Running Google Chrome OS Flex on old PCs and Macs

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:10:55 -0600

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)

[JAB]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:54:29 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"

W8?!

64 bit required for IBM PCs

[Bozo User]

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:10:55 -0600

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.