The Lacros project ÿ an acronym for Linux and Chrome OS, may be a good thing to revive
my old Chromebook. My wife was unable to bring up bank websites because the old
version of Chrome wouldn't allow it to display, and Chrome is the only browser available on
a Chromebook. The laptop would not update Chrome because it was tied to an OS that
had reached its life cycle and wouldn't update.

The word is that if your Chromebook is past it's life cycle, this new browser may allow you
to update your Chromebook because the browser is independent of the OS. There is no
word yet when it will be released, but the word is that it should come soon.

I purchased a new Chromebook not knowing this. Maybe I could have waited for the new
release.

Mike Dippel

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Re: Lacros
By: Mike Dippel to ALL on Thu Aug 10 2023 11:48 am

a Chromebook. The laptop would not update Chrome because it was tied to an OS that
had reached its life cycle and wouldn't update.

Classic, block people from updating for no reason besides it's too old for the company to care about it.

candycane

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On 8/10/2023 12:25 PM, candycane wrote to Mike Dippel:

By: Mike Dippel to ALL on Thu Aug 10 2023 11:48 am

a Chromebook. The laptop would not update Chrome because it was tied to an
OS that
had reached its life cycle and wouldn't update.

Classic, block people from updating for no reason besides it's too old for the
company to care about it.

candycane

I really love the Chromebook, but I guess the business model is: "we need to sell new".
Having said that, my old Chromebook is now 10 years old and still runs like a champ,
just cannot be further updated.

I guess it's like the life cycle of every Microsoft OS.

Mike Dippel

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Re: RE: Lacros
By: Mike Dippel to candycane on Thu Aug 10 2023 12:53 pm

I guess it's like the life cycle of every Microsoft OS.

I guess, still annoying tho.

candycane

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Mike Dippel wrote to ALL <=-

The Lacros project ÿ an acronym for Linux and Chrome OS, may be a good thing to revive my old Chromebook.

Another options is ChromeOS Flex; it's meant to provide ChromeOS to
non-Chromebooks, but it also runs on EOL Chromebooks.

I've got it running on a nice older Samsung Chromebook with the 1080p
screen and high-end audio. Everything works except for the audio, I'm
waiting for an update to make it work.

It runs nicely on a Lenovo X100e I have.

While it's more work, you can also load SeaBIOS on most chromebooks and
then run any OS you want - I had Windows and Linux running on an older
Chromebook. You typically have to take off the bottom of the chromebook
and flip a switch on the logic board to unlock the bootloader, though.
It's a little hairy.




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On 8/11/2023 8:59 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Mike Dippel:

Mike Dippel wrote to ALL <=-

The Lacros project ÿ an acronym for Linux and Chrome OS, may be a good thing to revive my old Chromebook.

Another options is ChromeOS Flex; it's meant to provide ChromeOS to
non-Chromebooks, but it also runs on EOL Chromebooks.

I've got it running on a nice older Samsung Chromebook with the 1080p
screen and high-end audio. Everything works except for the audio, I'm
waiting for an update to make it work.

It runs nicely on a Lenovo X100e I have.

While it's more work, you can also load SeaBIOS on most chromebooks and
then run any OS you want - I had Windows and Linux running on an older
Chromebook. You typically have to take off the bottom of the chromebook
and flip a switch on the logic board to unlock the bootloader, though.
It's a little hairy.

I have "saved" a lot of pc's by installing chrome OS in the past. I bookmarked their
page and will look into it soon. Thanks for the info.

Mike Dippel

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I guess it's like the life cycle of every Microsoft OS.

Except that in this case you can't (out of the box) replace the operating system with anything else. On a "windows PC" you can. Don't get me wrong, I have a CR-48 (first Chromebook ever) and an Acer one an an HP one :). But they are "locked" in (unless you do things) and the vendor expects you to throw them away when they tell you to and go buy new ones.

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On 8/23/2023 3:22 PM, phigan wrote to Mike Dippel:

I guess it's like the life cycle of every Microsoft OS.

Except that in this case you can't (out of the box) replace the operating system with anything else. On a "windows PC" you can. Don't get me wrong, I have a CR-48 (first Chromebook ever) and an Acer one an an HP one :). But they
are "locked" in (unless you do things) and the vendor expects you to throw them
away when they tell you to and go buy new ones.

I never considered replacing the OS.

I still love the Chromebook, even though the OS cannot be further updated. I am just
hoping that adding the upcoming Lacros browser will make it "like new". Hopefully, I will
be able to browse ANY secure website like I can with any other browser once it is
released.

Mike Dippel

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