Google Release Chrome OS Flex

Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:52PM (#30353291)

For bonus points: I'm trying to figure out if this will work on Chromebooks. So you flash a coreboot+tianocore build (mrchromebox is a popular prebuilt option) to convert your EOL chromebook to a normal UEFI laptop... and then install Chrome OS Flex, and get a supported Chrome OS device again? I can't see any reason it wouldn't work...

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Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by kingcharles on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:30PM (#30353770)

What CPUs does Flex support though? This would be great to recover EOL Chromebooks. There are literally millions of them out there that are dead now, but would perform perfectly with Flex.

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Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by onion2k on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:59PM (#30353385)

If you try it and it's good this would be worth doing a Show HN post for.

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Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by opencl on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:59PM (#30355123)

You can already do this with Neverware CloudReady, which Chrome OS Flex is basically a rebrand of.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/30282/how-to-get-updates-on-your...

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Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:48PM (#30355044)

I think the chances are pretty good, I have an old Toshiba Chromebook 2 running Cloudready, several years past the end of official support.

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Re:Google Release Chrome OS Flex by billiam on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:48PM (#30354563)

seems like they would be doing this with Flex if they could support the old CPUs.

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