getting standard Linux to work requires a bunch of messing with drivers
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
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