yogi_pogi@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThis laptop released in 2016 no longer receive OS updates. Which means I can't update Chrome Browserlemmy.worldimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down111
arrow-up1529arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 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-up6·8 months agoit’s gotten a LOT less hacky now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM
minus-squareaeharding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-28 months agoVeronicaExplains and not linking to the Peertube video? That’s a paddlin’ https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 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-up1·8 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-up5·8 months agoIt’s arm right? Just fiddle a bit with the bootloader and that’s it. Similar to Andorided phones
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 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.
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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