It's the Linux kernel developers who have been supporting older laptops, not Google. Every Linux kernel comes with tons of drivers for every conceivable device.
Adding to @@phrtao , ChromeOS has also brought a great cloud based operating system that means you can pick up ChromeOS content on another device later. Great for education.
@Hades Most big tech companies submit patches to linux kernel git but it's upto linux foundation to accept those and merge otherwise changes won't merge.
Looks like Google is leveraging more from the Linux architecture, with live sessions. This technology is nothing new to Linux users, but a very welcome addition for ChromeOS. I've been trying to find a viable ChromeOS VM for VitualBox.I think you may have just shown me a solution
I think they changed the kernel for this as they're older one only supported devices google made but this one seems more take the linux kernel and add way more support.
I'm a Windows and Linux guy but this is awesome. A couple of years ago I installed Cloud Ready into my brother's HP Steam 11", and that was a huge improvement. From that point, my brother could use the laptop with an easy and somewhat familiar interface, very simple to use (a must as he is not tech savvy at all). This move from Google will make ChomeOS gain even more market share.
To expand a bit, the laptop was much faster and the battery lasted longer. Before he would pick up the laptop every 2 or 3 months and it needed updates and ended not using it at all, now he uses it more regularly cause there is less down time.
@@soumilswapna Windows 10 and 11 uses more resources compared to chrome OS my laptop is always on the charger because of it on chrome os I can go without charging a laptop for at least three days.
This is great. As someone who deals with aging laptops in a school, this would be a great alternative to purchasing brand new equipment and just revitalizing our current hardware to mesh with the fleet of Chromebooks they've added over the last year.
you know you could have done this for years already with CloudReady? That too could be managed via the Google admin console and use the same policies as a Chromebook.
I threw it onto two older MacBook Airs, a 2013 and 2014 core i7. Works great! I was honestly surprised how easy the install was and how well they run now. They look, feel and run like I'd expect a brand new current 2022 Chromebook to run.
As someone who’s been installing actual Chrome OS and making them run on Windows laptops for years either through Project Croissant or the Chromify script from 2013, this is really a pleasant surprise and I’m hella glad Google Finally released this after so many years of locking Chrome OS on official hardware.
In my opinion this is actually a good thing in the long run. It'll boost the market share of chrome OS and it'll likely be the first step in transitioning over to a more standardized version of Chrome OS that'll be easier to maintain for Google. As for Android support. While I understand they're still probably porting that over, it is sad that it is omitted since it is arguably Chrome OS's biggest selling point. Other than that. The wider hardware support is likely from the kernel. The kernel team essentially discouraged close sourced drivers heavily. Which resulted in hardware manufacturers instead directly adding their driver source code to the kernel itself. Which means said drivers are actually kept up to date as the internal structure of the kernel evolved.
I'm a Chromebook user, and I like it quite a bit. I would love it if Google somehow found a way to get Flex to work on old Android tablets. What an expansion on their user base that would be!
That wouldn't be an expansion of their user base at all, literally +0. They already own Android. Why would they care whether you're using Google OS Number 1 or Google OS Number 2? Making it work on a Tablet would be pretty easy but I don't think it'd run that well on an old Android tablet.
@@Secondarian Well there are some benefits like being able to use Linux programs as well as Android app store instead of solely just the app store, tablets more like 2 in 1 laptops which works for many people (when those feature does eventually get added hopefully)
@@blastu99 Flex doesnt have Android app support as I understand it. Neither did Clouready. You could however install a "Crostini Linux" something or other on Cloudready. I ran Cloudready and that Linux thing on a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo V5505, which is a dual core with 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM (No that is not a typo - DDR2 RAM) for a couple of months on the daily last year during the summer just to try something different and it was an okay experience. I had to ditch it though as every 3-4 hours it would throw me off the internet and I would have to reboot to get it back on. I ditched it about a month after Google bought out Cloudready. Then, I'm no gamer so browsing, writing google docs, using e-mails, reading e-books and watching RUclips is what I did on it. I havent tried the flex version yet but when I get the time and they get it out of "beta"...
@@blastu99 I only mentioned it in passing because it bears repeating. I watched quite a few videos prior to installing Cloudready on my machine and all, and I do mean all, of those videos stated "turn your windows laptop/pc into a Chromebook". They all praised and raved about the wonders of Cloudready and how it could turn your old computer into a chromebook. I dont think I found even one video that mentioned the lack of android support. That lack of support and specifically the lack of at least mentioning it in the video always irritated me. It is, in my opinion, not a chromebook without android support and claiming otherwise is somewhat deceitful. That's just me, though. I remember installing it after those bold claims in those videos and discovering that lack of android support myself which made me feel rather annoyed with those people. Now I see in the title of this video for instance the exact same thing happening all over again with the flex version. That is the reason I mentioned it.
I believe this is an awesome project by Google. I just installed Google Chrome Flex on my aging mid 2011 Macbook Air and it surprisingly works well. It's a very smooth experience for now. It definitely revitalizes the aging hardware on my macbook.
I've been wondering about that, though the C720 has the same issue as my old Toshiba - 2GB or RAM, which is apparently not supported for any computer with this system. Still, I imagine there are tons of unsupported Chromebooks now that meet the RAM requirement. Perhaps it will be possible to work around this.
And also the best possible way for users using Windows 10 on "Windows 11 unsupported hardware", now they can instead install Chrome OS flex and with some tinkering around the Linux support, they can be up and running.
yeah google is going to overthrow microsoft. first android users are alot, now they are putting that same chrome browser in the android devices into computers we already have.
I installed Windows 11 on a Surface Pro 3, and it ran fine. I have no idea why Microsoft doesn't let more devices run Windows 11 because they clearly can.
What a smart move ! While Apple and Microsoft are cutting out users with built in obsolescence Google is expanding it's user base. Think what it will mean for poorer countries where most people cannot afford the latest and greatest hardware.
this is not googles work at all. this is pretty much 100% the work of Linux devs. google could have enabled something like this at any point in ChromiumOS's development, but have only done it now, just to then steal the credit of the linux devs that made it possible.
@@phrtao just because they pirate windows does not mean that the hardware is old. The OS can run on lower tier silicon as well. It's a mentality, you understand why you need to pay for hardware, but not why you also have to pay for software. I come from a country that when I was growing up, this was the default mind set. People I knew had top tier gaming setup, but cracked windows and games. And you need Windows for games, therefore Linux is not an option for your average user.
why is apple even being mentioned here. I mean they are the hogs and all with their closed source hardware , well not anymore now that they support intel processors, but with their software.
