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Re: Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs

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by: Kerr-Mudd, John - Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:54 UTC

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:10:55 -0600
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

> Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs
>
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-revived-three-ancient-computers-with-chromeos-flex-and-you-can-too/

8Gb! requires a PC that once ran W8?! - use tinycore linux!
(Crazily bloating - used to be 10M, now 17M, or 23M for GUI, or 248M for
offline apps)

http://tinycorelinux.net/

(xposted to afc and mnid)

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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by: JAB - Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:04 UTC

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by: Bozo User - Sat, 3 Feb 2024 21:15 UTC

On 2024-01-22, Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:10:55 -0600
> JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs
>>
>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-revived-three-ancient-computers-with-chromeos-flex-and-you-can-too/
>
> 8Gb! requires a PC that once ran W8?! - use tinycore linux!
> (Crazily bloating - used to be 10M, now 17M, or 23M for GUI, or 248M for
> offline apps)
>
> http://tinycorelinux.net/
>
> (xposted to afc and mnid)
>
>

For old computers installing Alpine with XFCE is not a daunting task.
There's a setup-xorg script plus setup-alpine-desktop (or setup-xfce
I can't remember) which once you set up some quirks you
can get a fully working desktop.
Get the extended i686 installer or the amd64 one, it has the
wireless drivers.

If it's worth hacking on well, it's worth hacking on for money.

computers / alt.folklore.computers / Re: Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs

Subject	Author
Re: Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs	Kerr-Mudd, John
Re: Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs	JAB
Re: Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs	Bozo User