#ChromeOS

[cupofkale]

The only reason someone SHOULD buy a chromebook is to replace chromeos with a better linux distro

[kris-tyne]

Chromebook Tech Literacy Masterpost

I've seen a lot of posts about the systemic death of tech literacy in schools with the advent of ChromeOS, and instead of responding to them one by one, I want to create a masterpost to destroy the system. First: FUCK CIPA. The Children's Internet Protection Act is a United States FCC act that standardizes internet safety across the country. Public schools are not required to comply with this act, but they will lose discounts offered for the E-rate program. In short, if you don't want to put up web filters, then you don't get government grants for technology and Internet. Fuck that. Many of these workarounds bank on my personal experiences, so some solutions may not work with your web filters, but they definitely are a step in the right direction. For talking with friends: chat rooms are your friend. Many chat rooms for professional use act just like Discord, and many are just a single text channel. Several I've used include: Google Messages, Rumbletalk, Slack, Element, ClickUp, Pumble, and... in a pinch, Google Docs can give you a shared document that's practically impossible to block. For watching videos: some chat rooms, especially Rumbletalk, allow you to directly embed a YouTube video. This is rare, however, so we found some workarounds. Canva has a video search and embed function that allows you to play YouTube videos straight from the editing page of their slideshows. For anime, a website that I don't think is maintained as well but should still work is AnimeTribes. It is a .ru site but it is perfectly safe, as long as you don't click on ads. I've never seen it redirect you otherwise, and the owner used to be commonly found on the chat page. Another piracy site is 9Anime, which doesn't work on Chromebooks but is an infinitely better source in general. A non-anime video piracy site is Arc018, which is my favorite. It does redirect you decently commonly, but just take care to avoid those redirects and follow piracy suggestions that I will lay out further down. For adblocking: the easiest method is to use uBlock Origin. Though, with all the stuff that Google has been doing, I'm not entirely sure if it works anymore. I gave up on Chrome the second I could get away from it and I suggest you all do the same. For playing games: so. I'm a nerd. I play Pokemon games. SO if you do too you're in luck. The only thing I could come up with was to download GPemu, a ChromeOS based emulator. Unfortunately it's pretty bad, but apparently there's an alternative called EmulatorJS. I never used it myself, but if someone wants to try it and let me know how it goes, that would be appreciated. HOWEVER, none of these work without the games to play them with. I'm going to detail piracy safety later, but for now: Vimm's Lair recently got axed by Nintendo's DMCA, but some ROMs may still be available. Another source (which is admittedly undergoing some major changes) is The Internet Archive. I haven't done a lot of searching on the Archive, and I don't know if it works on Chromebooks, but try it and let me know :).

Circumventing the web filter: While those solutions work for specific things you can do online, these present a general solution, capable of multitasking and providing you much more extended freedom. The first is CroxyProxy, a completely free proxy service that can be added through the Chrome Web Store. If the Web Store is blocked, it can be accessed via the direct website or through specific IP addresses. These change frequently, and I’m absolutely positive the ones that I have access to are blocked or simply go nowhere useful. The other option, assuming you have a home computer connected to the Internet at all times, is Chrome Remote Desktop. It will work as long as both computers are signed in to one shared Google account and both are connected to the Internet.

But Ty... none of this works for me: Oh boy. I guess it's time for my trump card. The pinnacle of my Chromebook workaround career has culminated in this. The ultimate destruction of ChromeOS, all without jailbreaking the computer and getting in a LOT of trouble (don't do that please). My magnum opus came from my blossoming understanding of emulation and, specifically, Windows images. During my senior year, I successfully used a trusted and necessary source (unblockable) to emulate a Windows computer entirely through a single Chrome tab. This source… Microsoft Azure. This cloud computing service allows the creation of a remote desktop that will save data when offline. The biggest hurdle with Azure is that… it costs money. However, when I did it, I got 200 hours of emulation FREE, and I would highly recommend you find the same deal, if it still works. Things to note: you can make multiple accounts, but you will need to also have separate payment cards, as multiple accounts with the same card will flag and not be usable. The frame rate is decently shit, and there is no physical graphics card, so the vast majority of games will not run. I mostly used it for Discord. However, feel free to experiment and make it your own. Use this knowledge wisely, and run free, my friends. Fuck CIPA, and fuck ChromeOS!

