This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browser
This laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browser
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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
82 0 ReplyRunning xfce4 Fedora brilliantly on an old Dell Chromebook thanks to this, fully recommended!!
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https://www.piped.video/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
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