Like others said, it’s the magic of the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel allows us to run Chrome OS via Brunch already on A LOT of unsupported hardware. And it makes sense to make it all official. Get people using your OS on the device they choose. Get them into your system.
Chrome OS is awesome. All I want from Chrome OS is to run Linux apps natively, not in a container. Then include those Linux apps and Web Apps in their Play Store. Boom. It will be even better than Windows for many people. In just a matter of time, people will build Linux and Web Apps specifically considering the Chrome OS.
I've set up Linux on my Chromebook and and every Linux program runs in its own window, you'll never notice that. Just do this, after enabling Linux, in a terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales (pick your language, then after it finished, leave the terminal, switch it off and reopen) sudo apt update sudo apt install gnome-software gnome-packagekit aptitude sudo apt update (to be sure) You'll have a decent software store, graphical and all, plus if you need it also a textbased one. I installed and office set, Gimp and also a Linuxbased browser.
@@ericodijk I use Linux, installing Linux apps from terminal isn't an issue for me. I wanted in the Play Store, because it will be useful for many people. I hate having a seperate Linux store, I left Windows because of those dual apps for everything and different UIs in different places.
Running Chrome OS Flex on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro at this moment and gotta say it's a funny feeling. I've never really gotten into this whole Chrome OS thing and just wanted to try out something new with a device that hasn't been turned on for years. The system response is quick and everything, but there are definitely quirks such as shabby touchpad drivers, no Play Store, etc. I feel like there's not much I can do with this refreshed device outside of basic web browsing, although that's maybe partially due to my unfamiliarity with Chrome OS. But I'm interested in watching how it unfolds in the future
Whilst it's harder to set up the initial install, brunch seems to work much better on my machines then flex does. More importantly, brunch includes the play store and android apps.
I love it. Using Chromebook for years now as my mobile device. On My Desktop i still use dual Boot windows and manjaro. I dont want to manage multiple devices, so my mobile device is just a chromebook. Works absolutly fine.
Hi, can you install chrome flex os on an old chromebook which I just received notice no longer supported. Google said they would not support and recommand to install Flex.
My Toshiba Chromebook2 (2015) (Broadwell/GANDOF) hit it's End-of-Life date almost a year ago, so I installed Mr. Chromebox's Full UEFI ROM and Gallium Linux. Today, I installed Flex and it works perfectly. My guess is that most/all old Intel Chromebooks will work with Flex and Mr. Chromebox's ROM.
I tried it yesterday on my 2011 ThinkPad Edge 14 0578CTO Core i5 460M 8Gb RAM 500Gb SSD and it ran fine from USB. It even picked up my Android phone from synced settings with my Chromebook Duet! I didn't have much time to play with it but I may replace my Kubuntu 20.04 LTS install with it. I need to spend some more time with it first though.
@@kurasibe8405 not yet Google has an incentive to do a lot more with this OS sensor going to be offering schools with old windows hardware this software
It's working! I have been trying for a while to run a USB chrome os, with limited progress. Now, this thing just me taste a real, unlimited chrome os. Great!! Thanks!!
Finally upgraded to a new pc, and retired my 2017 lenovo. Switched an old acer from middle school (2012) (still on windows 8) and have one at my apartment and one at my parents home, everything I change and add on one gets added to the other, and I don’t have to bring either heavy old laptop on my commute. Very convenient for everything except gaming (but I’m finding lots of fun io games). If I can figure out how to remote desktop my pc everything’ll be perfect
So strange. My old Chromebook was not supported with OS update anymore. So I have flashed my BIOS in order to install full Linux OS on it and use it like that for a while with having always some issues with keyboard controls not working. Now I can get back with a supported Chrome OS on my old Chromebook by installing Chrome OS Flex through a USB key. Wow! No surprise, everything works very well. It is a Chromebook after all. That old Chromebook is now maintained up to date with the latest OS and security. So cool!
Well, according to google, Chrome OS flex is not a full blown Chrome OS: "Chrome OS Flex does not support Android apps or Google Play" "Chrome OS Flex does not support running Windows virtual machines (VMs) using Parallels Desktop" "support for Linux development environment on Chrome OS Flex varies, depending on the specific model. Review the Certified models list to check if your models support Linux on Chrome OS Flex" For me the main problem is Android apps not being supported. I still think a light linux distro typically is better and more flexible.
I think it's awesome that google is doing this, but my one point of contention with this video is that the laptop this was run on is a pretty powerful machine with an intel 10th gen processor, a Nvidia RTX card, and likely a lot of ram and an ssd to match. Case and point, pretty much any operating system is going to run very well on that thing, considering that it's made for the x86 instruction set. However, I did try Flex on a very low-end laptop with an Intel Celeron N2840, 2GB of ram, and 32GB eMMC memory, and I have to say it ran pretty well. It wasn't silky smooth, but it ran better than I expected. I think I'm pretty happy with the thing.
Hey i had experience with laptops with 32b emmc and i tell you its a dead end. I mean windows 10 needs realistically about 40 gb to run. so those laptops are sitting at pawn shops and I think they are the prime candidates which will save the from going to the wasteland.
@@smgsngon5804 Yeah those things are really not usable. The worst part is that, if I am to assume that my Toshiba is the common design, nothing is upgradable. You basically have the equivalent of a 32GB SD card and 2GB of ram soldered to a board, and unless you know how to mod stuff you're stuck. My Toshiba sold with a 32-bit version of Win10 that was stuck in version 1511 because of unsufficient storage. The lifespan on those things is very short. Probably just going to keep it as a Chrome book. It works well for that function.
This is great but I have a few questions. Can you dual boot with this? Before Google bought it I couldn't get cloudready to dual boot. It wanted to rewrite the whole disk. Also, I heard Google said while it will run on EOL Chromebooks they wouldn't be supporting it. It is strange why this would run on and be supported on much older machines but not be supported on a Chromebook that was freshly EOL. Last question, like a Linux live USB do you need to make a new one everytime the OS version changes? Or is there a way to update the USB without installing it on the PC? Meaning if I am running it from a live USB will it prompt me to update to the next version and will I be able to update from directly from/to the live USB from the OS GUI or do I have to make a new live CD? This is definitely exciting news though. Thank you.
