Saved my sister's old #chromebook by installing #xubuntu - Followed an online guide to the letter with no probs.
She reminded me today of this message that pops up on boot for a brief while at the start.
'OS verification is off'
'Press Space Bar to Enable'
I told her to ignore it and in fact definitely *not* press the space bar.
She's fine with that and delighted with the rejuvenated machine.
But I am only guessing that's the correct advice tbh. Anyone know anything?
Google and NVIDIA are giving away a free 12-month GeForce NOW Fast Pass subscription for streaming 2,000+ PC games (up to 10 hours per month with 5 hours rollover time). https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/chromebooksgeforce-now-fast-pass/ #Google #NVIDIA #GeForceNow #CloudGaming #GameStreaming #Chromebook
Source code leaks hint at an upcoming ChromeOS tablet with a 12.1 inch, 2560 x 1600px display and a MT8189 chip with 2 x Cortex-A78 cores and 6 Cortex-A55 cores. https://chromeunboxed.com/the-first-mediatek-mt8189-tablet-padme-will-feature-a-large-12-1-inch-qhd-screen/ #ChromeOSTablet #Chromebook #MT8189
OK, gonna put this one out to the fediverse: has anyone any experience with sending kids to high school in #NZ with a #Linux laptop rather than the suggested #Chromebook. It will probably be #KDE Neon as the distro of choice.
Did it cause any issues? Did anyone even notice the difference?
(For reference, I've been a Linux desktop and server user for ~20 years, so tech support is not an issue. In fact Linux is the easiest option).
Further context: the kid in question is already a #Linux user (for nearly 3 years), so a #Chromebook is probably a downgrade for them.
OK, gonna put this one out to the fediverse: has anyone any experience with sending kids to high school in #NZ with a #Linux laptop rather than the suggested #Chromebook. It will probably be #KDE Neon as the distro of choice.
Did it cause any issues? Did anyone even notice the difference?
(For reference, I've been a Linux desktop and server user for ~20 years, so tech support is not an issue. In fact Linux is the easiest option).
Bevrijd een Chromebook, doe de upgrade naar Linux! 
Zometeen om 11:00 op de @nluug voorjaars conferentie: "Presenting the FOSS stack for schools"
https://nluug.nl/evenementen/nluug/voorjaarsconferentie-2025/talks/geert-jan-meewisse-and-raoul-kramer-presenting-the-foss-stack-for-schools/
@nluug Heb je met je school interesse om je bestaande vloot aan Chromebooks te bevrijden en op eerlijke- vrije- opensource software te laten draaien? Neem contact op, we komen graag een keer langs om te praten over de mogelijkheden en een geleidelijk stappenplan.
#School #onderwijs #chromebook #ontGoogle #DigitaleSoevereiniteit
Bevrijd een Chromebook, doe de upgrade naar Linux!
Zometeen om 11:00 op de @nluug voorjaars conferentie: "Presenting the FOSS stack for schools"
https://nluug.nl/evenementen/nluug/voorjaarsconferentie-2025/talks/geert-jan-meewisse-and-raoul-kramer-presenting-the-foss-stack-for-schools/