Please feel free to reblog or comment with more suggestions, because I would love to add them!

[razorlope]

Max drawn in 14 operating systems

Windows 2000

Windows XP

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows 10

Windows 11

Ubuntu

Puppy

OpenSUSE

Linux Mint

Debian

StormOS (Solaris)

ChromeOS

I was going to do MacOS, but couldn't due to technical difficulties

Systems were ran on Virtualbox (with the exception of ChromeOS and Windows 10)

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[youreallydontrecogniseme]

We find it very funny that technically when you open Steam on ChromeOS, you usually don't know it but in essence you're using Arch Linux and Gentoo at the same time.

...though we're pretty sure Linux purists would call this an abomination.

[daveknowstech]

Where the Android Tablet is today, and what it might become in a post chromebook world..

There has been a lot of discussion about Google, chromeOS, and the future on this Discord, and this post isn't about that. this post looks at the current state of Android Tablets where they can learn from chromeOS and also where Google might go with this..

To do this I've recently purchased the very large Samsung Galaxy Tab10 Ultra. this is a very big, premium tablet device from arguably one of the biggest Android device manufacturers on the planet. A company whom while the rest of the world forgot about android tablets, carried on and paved a solid lineup of Galaxy Tab products.

The purpose of purchasing this behemoth as two fold. firstly I like big tablets, big real-estate. I take a lot of photos, and having the bigger screen helps a lot editing and working with both photos and videos. The second reason was. Its about the sweet spot for a laptop screen as well. So with the Samsung Folio keyboard, there is a familiarity as a Chromebook user to all of this..

So lets cut to the chase, what has a week using this device to do work been like?

At times it felt just like being on a Chromebook, others its as frustrating as anything.. However its frustrating for the same reasons a Windows User would be frustrated going to a Mac (or Vice Versa). things are not available..

Lets start with the good…

Putting the Samsung Folio keyboard on this tablet, and sitting down at a desk, turning on Dex and working was, because i've been using chromeOS, a seamless experience in the most part. I'm used to the Android experience or the web app experience. The tablet is quick. I'm able to edit Insta360 Videos, or in Lightroom or VCSO.. I get Slack messages and apparently look good in Meet calls because the webcam is where it should be (top middle in landscape mode). the battery has lasted all day and I've been able to do what I need to do (DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, sysadmin stuff)

The processor is more than capable of having 15+ apps running, multiple tabs.. the screen is crystal clear, the speakers are good. However i'd expect all of this, its a premium product (RRP: £800ish) just as I would from a similar priced chromeOS tablet.

However I do think this is the case because of the tablets screen real-estate. personally i think if i had got the Galaxy tab10 plus with a smaller screen, I'd have felt much more constricted in what I was doing..

Compared to the Ipad Pro experience, this is no matter what any tech bro influencer will tell you a huge leap over said device. Being able to actually multi task and run apps (in dex) not full screen alone takes this to a level above the Apple product.

However then there is whats missing.. These as i inferred above are things i've noticed having used a Chromebook as my daily driver for the last 5+ years.

As a huge Linux user on Native platforms and chromeOS, i really missed the Chromebooks Linux shell. this is something I've seen Google are working on with android. Both the full debian runing on the OS with Icons aoppearing when you install Linux apps with GUI's (OnlyOffice for example) which launch independetly of the shell is not a feature to be sniffed at and IMO make the Chromebook one of the best entry level Linux devices available today. Whatever Google have done here, they need to replicate.

I'd also like to see the desktop version of the Chrome browser especially on the bigger scren, the android version of chrome is ok for most things, having the desktop version however should not be a huge leap of development to get this working.. with a huge highlight on PWAs which i use a lot on ChromeOS

Finally there is Dex, I have a love hate relationship over the years with Dex, and the classic version has been my workhorse for the last week. with a keyboard, mouse and external monitor this is more than a workable solution for checking email, slack, meet meetings and even some coding. All the time however i am thinking why not chromeOS?

Dex for its time was a great and groundbreaking idea, and interestingly is the last of many convergence tools over the years, and its always made we wonder why when i plug in a Pixel Phone/Tablet into a USB Hub with a monitor I don't get a ChromeOS like experience.

So what are my thoughts on chromeOS becoming Android based on using arguably the top tier Android experience as my sole PC for a week?