I'm using Chrome OS Flex booted from a USB on a 2008 MacBook right now to watch this video! I'm finding that Flex is faster than using chrome on Mac 10.7.5. I'd like to be able to install it as an option for dual boot. On the Mac side, chrome quit getting updates WAY back. On Flex I now have full access to my google drive again. If you have any suggestions on how to create a dual boot option, let me know! I'm a long time subscriber to the channel and am always grateful for effort y'all put into creating great content. - Stanford M
@@sghantous haven't had any issues with it being unresponsive. It was a little too sensitive at first. I don't know if it had to do with Flex booting from the USB, but I was able to go into the settings and pull back the sensitivity. A couple of times it has seemed to have issues with disconnecting from the wifi networks, but it usually reconnects pretty quickly. I made an attempt to dual boot the macbook by partitioning off some space on the hard drive and installing Flex onto that partition, but would up wiping 10.7.5 completely off. I thought that might happen and it's no big deal, because I have a time machine back up of the computer just minutes before I accidentally wiped it. I decided not to try to "fix" Lion, but just to see how it works as a Macbook Chromebook. About a year ago I upgraded the ram, battery, and installed an SSD. Even with those upgrades, it wasn't fantastic. I was basically using it like a Chromebook anyway. So far it's better in every way! It's significantly faster loading anything. The start up time is super fast. The version of chrome that was able to run on Lion was way out of date. I had lost access to my google drive account. RUclips was super slow. I wasn't able to upload videos to youtube. But now, I can do all of those things and fast! I'm curious if my battery life will increase with Flex. I never tested it with the new battery on Lion, so I won't really have any way to know. The only mac program I don't know of a counterpart to so far is iMovie. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. On Lion I couldn't even explore chrome based programs and apps because Lion is too old. Chrome OS Flex has basically given me a new chromebook... And if there's one thing I love, it's finding new uses for old tech!
Any chance they will introduce HDD access? Where is the point (except selling cloud space) to let you install that on old laptop where you can't access memory? Or maybe I did something wrong? Please advise.
I installed it on an old Macbook Air. It generally works OK. It doesn't seem to be able to use the computer's camera, though, and there seems to be nothing in the settings to enable you to fix this.
When i fully install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Acer 4752z, I cannot using my Wi-Fi and brightness for directly the first time, so I need to set up everything using terminal and connect to internet using my phone usb tethering. So i back to Win 10 which is takes a lot times to boot until ready to use... When I try Lubuntu 22.04 LTS from my USB flash drive it's also experienced the same problem (wifi and brightness control not working). Trust me, it is totally different when using the Chrome OS Flex from the same USB flash drive. Takes around 1 minutes to boot and the Wi-Fi and the screen brightness work directly without any setup. Good work Google!.
I'm curious how it treats the keyboard? On a PC running this does Caps Lock = Caps Lock? Or is it the Search key? Same question about the function keys as well. Thanks.
I would love to see how this works on 2 in one devices like the surface pro or dell latitude 5290. This could make a great low price alternative for students or those of us who only need a device to work on the go, between desktops. It would be good to know how USI pen support works in these situations.
I've tried it out on a few Apple devices that aren't on the approved list, with mixed results, mostly input devices. Worked well on a couple of old iMacs, and is super zippy, as you'd expect from ChromeOS. I'd love to try this as a virtual machine. Has anyone tried that yet?
You said you tried it on a couple of old iMac's. By any chance on a iMac G4 (the sunflower so to say) and it's PowerPC processor? I have one here and I like to take it in use with a liux distro or (if possible) Chrome OS. Abd chances this might work with Chrome OS Flex?
@@mxmobile5619 , I don't understand: I've read several sites where Linux is installed on an old iMac G4. Are you suggesting that doing that will create an unsafe situation? Maybe I'm lacking knowledge on this point.
but, what happen if i want to install idk a windows or linux application, i dont have the developers option, and in my case my hp laptop with chrome os flex, the network card doesn´t work, and i can´t go to the kernel o brunch config to fix it because i don´t have developer option, so idk if you can help me with that
i tried to install chrome os flex on my macbooc air mid 2015 and my lenovo ideapad 5 from 2020 with ryzen 4500u and both times it doesnt work. After installation i got a grey screen on both devices.
I tried this on an older MacBook Air. Everything seems fine but the camera. It shows no camera hardware available. This model is listed as "minor issues expected" so I guess I can't complain. :o)
I know that the hardware I want ChromeOS to support isn't what Google intends users to run ChromeOS on, but I've got a confession to make. I have a pretty well specced out Windows gaming PC. When I have school assignments to do or simply want to focus on something other than gaming running ChromeOS on it would be awesome. I hope support for NVidia GPUs makes its way to Flex eventually so I can take advantage of the awesome OS Chrome is!
I am very interested in doing this on Chromebook Pixel 2013. I have used cloudready on it but needed android apps or alternative so currently office software so running Ubuntu 18.04 on it. Can you install Flex on it?
4:10 no android apps yet until it officially releases, but linux does work. for some devices you need to boot into a ubuntu live usb and change the grub config file to ignore mitigation for stuff like spectre and meltdown ( essentially a bug that they have not bothered to fix yet ) and then it just works.
I installed Chrome OS Flex on my Lenovo Ideapad 5 (Amd 4700u 8gb ram 500GB Nvme). Cloudready wouldn't boot but Chrome OS Flex does. dam its fast. Linux mode turned on working a treat too. shame Android play store isn't on here yet.
see comment above from Alan Morrison "My Toshiba Chromebook2 (2015) (Broadwell/GANDOF) hit it's End-of-Life date almost a year ago, so I installed Mr. Chromebox's Full UEFI ROM and Gallium Linux. Today, I installed Flex and it works perfectly. My guess is that most/all old Intel Chromebooks will work with Flex and Mr. Chromebox's ROM."
Ok. Thank you for approaching the chrome OS and the chrome OS flex. But you individually praise them and that is why I do not have a solution to install which of the two. So, I have an old laptop and I would use Chrome for viewing social networks, printing text and possible instant photo processing. I'm not a student (I'm the other one). Well, which variant do you suggest to me. Advance, of course, grateful.
I've been using Cloudready for about a year now, on a 14-year old Acer laptop which used to run Windows Vista. Five years ago I already switched that to Linux, dual booting Mint and Debian, so I could continue to use it for playing my own music cd's on it. Now that is something that ChromeOS, ChromiumOS and thus Cloudready will not do, not even in a Linux container. So that old Acer is currently triple booting Cloudready 96, Mint and Debian. How to do that? First install Cloudready and let it update. Newest versions have a lot less partitions, you'l want that. After it is finished, install Mint using a USB stick. When it offers to use part or all of your harddrive, you should opt for the manual (other) install and first open gparted to edit your partitions. Do NOT touch any Cloudready partition, except for the one called STATE (or H-STATE), this one you could make smaller, since it is your user space. Something like 30GB should be more than sufficient. The Rest is open, so you can put your Linux ext4 partitions there. Now Mint will install and therefore manage the startup menu (unless you chose not to and let another distro take care of that, just not Cloudready) and every time you start the laptop, you'll get the choice. Now there will always be TWO choices for Cloudready, one is the newest and the other the previous. Remember that. Every time you'll get an update, after that go to Mint, open a terminal and do sudo update-grub. After that, you can reboot into the new Cloudready. It's so incridibly fast.
