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
Running xfce4 Fedora brilliantly on an old Dell Chromebook thanks to this, fully recommended!!
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I use this bios on CN62 Chromeboxes as an alternative to a Raspberry Pi; it's faster, can be found cheaper, is available widely on ebay cheap, has proper NVME ports, and has an X86 processor. They make great little reverse proxies, etc.
I'm pretty sure two gru_bob and gru_kevin have Libreboot support. I forget the name of the exact laptops, it should be in their documentation