It boils for me into these areas

While ChromeOS will run fine on a 4Gb Arm chip for browsing the web and a few tasks. 8Gb is the minimum you need to start using it properly.. The same will be the same with any new android tablet, for this to work, the 8Gb equivalent needs to be the base hardware, same with processors and storage. Google will need as they did with chromebook Plus to set a minimum spec for these new devices day 1. Or they will cause a lot of market confusion and again get that chromeOS low power second screen device label that they have never shifted from the tech press narrative. This i think has only worked for me because of the premium experience, i think had i gone mid tier i'd have been writing something very different.

The interface and app experience is somewhat comparable, however if Google do put the desktop browser on android as has been suggested they may do, this will make a big difference. OneUI for all its haters, does do a good job of presenting a nice desktop above the Pixel equivalent. Its, dare i say it, more "windows like" and having that as an option interface wise would be a good thing.

Expanding on Interface, the experience presnted to the user of Dex when plugging into an external monitor and adding a keyboard/mouse is important, I would like to see Google work here on something which looks like chromeOS appear when i plug an (lets call it Android Plus) Android Plus device into a hub. a step above dex and a more Usable desktop. this provides huge value ad, and really starts to differentiate Android from Ipad Pro and (i think its called) stage manager. This starts to become an easy drop in replacement for schools, businesses etc while staying familiar and enterprise admins can still do thier thing.

And finally there are things which google should 100% be pulling over from ChromeOS, i think the whole material you type experience is better on chromeOS (although this might just be Samsungs OneUI), the Linux shell experience is another huge thing. Better PWA support and the inbuilt VPN support would be nice too.

All in all a space I'll be hugely interested in over the next few years, if google is serious about making a dent in that lucrative iPad/Pro market it needs to make changes and the convergence of the two OS might actually be the thing which takes the Android OS everyone gave up on on Tablets and the chromeOS only good as a second screen device and makes them the thing you guy to get stuff done..

[govindhtech]

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[andresbravo2003]

ChromeOS Flex is great. It even runs Linux apps!

[drprawedha]

49/366

Since the USB stick has been idle. I really like trying out operating systems that have never been used before. This time it's Chrome OS's turn to compete. When you first create an installation disk, you need special addons installed on Chrome to make the USB boot. After the installation media is complete, just plug it into the MacBook Air, then boot into the USB stick. then a menu will appear to try it live first.

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Beberapa Pros dan Cons nya mungkin di lain tulisan :>

[tuxpaint]

Have a Chromebook or other ChromeOS device that can install and run Android apps from the Google Play Store? You should be able to run Tux Paint! We've added a separate "download" info page all about it (including some tips)

[clatterbane]

Google's CR-48 Prototype Chromebook (2010) - Time Travel

I'm pretty sure this was one of the models that I actually got for prerelease testing when AFAICT they were still keeping that program employee only. (And my partner was still working for them.)

They sent several models, but they wanted the first one back and testers were basically sworn to secrecy about Chromebooks even existing before they were on the market. Which is why I didn't mention any of them at the time. The last test model was the one that the dog managed to break the screen.

[applesferablog]

Domina tu Chromebook con el Asistente de Google

En el rápido mundo digital de hoy, la eficiencia no es un lujo, es una necesidad. Millones de personas en República Dominicana y toda Latinoamérica usan a diario sus Chromebooks para trabajar, estudiar y entretenerse, valorando su rapidez y sencillez. Sin embargo, muchos desconocen que su dispositivo con ChromeOS esconde una herramienta potentísima diseñada para llevar su productividad a otro…

[a7la-home]

الفروق الحقيقية بين Linux و ChromeOS عند الاستخدام اليومي

Linux وChromeOS يبدوان متشابهين من بعيد، فكلاهما مبني على نواة لينكس، لكن تجربة المستخدم تختلف بشكل واضح بين النظامين. ChromeOS يقدم بيئة مغلقة تعتمد على خدمات Google، في حين يمنحك Linux حرية تخصيص كاملة واختيار سطح المكتب والتوزيعة التي تناسب احتياجاتك. عند الحديث عن الأداء، التحديثات، وتوافق البرامج، تظهر الفروق الفعلية التي يمكن أن تؤثر على قرارك إذا كنت تفكر في استخدام أحدهما للعمل، الدراسة، أو حتى للاستخدام المنزلي.