It would be great if you guys had a table on your website for chrome os vs windows as you test installing chrome os on various laptops. Seeing the battery life, speed benchmarks of windows vs chromeos
Agreed. Though you can manually install the official branch of ChromeOS with working Play Store and Linux Beta if you wanted to, on a Windows Ultrabook.
@Mohammed Mesum Hussain look at it this way. Since chrome OS flex is basically just another linux distro this is similar news to another Ubuntu fork. But if Ubuntu bought that fork, spent years incorporating it and finally made it an official Ubuntu distribution.
@@blueciffer1653 it's fantastic I updated my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with it and my Acer Aspire 1 A114-31 (which was running windows 10) - zero glitches at all - currently watching HBO MAX with Bluetooth audio
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It's the Linux kernel developers who have been supporting older laptops, not Google. Every Linux kernel comes with tons of drivers for every conceivable device.
What Google has done is packaged it and given it a brand with a polished, consistent interface that is very friendly to non-techy users.
Adding to @@phrtao , ChromeOS has also brought a great cloud based operating system that means you can pick up ChromeOS content on another device later. Great for education.
It's mostly community that contributed linux kernel but no Linux distro have similar UX like chrome os. That's Google's credit
Its offline use too right?
@Hades Most big tech companies submit patches to linux kernel git but it's upto linux foundation to accept those and merge otherwise changes won't merge.
Looks like Google is leveraging more from the Linux architecture, with live sessions. This technology is nothing new to Linux users, but a very welcome addition for ChromeOS.
I've been trying to find a viable ChromeOS VM for VitualBox.I think you may have just shown me a solution
I think they changed the kernel for this as they're older one only supported devices google made but this one seems more take the linux kernel and add way more support.
Using linux kernel make it less stable and less secure but more compatibility
I'm a Windows and Linux guy but this is awesome. A couple of years ago I installed Cloud Ready into my brother's HP Steam 11", and that was a huge improvement. From that point, my brother could use the laptop with an easy and somewhat familiar interface, very simple to use (a must as he is not tech savvy at all).
This move from Google will make ChomeOS gain even more market share.
To expand a bit, the laptop was much faster and the battery lasted longer.
Before he would pick up the laptop every 2 or 3 months and it needed updates and ended not using it at all, now he uses it more regularly cause there is less down time.
@@Manuel-rl6um really, battery benefitted??
Hot damn, I think I must try it in my mainstream laptop.
@@soumilswapna Windows 10 and 11 uses more resources compared to chrome OS my laptop is always on the charger because of it on chrome os I can go without charging a laptop for at least three days.
@@soumilswapna yep.
Chrome OS is Linux and windows is TRASHHHHHH
This is great. As someone who deals with aging laptops in a school, this would be a great alternative to purchasing brand new equipment and just revitalizing our current hardware to mesh with the fleet of Chromebooks they've added over the last year.
you know you could have done this for years already with CloudReady? That too could be managed via the Google admin console and use the same policies as a Chromebook.
@@webbo73 exactly lol
@@dunkeykung1162 just install linux chrome os is not good
I might just be spoiled but for 90% of my work it feels either impossible or impossibly slow to accomplish anything on ChromeOS.
What they have done is make it super simple, so that your average user can easily revive an old laptop. That's the key here.
I threw it onto two older MacBook Airs, a 2013 and 2014 core i7. Works great! I was honestly surprised how easy the install was and how well they run now. They look, feel and run like I'd expect a brand new current 2022 Chromebook to run.
Exactly, those old but still amazing CPUs are MOST DEFINITELY better than the Celerons and Pentiums that the majority of Chromebooks use actually.
As someone who’s been installing actual Chrome OS and making them run on Windows laptops for years either through Project Croissant or the Chromify script from 2013, this is really a pleasant surprise and I’m hella glad Google Finally released this after so many years of locking Chrome OS on official hardware.
That's what surprised me too...
I scoffed at Neverware's CloudReady coz it was limiting for a Windows user.
But now its much more compelling
In my opinion this is actually a good thing in the long run. It'll boost the market share of chrome OS and it'll likely be the first step in transitioning over to a more standardized version of Chrome OS that'll be easier to maintain for Google.
As for Android support. While I understand they're still probably porting that over, it is sad that it is omitted since it is arguably Chrome OS's biggest selling point.
Other than that. The wider hardware support is likely from the kernel. The kernel team essentially discouraged close sourced drivers heavily. Which resulted in hardware manufacturers instead directly adding their driver source code to the kernel itself. Which means said drivers are actually kept up to date as the internal structure of the kernel evolved.
I'm a Chromebook user, and I like it quite a bit. I would love it if Google somehow found a way to get Flex to work on old Android tablets. What an expansion on their user base that would be!
That wouldn't be an expansion of their user base at all, literally +0. They already own Android. Why would they care whether you're using Google OS Number 1 or Google OS Number 2? Making it work on a Tablet would be pretty easy but I don't think it'd run that well on an old Android tablet.
@@Secondarian Well there are some benefits like being able to use Linux programs as well as Android app store instead of solely just the app store, tablets more like 2 in 1 laptops which works for many people (when those feature does eventually get added hopefully)
@@blastu99 Flex doesnt have Android app support as I understand it. Neither did Clouready. You could however install a "Crostini Linux" something or other on Cloudready.
I ran Cloudready and that Linux thing on a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo V5505, which is a dual core with 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM (No that is not a typo - DDR2 RAM) for a couple of months on the daily last year during the summer just to try something different and it was an okay experience. I had to ditch it though as every 3-4 hours it would throw me off the internet and I would have to reboot to get it back on. I ditched it about a month after Google bought out Cloudready.
Then, I'm no gamer so browsing, writing google docs, using e-mails, reading e-books and watching RUclips is what I did on it.
I havent tried the flex version yet but when I get the time and they get it out of "beta"...
@@nalk20 i already know it doesnt support android apps at this moment, but maybe in the future as i stated
@@blastu99 I only mentioned it in passing because it bears repeating.
