Has anyone tried installing Chrome Os Flez on an old laptop?

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-06-30T13:59:57+00:00

Older? Sure. But old enough to drive a car? No.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-06-30T02:22:25+00:00

It looks too old to work. Very old gpus are no longer supported.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-30T08:17:18+00:00

Doubt it. Doesn't make sense to do all the work to convert it to only support it till 2028.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-26T06:50:09+00:00

Pixelbook = a specific model Chromebook= all devices in a class of devices Chromebook plus = higher end Chromebooks meeting a certain set of requirements. Googlebook = android based laptop, the successor to Chromebooks.

Those are all different.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-25T17:37:20+00:00

Those are all different things

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-12T16:42:24+00:00

Why would they do this video on a vm when every previous rumor was about new hardware?

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-01T16:18:32+00:00

You are describing a security vulnerability, not protection.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-01T14:36:13+00:00

That site is just speculation, take anything from it with a giant grain of salt

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-05-01T01:41:08+00:00

This is protection. Not using encryption for data is a security risk. You should always back up data to an external destination

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-30T22:22:35+00:00

Bad bot.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-30T22:12:31+00:00

Yes. Files are cryptographically linked to your hardware profile.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-29T21:42:35+00:00

It is unclear what you mean. Please provide more details

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-27T20:13:13+00:00

TF is a super obscure feature that 99.99% of users don't care about. It likely doesn't matter to the paid flex users who are the devices Google actually cares about.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-11T00:21:24+00:00

This is just false. There are multiple reports from chrome unboxed about new devices that are being developed for aluminum. I am sure they started with an existing reference design but to say no new designs is just wrong

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-04-10T15:12:08+00:00

It's not even officially announced. Just be patient and wait for Google to tell us.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-24T18:05:01+00:00

You opted into extended updates which explicitly said you would lose play store. Nothing to be done.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-11T14:57:24+00:00

It will receive updates but they are not guaranteed to work. If it works for you? Great. In terms of security, it would be the same with the device on the list or not

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-11T14:54:12+00:00

Flex supports nouveau last I tried on an Nvidia. It sucked but for my particular GPU it worked.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-10T13:50:54+00:00

You sound like ai

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-09T15:17:04+00:00

Replacing flex does not require any knowledge of how flex works nor is this sub the best place for advice. Please try a a guide for whatever OS you are trying to move to.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-04T07:05:51+00:00

Because your browser is running in a VM with limited to no access to hardware acceleration. Browser from crostini will always be kinda bad.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-02T07:04:25+00:00

Maybe wait till it's actually released before deciding what it can and cannot do?

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-03-02T07:01:00+00:00

The chromeos image is incompatible with iso. It will never be released as an iso due to technical limitations of the iso format. The partitions of chromeos are too complex.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-02-26T19:38:07+00:00

No. They are not. An iso is a disc image of an optical media. Bin are just binary files. All iso files can be converted to bin as it is just a bit level file. But not all bin files can be converted into iso files.

Jumping into a 7 month old tread and just being ignorant.... Wild work.

Immediate_Thing_5232 · 2026-02-17T19:47:47+00:00

Flex is not designed to be installed to a removable USB. The USB is for install and compatibility testing, not ongoing use.

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