ملخص - يرتبط نظام ChromeOS ارتباطًا وثيقًا بنظام Linux، ويستخدم نواة Linux في جوهره. - على عكس توزيعات Linux التقليدية، يتميز ChromeOS بطابعه المغلق ويفتقر إلى التخصيص. - يسمح ChromeOS بتشغيل تطبيقات Linux عبر Crostini VM، ولكنه يفتقر إلى القدرة الكاملة على التكيف مع أنظمة Linux. يوجد Linux في العديد من الأشياء، ولكن هل تعلم أنه موجود أيضًا في ChromeOS؟ حسنًا، نوعًا ما. هناك ارتباط وثيق بين ChromeOS وLinux، لكنهما ليسا الشيء نفسه. لذا، إذا كنت تتساءل عن سبب تشابه ChromeOS مع Linux، فإليك السبب.

Linux وChromeOS شقيقان

في قلب كل من Linux وChromeOS توجد نواة Linux. تُعدّ نواة نظام التشغيل جوهر نظام التشغيل، وهي التي تُحدد كيفية تفاعله مع عتاد الحاسوب بشكل أساسي. فالأجزاء التي تراها وتتفاعل معها، بالإضافة إلى جميع التطبيقات والأدوات المساعدة المدمجة في نظام التشغيل، هي إضافات تُضاف إلى النواة.

لذلك، على الرغم من أن ChromeOS هو Linux في جوهره، فهو تطبيق خاص عالي التخصص لنظام Linux يتم التحكم فيه بإحكام. يرتبط نظام ChromeOS بنظام Linux مثل أي من الأجهزة المختلفة مثل وحدات تحكم الألعاب أو أجهزة التلفزيون التي تحتوي على برامج تعتمد على Linux. بل يمكنك حتى إضافة أندرويد إلى عائلة لينكس الموسعة.

في هذه الأيام، يُمكن لنظام ChromeOS تشغيل برامج لينكس، ولكن لتحقيق ذلك، تطلّب الأمر إضافة الكثير إلى نظام التشغيل. إنه نظام لينكس من الداخل، ولكن مجرد اشتراك سيارة رياضية وشاحنة بيك أب في نفس المحرك لا يعني أنهما مركبة واحدة.

Linux مفتوح، وChromeOS مغلق

من أبرز الفروقات بينهما هو التحكم. مع توزيعات لينكس التقليدية مثل أوبونتو، فيدورا، وآرش، تحصل على صلاحيات الجذر، وتخصيص كامل، وإمكانية تعديل أي شيء تقريبًا. هل تريد تغيير بيئة سطح المكتب؟ استبدال مدير الحزم؟ تجميع نواة نظامك بنفسك؟ انطلق. بينما يعتمد نظام ChromeOS على نواة برمجيات مفتوحة المصدر، فإن جوجل وحدها تملك مفاتيح التجربة. تُعد هذه نقطة بيع أساسية للمنتج، لأن التحكم الصارم والأمان هما سبب فائدة أجهزة Chromebook في المؤسسات. صحيح أن هناك حلولاً بديلة (مثل تفعيل وضع المطور)، ولكن عند تشغيله، يُشبه ChromeOS جهازًا أكثر منه بيئة تجريبية. مع ذلك، سبق لي استخدام أجهزة Chromebook يوميًا، وبالنسبة للكثيرين، لا يوجد شيء يفعلونه عادةً على أجهزة كمبيوتر Linux (أو Windows أو macOS) لا يمكنهم فعله على ChromeOS. قد لا تتمكن من الوصول إلى جميع البرامج نفسها، ولكن يمكنك عمومًا القيام بنفس العمل. بالنسبة لأولئك الذين يقومون بمعظم أعمالهم عبر المتصفح، فلن يضيع شيء تقريبًا.

تداخل تطبيقات ChromeOS وLinux (قليلاً)

أضاف نظام ChromeOS دعمًا لتطبيقات Linux من خلال Crostini VM المُدمج، مما يسمح للمستخدمين بتشغيل برامج Linux المكتبية الكاملة داخل حاوية افتراضية. هذا يعني وجود نسخة إضافية من Linux تعمل داخل ChromeOS، ويعمل تطبيق Linux عليها. قد يبدو هذا وكأنه مشكلة في الأداء، ولكن بفضل تقنيات المحاكاة الافتراضية الحديثة، لا أستطيع التمييز بينهما شخصيًا.