I watched quite a few videos prior to installing Cloudready on my machine and all, and I do mean all, of those videos stated "turn your windows laptop/pc into a Chromebook". They all praised and raved about the wonders of Cloudready and how it could turn your old computer into a chromebook. I dont think I found even one video that mentioned the lack of android support.
That lack of support and specifically the lack of at least mentioning it in the video always irritated me. It is, in my opinion, not a chromebook without android support and claiming otherwise is somewhat deceitful.
That's just me, though.
I remember installing it after those bold claims in those videos and discovering that lack of android support myself which made me feel rather annoyed with those people.
Now I see in the title of this video for instance the exact same thing happening all over again with the flex version. That is the reason I mentioned it.
I believe this is an awesome project by Google. I just installed Google Chrome Flex on my aging mid 2011 Macbook Air and it surprisingly works well. It's a very smooth experience for now. It definitely revitalizes the aging hardware on my macbook.
I WILL FOR SURE TRY THIS ON MY EVEN MORE AGING 2009 DELL LATITUDE
(Once Chrome OS Flex reaches *Stable* that is... Which is within a month or 2 maybe)
I find it odd that they make this available, yet they are still aging out older Chromebooks like the Acer C720.
I have a C740 that I plan to try this on.
I've been wondering about that, though the C720 has the same issue as my old Toshiba - 2GB or RAM, which is apparently not supported for any computer with this system. Still, I imagine there are tons of unsupported Chromebooks now that meet the RAM requirement. Perhaps it will be possible to work around this.
@@YeOldeTraveller you sure you can run it on actual Chromebooks? Historically this was not supported with CloudReady I don't think
I think this is probably the most convincing event to date to make Microsoft remove those ridiculous arbitrary Windows 11 spec requirements.
And also the best possible way for users using Windows 10 on "Windows 11 unsupported hardware", now they can instead install Chrome OS flex and with some tinkering around the Linux support, they can be up and running.
yeah google is going to overthrow microsoft. first android users are alot, now they are putting that same chrome browser in the android devices into computers we already have.
I installed Windows 11 on a Surface Pro 3, and it ran fine. I have no idea why Microsoft doesn't let more devices run Windows 11 because they clearly can.
Will this work on older orphaned Chromebooks? I have 2 beautiful Chromebook shaped paper weights just waiting for an updatable Chrome OS.
I'd like to know the answer to that as well. Can Chrome Os Flex give new life to the Chromebooks that don't receive updates anymore?
Precisely my question. I have an Acer Chromebook that will be sunsetting in June 2024.
im 100% sure it can, because you can flash chromebook with windows/linux im pretty sure you can put chrome os flex
Probably only with Intel Chromebooks, and probably only if you unlock the bootloader.
Yes you can, but Google does not advise
I’ve already used CloudReady on an old HP laptop so I’m excited Google is getting involved!
so how do you get chrome flex 0S you did not show how to get it. Or how to put it on an old laptop. Did I miss something here?
What a smart move ! While Apple and Microsoft are cutting out users with built in obsolescence Google is expanding it's user base. Think what it will mean for poorer countries where most people cannot afford the latest and greatest hardware.
this is not googles work at all. this is pretty much 100% the work of Linux devs.
google could have enabled something like this at any point in ChromiumOS's development, but have only done it now, just to then steal the credit of the linux devs that made it possible.
You mean the countries where 99% of the people that use computers have a pirated copy of Windows?
@@notloki3140 quite possibly. Pirated or not Windows is still not very good at leveraging old hardware
@@phrtao just because they pirate windows does not mean that the hardware is old. The OS can run on lower tier silicon as well. It's a mentality, you understand why you need to pay for hardware, but not why you also have to pay for software. I come from a country that when I was growing up, this was the default mind set. People I knew had top tier gaming setup, but cracked windows and games. And you need Windows for games, therefore Linux is not an option for your average user.
why is apple even being mentioned here. I mean they are the hogs and all with their closed source hardware , well not anymore now that they support intel processors, but with their software.
how to install Google play on chrome flex?
Like others said, it’s the magic of the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel allows us to run Chrome OS via Brunch already on A LOT of unsupported hardware. And it makes sense to make it all official. Get people using your OS on the device they choose. Get them into your system.
Chrome OS is awesome. All I want from Chrome OS is to run Linux apps natively, not in a container. Then include those Linux apps and Web Apps in their Play Store. Boom. It will be even better than Windows for many people. In just a matter of time, people will build Linux and Web Apps specifically considering the Chrome OS.
I really hope that happens
@@PsalmistScribe native linux? Yes linux apps in play store won't happen tho
@Mohammed Mesum Hussain I have no issues with performance. I dont like that it has a seperate storage space.
I've set up Linux on my Chromebook and and every Linux program runs in its own window, you'll never notice that.
Just do this, after enabling Linux, in a terminal:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
(pick your language, then after it finished, leave the terminal, switch it off and reopen)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnome-software gnome-packagekit aptitude
sudo apt update (to be sure)
You'll have a decent software store, graphical and all, plus if you need it also a textbased one.
I installed and office set, Gimp and also a Linuxbased browser.
@@ericodijk I use Linux, installing Linux apps from terminal isn't an issue for me. I wanted in the Play Store, because it will be useful for many people. I hate having a seperate Linux store, I left Windows because of those dual apps for everything and different UIs in different places.
Running Chrome OS Flex on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro at this moment and gotta say it's a funny feeling. I've never really gotten into this whole Chrome OS thing and just wanted to try out something new with a device that hasn't been turned on for years.
The system response is quick and everything, but there are definitely quirks such as shabby touchpad drivers, no Play Store, etc. I feel like there's not much I can do with this refreshed device outside of basic web browsing, although that's maybe partially due to my unfamiliarity with Chrome OS. But I'm interested in watching how it unfolds in the future
Whilst it's harder to set up the initial install, brunch seems to work much better on my machines then flex does. More importantly, brunch includes the play store and android apps.
I'm running full blown Chrome OS on a Lenovo T550 ( 16gb ram and 5th i7) and this thing is flying 🔥 I still have Windows 11 on dual boot though
I love it. Using Chromebook for years now as my mobile device. On My Desktop i still use dual Boot windows and manjaro. I dont want to manage multiple devices, so my mobile device is just a chromebook. Works absolutly fine.
Can I run ChrimeOS flex on a Chromebook that has passed its AUE date ?
Hi, can you install chrome flex os on an old chromebook which I just received notice no longer supported. Google said they would not support and recommand to install Flex.
