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Google might breathe new life into old Chromebooks with ChromeOS Flex (www.techradar.com)
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Don’t throw away your out-of-date Chromebook just yet as newly found evidence suggests Google may expand the availability of ChromeOS Flex to the old laptops.

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[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Just run Ubuntu or Mint on the old Chromebook and be done with it.

Linux turns a Chromebook into a fully functional machine, and since they are so cheap, you can get a halfway decent “Linuxbook” for less than $200.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chrome OS is Linux though, so you're basically just degoogling it with a cousin distro.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

degoogling

a worthy cause

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