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Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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Meanwhile, the Chromebooks we use at an after-school program where I teach are no longer receiving security updates. I'm not sure how old the machines are, but they're quite speedy compared to other Chromebooks I've used, and perfectly capable of browsing the modern web.

I love the idea of Chrome OS Flex, but I wish Google extended the same support to hardware designed for Chrome OS...

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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I am writing this comment on Chrome OS Flex and can not say enough good things about Chrome OS Flex. I installed it on my wife's old macbook air (~2013) and it brought new life to a machine that we had written off as useless.

The OS does a great job of exactly two things: web browsing and linux stuff. It won't do more than that, but if that's all you need it is great.

I honestly think you could make some decent cash just by buying 9 year old laptops off the internet, installing chrome OS flex, and selling them as perfectly usable chromebooks.

Any questions about what the OS can do? AMA

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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Ha, for a minute I thought Google actually built a Cloud-native OS. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really see the use-case for this. Sounds like it could be an orchestration solution for schools or bootcamps at best. What's incredible about real cloud-native operating systems is that "OS" is merely an acronym. The reality is that companies like Mighty are working on cloud-native computers, where even hardware upgradability is handled without you having to pay attention.

The endgame is that you don't have upgrade your laptop anymore, not just install apps fast.

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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I am writing this comment on Chrome OS Flex and can not say enough good things about Chrome OS Flex. I installed it on my wife's old macbook air (~2013) and it brought new life to a machine that we had written off as useless. The OS does a great job of exactly two things: web browsing and linux stuff. It won't do more than that, but if that's all you need it is great. I honestly think you could make some decent cash…

Last time I ran chromeOS it was those unofficial builds by a guy called “Lex”, needless to say it was a long time ago.

Back then it wasn’t possible to run anything other than Chrome itself outside of dev mode, but I’ve seen people running/installing VSCode on chromeOS (not in the web browser). Is that feasible?

At the same time as I was seeing this, it appeared that the OS actually has a windowing system now, so you can move windows around and have one on top of the other, is that the case? Any quirks with that?

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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I am writing this comment on Chrome OS Flex and can not say enough good things about Chrome OS Flex. I installed it on my wife's old macbook air (~2013) and it brought new life to a machine that we had written off as useless. The OS does a great job of exactly two things: web browsing and linux stuff. It won't do more than that, but if that's all you need it is great. I honestly think you could make some decent cash…

Is there a terminal emulator included? What shell is installed by default?

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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Ha, for a minute I thought Google actually built a Cloud-native OS. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really see the use-case for this. Sounds like it could be an orchestration solution for schools or bootcamps at best. What's incredible about real cloud-native operating systems is that "OS" is merely an acronym. The reality is that companies like Mighty are working on cloud-native computers, where even hardware upgradabi…

What would a cloud native OS look like to you?

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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I am writing this comment on Chrome OS Flex and can not say enough good things about Chrome OS Flex. I installed it on my wife's old macbook air (~2013) and it brought new life to a machine that we had written off as useless. The OS does a great job of exactly two things: web browsing and linux stuff. It won't do more than that, but if that's all you need it is great. I honestly think you could make some decent cash…

What does it do better than simply installing any decent linux distro?

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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Love how Google is advocating this for cost savings and sustainability. If only my School District could use Chrome OS Flex to get some more life out of the fleet 4 year old Chromebook's that can no longer get updates

Replacing an EOL version of Chrome OS with a different version of Chrome OS makes no sense.

Re: Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs

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post #29

Love how Google is advocating this for cost savings and sustainability. If only my School District could use Chrome OS Flex to get some more life out of the fleet 4 year old Chromebook's that can no longer get updates

Replacing an EOL version of Chrome OS with a different version of Chrome OS makes no sense.

Whoosh.
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