My Acer C720 came back to life oso. I do hope they also can running Google Play Store
Been using ChromeOS Flex for the first time for about a day already on an old laptop and it runs quite good for the age
hey i need help
have downloaded it on one of my old hp laptop but the screen is stuck on the white screen with chrome logo
what should i do !!!
Do you found a solution?
Y'all, its not yet *Stable*
The Stable version will be out in a month or two, after which such issues won't exist (hopefully)
My Toshiba Chromebook2 (2015) (Broadwell/GANDOF) hit it's End-of-Life date almost a year ago, so I installed Mr. Chromebox's Full UEFI ROM and Gallium Linux. Today, I installed Flex and it works perfectly. My guess is that most/all old Intel Chromebooks will work with Flex and Mr. Chromebox's ROM.
Oh thank you, I have the same awesome chromebook that it would be awesome to keep using.
I tried it yesterday on my 2011 ThinkPad Edge 14 0578CTO Core i5 460M 8Gb RAM 500Gb SSD and it ran fine from USB. It even picked up my Android phone from synced settings with my Chromebook Duet! I didn't have much time to play with it but I may replace my Kubuntu 20.04 LTS install with it. I need to spend some more time with it first though.
Not working for me , I use the chrome recovery utility on windows to create my usb , on the third step it just crash when it ask for admin privileged
I've used cloud ready for years I'm excited to try this. Hopefully comes with Android app support which was always missing with cloud ready
I'd easily switch to it but I'm waiting for Andriod and Linux support hopefully Google does it
@@0101dan Add me to the list of ready to convert 3 PCs when(if) Linux support is enabled.
There is no difference between them yet.
not yet, but it's planned.
@@kurasibe8405 not yet Google has an incentive to do a lot more with this OS sensor going to be offering schools with old windows hardware this software
I have Cloudready on an Acer 5742z as my backup / "OK if I lost it" laptop 👍
It's working!
I have been trying for a while to run a USB chrome os, with limited progress. Now, this thing just me taste a real, unlimited chrome os. Great!!
Thanks!!
Just a pity it doesn't support play store, nor android app. Cannot test more stuff.
Finally upgraded to a new pc, and retired my 2017 lenovo. Switched an old acer from middle school (2012) (still on windows 8) and have one at my apartment and one at my parents home, everything I change and add on one gets added to the other, and I don’t have to bring either heavy old laptop on my commute. Very convenient for everything except gaming (but I’m finding lots of fun io games). If I can figure out how to remote desktop my pc everything’ll be perfect
Chrome OS Flex can installed as dual boot OS, with Windows 10/11 or Linux...?
So this chrome os flex is installed in dual boot or stored in windows C drive or just works when USB is plugged in ?
So strange. My old Chromebook was not supported with OS update anymore. So I have flashed my BIOS in order to install full Linux OS on it and use it like that for a while with having always some issues with keyboard controls not working. Now I can get back with a supported Chrome OS on my old Chromebook by installing Chrome OS Flex through a USB key. Wow! No surprise, everything works very well. It is a Chromebook after all. That old Chromebook is now maintained up to date with the latest OS and security. So cool!
Been using it as soon as it came out
Absolutely no bugs encountered yet
Shame there is no playstore app support yet
so no playstore games?
@@rockyf2p Thats correct, can't even install the playstore
@@joycephilippe9947 have they said anything about adding it?
@@rockyf2p sadly no, and I dont think they will consider it
@Mohammed Mesum Hussain well I just use it for web browsing and youtube, other than that, there's nothing much else
Well, according to google, Chrome OS flex is not a full blown Chrome OS:
"Chrome OS Flex does not support Android apps or Google Play"
"Chrome OS Flex does not support running Windows virtual machines (VMs) using Parallels Desktop"
"support for Linux development environment on Chrome OS Flex varies, depending on the specific model. Review the Certified models list to check if your models support Linux on Chrome OS Flex"
For me the main problem is Android apps not being supported. I still think a light linux distro typically is better and more flexible.
remember, it's a beta - Google Play integration is on the roadmap for the future.
@@webbo73 Ah, that's good to know, thank you!
Do you need virus protection for Chromebook flex. I just updated an old Laptop?
I think it's awesome that google is doing this, but my one point of contention with this video is that the laptop this was run on is a pretty powerful machine with an intel 10th gen processor, a Nvidia RTX card, and likely a lot of ram and an ssd to match. Case and point, pretty much any operating system is going to run very well on that thing, considering that it's made for the x86 instruction set.
However, I did try Flex on a very low-end laptop with an Intel Celeron N2840, 2GB of ram, and 32GB eMMC memory, and I have to say it ran pretty well. It wasn't silky smooth, but it ran better than I expected. I think I'm pretty happy with the thing.
Hey i had experience with laptops with 32b emmc and i tell you its a dead end. I mean windows 10 needs realistically about 40 gb to run. so those laptops are sitting at pawn shops and I think they are the prime candidates which will save the from going to the wasteland.
@@smgsngon5804 Yeah those things are really not usable. The worst part is that, if I am to assume that my Toshiba is the common design, nothing is upgradable. You basically have the equivalent of a 32GB SD card and 2GB of ram soldered to a board, and unless you know how to mod stuff you're stuck. My Toshiba sold with a 32-bit version of Win10 that was stuck in version 1511 because of unsufficient storage. The lifespan on those things is very short.
Probably just going to keep it as a Chrome book. It works well for that function.
Will flex work on surface 2 in 1s? I wonder if it will recognize tablet mode as well
Yes.
This is great but I have a few questions.
Can you dual boot with this? Before Google bought it I couldn't get cloudready to dual boot. It wanted to rewrite the whole disk. Also, I heard Google said while it will run on EOL Chromebooks they wouldn't be supporting it. It is strange why this would run on and be supported on much older machines but not be supported on a Chromebook that was freshly EOL. Last question, like a Linux live USB do you need to make a new one everytime the OS version changes? Or is there a way to update the USB without installing it on the PC? Meaning if I am running it from a live USB will it prompt me to update to the next version and will I be able to update from directly from/to the live USB from the OS GUI or do I have to make a new live CD? This is definitely exciting news though. Thank you.
@Airgeddon1773 I don't have enough time for such adventures these days.. too bad. Thank you for the reply.
Will this be a work around for chromebooks that pass their AUE date?
If it is going to be they are going to need to add arm support and lower RAM requirements.
