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-square122fedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down112
arrow-up1538arrow-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-square122fedilink
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·7 months agoWhich means it’s time for you to switch to Linux
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoLooks like a Chromebook, which means Linux would be a bit hacky and not guaranteed to work well at all.
minus-squareclawdius@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoit’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
minus-squareaeharding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoVeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’ https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 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-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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.
minus-squaremariusafa@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoIt’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 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-up2arrow-down3·7 months agoChromebooks are actually Linux.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 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-up5·7 months agoAh, the CNG distro. Chrome’s Not GNU.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYeah not not standard Linux distributions. Getting standard Linux to work requires a bunch of messing with drivers
Which means it’s time for you to switch to Linux
Looks like a Chromebook, which means Linux would be a bit hacky and not guaranteed to work well at all.
it’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
VeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’
https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
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!
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.
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.
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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