على أي حال، هذا يعني أنه يمكنك تشغيل تطبيقات مثل GIMP أو LibreOffice على العديد من أجهزة Chromebook - وهو أمر كان مستحيلًا في السابق. إذا كان لديك Chromebook Plus، يمكنك حتى تثبيت Steam ولعب عدد كبير من ألعاب الكمبيوتر بفضل طبقة توافق Proton. مع كل هذه الميزات الافتراضية والتوافقية، صُدمتُ حقًا من أن معظم الألعاب (ضمن نطاق الأجهزة) تعمل تمامًا كما تعمل على أنظمة Windows أو Linux. مع ذلك، على أجهزة Chromebook الأضعف، حتى مع دعمها لـ Crostini، قد يُمثل الأداء مشكلة، وهي ليست تجربة Linux كاملة.

ChromeOS يجعل من الصعب إفساد الأمور

حتى لو لم تستخدم لينكس يومًا في حياتك، فربما سمعتَ أنه من السهل جدًا إتلاف جهاز الكمبيوتر تمامًا أثناء القيام بأشياء تبدو بسيطة على نظام التشغيل مفتوح المصدر الذي تختاره. الآن، كشخص حاول تجميع ريد هات لينكس في مراهقته في أوائل الألفية الثانية، كان هذا صحيحًا تمامًا آنذاك، ولا يزال ممكنًا، لكن توزيعات لينكس المكتبية الحديثة لا تتطلب منك في الغالب الاقتراب من الأشياء الخطيرة حقًا. لذا، لا داعي للقلق بشأن مسح القرص الصلب، وجميع الأقراص الصلبة المتصلة بجهاز الكمبيوتر، عن طريق إدخال علامة ترقيم خاطئة في أمر ما.

قد لا تكون سمعة لينكس كعقاب مستحقة هذه الأيام، إلا أن نظام ChromeOS يكاد يكون من المستحيل كسره إلا إذا كنت تعرف بالضبط ما تفعله، وهو عكس الوضع بالنسبة لنظام لينكس. هذا يعني أنك محدود جدًا فيما يمكنك فعله، لكن جوجل وسّعت مرونة نظام ChromeOS بعناية على مر السنين، دون منح المستخدمين ما يكفي من المرونة لشنق أنفسهم به.

سيعمل Linux على أي شيء، لكن ChromeOS لن يعمل

لقد أشرتُ إلى هذا سابقًا، لكن لينكس يعمل على أي جهاز تقريبًا مزود بمعالج مركزي. كما أنك لستَ بحاجة إلى إذن أحد لتثبيت لينكس على جهازك، والشيء الوحيد الذي يمنعك هو قدراتك التقنية.

يعمل ChromeOS فقط على أجهزة Chromebook أو Chromebox المعتمدة. يوجد بالطبع ChromeOS Flex، لكن هذا يعني الاستغناء عن تطبيقات Android ومتجر Play. Linux هو النظام الكامل، بينما كروم أو إس ليس كذلك. وهذا يقودني إلى أكبر قيود كروم أو إس: تطبيقات البرمجيات. لقد قطعنا شوطًا طويلًا منذ بدايات Chromebook ، حين كان مجرد ثقل ورق بدون اتصال بالإنترنت، ولكن لا تزال هناك قيود صارمة على البرامج التي يمكنك تشغيلها أو لا يمكنك تشغيلها. Linux هو نظام تشغيل كامل. شغّل أي برنامج تريده، وابنِ أو عطّل ما تشاء. أنت المتحكم. بل ربما أحيانًا متحكم أكثر من اللازم! أجهزة ChromeOS تشبه أجهزة التلفزيون أو المايكروويف. لقد تم تصميمها للقيام بمجموعة محددة من المهام، وهي ممتازة في تلك المهام، ولكنها لا تتمتع بقدرة التكيف اللانهائية التي تتمتع بها أنظمة التشغيل Windows أو macOS أو Linux. رغم أن كلًا من Linux وChromeOS يشتركان في الأساس التقني، فإن اختلافات تجربة المستخدم تجعلهما مناسبين لفئات مختلفة من المستخدمين. إن كنت تبحث عن نظام بسيط مدمج مع خدمات Google ويعمل فور تشغيله، فقد يكون ChromeOS كافيًا. أما إذا كنت تفضل الحرية، التخصيص، واستخدام أدوات مفتوحة المصدر، فإن Linux يمنحك إمكانيات لا حدود لها. اختيار النظام الأنسب يعتمد في النهاية على طريقة استخدامك ودرجة تحكمك المطلوبة في البيئة الرقمية التي تعمل بها. Read the full article