I'm using Chrome OS Flex booted from a USB on a 2008 MacBook right now to watch this video! I'm finding that Flex is faster than using chrome on Mac 10.7.5. I'd like to be able to install it as an option for dual boot. On the Mac side, chrome quit getting updates WAY back. On Flex I now have full access to my google drive again. If you have any suggestions on how to create a dual boot option, let me know! I'm a long time subscriber to the channel and am always grateful for effort y'all put into creating great content. - Stanford M
I'm ready for the day I can pop a USB into one of my ClamShell Macs and it be a chromebook! I think this is one step closer to that reality :)
How was the trackpad? Mine was periodically unresponsive.
@@sghantous haven't had any issues with it being unresponsive. It was a little too sensitive at first. I don't know if it had to do with Flex booting from the USB, but I was able to go into the settings and pull back the sensitivity. A couple of times it has seemed to have issues with disconnecting from the wifi networks, but it usually reconnects pretty quickly. I made an attempt to dual boot the macbook by partitioning off some space on the hard drive and installing Flex onto that partition, but would up wiping 10.7.5 completely off. I thought that might happen and it's no big deal, because I have a time machine back up of the computer just minutes before I accidentally wiped it. I decided not to try to "fix" Lion, but just to see how it works as a Macbook Chromebook. About a year ago I upgraded the ram, battery, and installed an SSD. Even with those upgrades, it wasn't fantastic. I was basically using it like a Chromebook anyway. So far it's better in every way! It's significantly faster loading anything. The start up time is super fast. The version of chrome that was able to run on Lion was way out of date. I had lost access to my google drive account. RUclips was super slow. I wasn't able to upload videos to youtube. But now, I can do all of those things and fast! I'm curious if my battery life will increase with Flex. I never tested it with the new battery on Lion, so I won't really have any way to know. The only mac program I don't know of a counterpart to so far is iMovie. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. On Lion I couldn't even explore chrome based programs and apps because Lion is too old. Chrome OS Flex has basically given me a new chromebook... And if there's one thing I love, it's finding new uses for old tech!
@@stanmccorkle where did you download the iso?
@@klazarski I just googled it.
Is this only for laptops or can I do it to my desktop too?
Any chance they will introduce HDD access? Where is the point (except selling cloud space) to let you install that on old laptop where you can't access memory? Or maybe I did something wrong? Please advise.
I installed it on an old Macbook Air. It generally works OK. It doesn't seem to be able to use the computer's camera, though, and there seems to be nothing in the settings to enable you to fix this.
Great. I'm facing "error configuring network" While connecting to Wifi and rest all work fine. could you share your suggestion?
Robbie, can I install Chrome on Flex on my old Asus Chrome box that is not supported by Google anymore. Thanks
How do I do this?
Can I install Chrome OS Flex on Windows 11 laptop and Switch between Windows and Chrome OS when required?
Do you keep all files orndo you need to save them and reapply them??
When i fully install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Acer 4752z, I cannot using my Wi-Fi and brightness for directly the first time, so I need to set up everything using terminal and connect to internet using my phone usb tethering. So i back to Win 10 which is takes a lot times to boot until ready to use...
When I try Lubuntu 22.04 LTS from my USB flash drive it's also experienced the same problem (wifi and brightness control not working).
Trust me, it is totally different when using the Chrome OS Flex from the same USB flash drive. Takes around 1 minutes to boot and the Wi-Fi and the screen brightness work directly without any setup. Good work Google!.
this is really awesome and works really great
I'm curious how it treats the keyboard? On a PC running this does Caps Lock = Caps Lock? Or is it the Search key? Same question about the function keys as well. Thanks.
The caps lock key activates caps lock. :)
Does it support nvedia gpu for video output 😊
Can this be installed on Chromebooks as well? That way you still get updates even after the End Of Life?
@Def Rim I think this is supposed to be to try chrome os on windows and Mac.
Can we run microsoft office in chrome flex? Or Google docs? How does the chrome flex run offline when there is no internet?
How do you check the battery life on your laptop with this OS? I've been trying all day to figure this out with no avail.
It was automatically shown in the bottom right when on desktop for me
So, no play store on flex? What about flex on an old chrome os desktop which isn’t receiving chrome os updates anymore?
Is it faster installed in a slow hdd internal drive or in a fast usd flash drive ? Thanks
Im currently using CloudReady and it works great but will CloudReady continue to get updates? Or do I need to upgrade to ChromeOS Flex?
It will be updated to Flex when Flex is stable
I would love to see how this works on 2 in one devices like the surface pro or dell latitude 5290. This could make a great low price alternative for students or those of us who only need a device to work on the go, between desktops. It would be good to know how USI pen support works in these situations.
BTW, I'm writing this on a device using Chome os Flex. My first time using CHomeOS and I'm surprised how useful it is.
I've tried it out on a few Apple devices that aren't on the approved list, with mixed results, mostly input devices. Worked well on a couple of old iMacs, and is super zippy, as you'd expect from ChromeOS. I'd love to try this as a virtual machine. Has anyone tried that yet?
You said you tried it on a couple of old iMac's. By any chance on a iMac G4 (the sunflower so to say) and it's PowerPC processor? I have one here and I like to take it in use with a liux distro or (if possible) Chrome OS. Abd chances this might work with Chrome OS Flex?
@@PatrickvanderDeijl Chrome OS is only for ARM and x86
@@alanramone4263 should have raad that. You're right. So I’m going to look at a Linux solution. thnx for your answer.
@@PatrickvanderDeijl powerpc hasn’t been supported in linux since around 2015 so you’ll have a lot of security issues nowadays.
@@mxmobile5619 , I don't understand: I've read several sites where Linux is installed on an old iMac G4. Are you suggesting that doing that will create an unsafe situation? Maybe I'm lacking knowledge on this point.
Okay, here's a question - will Flex load on an actual Chromebook? Mine will not be updated after June of this year. Can I load Flex and revive it?
but, what happen if i want to install idk a windows or linux application, i dont have the developers option, and in my case my hp laptop with chrome os flex, the network card doesn´t work, and i can´t go to the kernel o brunch config to fix it because i don´t have developer option, so idk if you can help me with that
i tried to install chrome os flex on my macbooc air mid 2015 and my lenovo ideapad 5 from 2020 with ryzen 4500u and both times it doesnt work. After installation i got a grey screen on both devices.
Can you download google apps on this Chrome OS FLEX?
Installed but it's stuck on Google logo then my screen dim and turns the screen off. And nothing happens. It hangs.
