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Off-Topic => Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge => Topic started by: vinceASPECT on April 18, 2022, 03:24:09 AM

Title: new chromebooks
Post by: vinceASPECT on April 18, 2022, 03:24:09 AM

Hello F,

i know you can't LINK UP to commercial web sites here

i was just wondering what is the "very latest" and best Chromebook to buy?

they have Skylake chips now?  14 inch...........?

CHROME OS now offers to.....

1) run ALL free ANDROID APPS from the free play store
2) run any full free LINUX TOOL directly ......such as say "Reaper" tool.

3) run any free CHROME BROWSER STORE tools.

4) run any windows software by using free apps such as CAmeyo.
(since CAmeyo now has improved CHROME OS support now)

could you message me....?

i hoped they would be maybe $169 new for 14 inch screen 64 gb of more of SSD
and a very good chip with good graphics

what happens if you get the ARM based chromebooks?.........

you'd then have to use ARM compiled Linux tools right?.........but would that all work seamlessly or would
the ARM compiled tool in question need to be for the specific Architecture of your ARM chip concerned?

How do Linux REPOS present ARM compiled tools?.......do they just scan for your CPU
Architecture type and either reveal available tools or don't? 

MediaTek MT8183  ARM chip

Thx
C

Title: Re: new chromebooks
Post by: gadget42 on April 18, 2022, 10:36:20 AM

found some links but haven't really dug into them yet. perhaps others will enjoy them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/comments/p2s526/clean_install_linux_chromebook_w_mediatek_arm_cpu/

https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Build-chrome-os-kernel-and-kernel-modules

https://gist.github.com/kapilhp/01c3e8fc24d938eeaa45c1c2ab02eaaa

Title: Re: new chromebooks
Post by: gadget42 on September 30, 2025, 05:04:08 AM

adding to this existing forum thread in the hopes of helping future visitors searching for "chromebook" and/or "chromebox"

i bumped into this comment/thread and it is current enough and refers to currently available hardware and so might be of assistance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/1kvhl76/comment/mudagd1/

this also seems worth sharing:

https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/faq.html

perhaps the tl;dr should/would be to refrain from buying such devices but if you come across a free one then you'll feel much better putting it "under the knife"

ymmv.