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Sidetrack: ChromeOS Flex... on a Virtual Machine... with Single GPU Passthrough...

the prospect of running ChromeOS on anything more powerful than a microwave oven is unfathomably cursed - wheezus2000 on discord

So... where do we start here... *checks notes* ah! So yeah, last Sunday I showcased a virtual machine running ChromeOS Flex (the most barebones GUI your grandma can only recognize) over to the aptly named r/ChromeOSFlex subreddit. It was a lot of work but it does work somehow.

Anyways, here's a tutorial to get this abomination up and running using virt-manager!

Prerequisites:

You will need:

ChromeOS Flex Recovery Image

A decent hard drive space (around 24GB is enough)

A nice dedicated GPU (because I'm not sure if it'll work with an iGPU)

more than 4GB of RAM (8GB or more is recommended)

IOMMU support

Lots of patience (you'll see why in a moment)

On the software side, you'll need:

KVM and QEMU

libvirtd and virt-manager

GRUB or any bootloader already set-up for GPU passthrough

On the skills necessary:

Having familiarized with the concept of Linux, and basic command line stuff

Having followed instructions precisely

Potentially, having skills in compiling software and/or fiddling with the operating system and the Linux kernel as well

and... not having an attention span of a script kiddie

Process

Visit this link to download the recovery image from Google.

Scroll down to this part of the page. Click on "ChromeOS Flex installer image".

This would then be downloaded.

After that, unzip the file to a convenient place. This would take ~6GB of storage space.

Install the software prerequisites using your favorite package manager.

Once having virt-manager installed, click on the new button.

From there, select "Import existing disk image".

Click on Browse. Then select "Browse Local" to find the recovery image.

In my case, that'll be in the folder called vmdk, stored in my os folder on one of my hard drives. Select the "chromeos_*_reven_recovery..." file.

In the "Choose the operating system you are installing" prompt, select linux2022.

In the memory tab, pick 4096MiB and select how many cores you want to be assigned.

You must select "Customize configuration before install" as we tweak some things.

In the prompt that follows, here's what you need to change:

Firmware: BIOS -> UEFI

Disk: VirtIO -> USB

Video: Anything else -> VirtIO

Now add a virtual hard drive by clicking the "Add Hardware" button. It should be 20GB or larger, SATA bus. VirtIO bus doesn't work as it wouldn't be recognized.

Remove any Consoles, RNG and start the install.

Here's the configuration if you follow these steps:

After starting, you can now follow the steps in installing ChromeOS Flex. It should be straightforward, however the graphics are still glitchy as it seems. It'll be fixed once we added our dGPU.

However, ChromeOS at boot will, and definitely (in my case) crash and bootloop a couple times, even when installed, before landing you to the desktop.

If for some reason, the USB tablet device doesn't work or if you prefer a cursor, switch the USB tablet for a PS/2 or USB mouse.

Once installed, you can see your desktop glitching. If you, somehow can navigate the system, you can now turn it off and set up Single GPU Passthrough. I used this one by risingprismtv. Follow the instructions provided in the wiki, and apply it to your VM. This can (and will) be complicated (especially when dealing with IOMMU groups), as it may break your setup, so please proceed with caution. Any issues with the script can be reported through their Discord server.

After setting the scripts, this is my current VM setup:

Now it's time to boot the VM, and voila! You can now use ChromeOS Flex while staying under Linux!

Predicaments, and possible issues

No, it does not work under Windows, well, without complications apparently.

Possible VM bootloops, just like I said. Seems related to the graphics, I presume. Though, this only happens multiple times, before working normally.

You can't update the VM, apparently.

Screenshots

And as always, see ya later!

[the-ochs-philharmonic]

cloudflare has decided that my chromeos is too old and will no longer let me do captchas. this is the beginning of the end, cause i cant update the chrome cause its a deprecated device. anyone have any ways around this?

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