yogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThis laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browserlemmy.worldimagemessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square115linkfedilink
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·1 year agoWhich means it’s time for you to switch to Linux
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoLooks like a Chromebook, which means Linux would be a bit hacky and not guaranteed to work well at all.
minus-squareclawdius@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoit’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
minus-squareaeharding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoVeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’ https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoIt’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-down3·1 year agoChromebooks are actually Linux.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoAh, the CNG distro. Chrome’s Not GNU.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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