This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browseryogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 532 points – 3 months ago113Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsThis 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=z6oyqrrXTLMRunning 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.Good botI'm pretty sure two gru_bob and gru_kevin have Libreboot support. I forget the name of the exact laptops, it should be in their documentation1 more...
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=z6oyqrrXTLMRunning 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.Good botI'm pretty sure two gru_bob and gru_kevin have Libreboot support. I forget the name of the exact laptops, it should be in their documentation1 more...
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.Good bot
I'm pretty sure two gru_bob and gru_kevin have Libreboot support. I forget the name of the exact laptops, it should be in their documentation
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.
Good bot
I'm pretty sure two gru_bob and gru_kevin have Libreboot support. I forget the name of the exact laptops, it should be in their documentation