I tried this on an older MacBook Air. Everything seems fine but the camera. It shows no camera hardware available. This model is listed as "minor issues expected" so I guess I can't complain. :o)
I know that the hardware I want ChromeOS to support isn't what Google intends users to run ChromeOS on, but I've got a confession to make. I have a pretty well specced out Windows gaming PC. When I have school assignments to do or simply want to focus on something other than gaming running ChromeOS on it would be awesome. I hope support for NVidia GPUs makes its way to Flex eventually so I can take advantage of the awesome OS Chrome is!
Does it only work on x86 devices ? Did you try on any ARM device ?
no arm support I don't think - cloudready didn't and it's based on that.
I am very interested in doing this on Chromebook Pixel 2013. I have used cloudready on it but needed android apps or alternative so currently office software so running Ubuntu 18.04 on it. Can you install Flex on it?
You don't answer 2 obvious questions enless I missed it. Does Chrome OS Flex support Android apps or / and Google Play?
Right now cloud ready is giving it's second live to may old macbook air. Let's see if chromeos flex, can even improve that!
How do you download if You're not a business user or education focused and just a normal user?
Would this work with a computer that has a legacy bios?
Can you use Visual Studio Code?
or install google-font to Figma? in Chrome Os Flex
4:10 no android apps yet until it officially releases, but linux does work. for some devices you need to boot into a ubuntu live usb and change the grub config file to ignore mitigation for stuff like spectre and meltdown ( essentially a bug that they have not bothered to fix yet ) and then it just works.
I installed Chrome OS Flex on my Lenovo Ideapad 5 (Amd 4700u 8gb ram 500GB Nvme).
Cloudready wouldn't boot but Chrome OS Flex does.
dam its fast.
Linux mode turned on working a treat too.
shame Android play store isn't on here yet.
so, can I use it to revive my Microsoft surface RT ?
Does this give the possibility of taking an old Chromebook that is past is update life cycle and breathing new life?
see comment above from Alan Morrison "My Toshiba Chromebook2 (2015) (Broadwell/GANDOF) hit it's End-of-Life date almost a year ago, so I installed Mr. Chromebox's Full UEFI ROM and Gallium Linux. Today, I installed Flex and it works perfectly. My guess is that most/all old Intel Chromebooks will work with Flex and Mr. Chromebox's ROM."
@@GodisGracious1031Ministries just curious, why is it not recommended?
@Mohammed Mesum Hussain sure buddy sure.......
When this catches up with Linux and Android app support I'd definitely be interested in giving it a try on my old Macbook. (Intel Core 2 Duo)
There is *Linux support* actually
(No Android app support, yet)
@@jasimaneesahamed1033 Groovy! That's half way there. :)
@@XoaGray Actually its 75% there, coz u can run Android apps on Linux (but with a few tweaks and stuff), using a program named Ambox (or Anbox idk)
@@jasimaneesahamed1033 I could see that, but it's not the same as the direct integration full fledged ChromeOS provides.
@@XoaGray That's true tho...
But with everything in life, *you win some, you lose some*
That laptop definitely doesn't look outdated. It looks better than my machine.
where do you get it. NO LINK?
So how do you get this download or loaded USB for free?
Ok. Thank you for approaching the chrome OS and the chrome OS flex. But you individually praise them and that is why I do not have a solution to install which of the two. So, I have an old laptop and I would use Chrome for viewing social networks, printing text and possible instant photo processing. I'm not a student (I'm the other one). Well, which variant do you suggest to me. Advance, of course, grateful.
what about the play store will it work can we download and install apks on it ?
How's the battery life?
How do you download Chrome OS Flex?
I'm doing this; thank you
This looks like a great addition to the google family, great performance and crossplataform with my Android cell.
Can I run flex from a stick on a Windows laptop but then GO BACK to windows if the stick is not plugged in (so I don't boot from it)?
yes you can, i did it
@@immortal3667 ok great. Thinking I could do this with my Surface Go
I've been using Cloudready for about a year now, on a 14-year old Acer laptop which used to run Windows Vista.
Five years ago I already switched that to Linux, dual booting Mint and Debian, so I could continue to use it for playing my own music cd's on it. Now that is something that ChromeOS, ChromiumOS and thus Cloudready will not do, not even in a Linux container.
So that old Acer is currently triple booting Cloudready 96, Mint and Debian.
How to do that?
First install Cloudready and let it update. Newest versions have a lot less partitions, you'l want that.
After it is finished, install Mint using a USB stick. When it offers to use part or all of your harddrive, you should opt for the manual (other) install and first open gparted to edit your partitions. Do NOT touch any Cloudready partition, except for the one called STATE (or H-STATE), this one you could make smaller, since it is your user space. Something like 30GB should be more than sufficient. The Rest is open, so you can put your Linux ext4 partitions there. Now Mint will install and therefore manage the startup menu (unless you chose not to and let another distro take care of that, just not Cloudready) and every time you start the laptop, you'll get the choice.
Now there will always be TWO choices for Cloudready, one is the newest and the other the previous. Remember that. Every time you'll get an update, after that go to Mint, open a terminal and do sudo update-grub. After that, you can reboot into the new Cloudready.
It's so incridibly fast.
It would be great if you guys had a table on your website for chrome os vs windows as you test installing chrome os on various laptops. Seeing the battery life, speed benchmarks of windows vs chromeos
If it doesn't support Android apps or Linux then I'm going to install something else. They should have supported both of those out of the gate!
Agreed. Though you can manually install the official branch of ChromeOS with working Play Store and Linux Beta if you wanted to, on a Windows Ultrabook.
@Mohammed Mesum Hussain look at it this way. Since chrome OS flex is basically just another linux distro this is similar news to another Ubuntu fork. But if Ubuntu bought that fork, spent years incorporating it and finally made it an official Ubuntu distribution.
It does support Linux.
Watch this, I tried it and it worked perfectly ruclips.net/video/ROBpXNonVxc/видео.html
Linux support is available, Android support isn't available
(Tho u could run Android apps with Ambox or something)
Is arm support coming? This would be amazing on the pi4 / pi400.
can chrome os go on an old nook hd+ tablet or an andriod tablet?
commenting from a chrome os flex live environment from an old vaio running a 2nd gen i3. this os is absolutely amazing. enough for most people.
I just installed it on two of my PCs 👍🏼👍🏼🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
how does it run?
@@blueciffer1653 it's fantastic I updated my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with it and my Acer Aspire 1 A114-31 (which was running windows 10) - zero glitches at all - currently watching HBO MAX with Bluetooth audio
@@mrcool240 Can you choose for a double boot(so Windows + Chrome OS Flex) or does Chrome OS Flex overwrite the whole system?
@@roland5577 I don't know sorry I think what I did was wipe entire system- I imagine you could partition the drive somehow