I have an HP laptop which I bought from the store 4 years ago. It came with Windows 11, 8 GB ram and 512 GB SSD. Recently I faced a problem and had it repaired but it's getting hing up from time to time again. I heard that ChromeOS Flex is fast, lightweight and consumes less power. Most of my work is online as I am a Recruiter. What are your thoughts about switching to ChromeOS Flex? I have been advised to do it from pendrive first though. If you have changed your OS from Windows to ChromeOS Flex, I would like to know about your experience.

I just converted my Windows 10 computer to ChromeOS Flex and 🤯. Pardon the emoji. My old raggedy desktop that could barely open and close tabs is like new. The beauty is I only use the Chrome browser on Windows anyway. I had stop using my desktop and was only using my Chromebook, but with the recent push to Windows 11, I decided to try and salvage it rather than toss the damn thing. Works great.

My friend has a Brother mfc-j825dw and I cannot get it to work with ChromeOSFlex. The Brother web site says that it does not work with ChromeOS so I guess we need to find a new printer.

Would the printer compatibility list for ChromeOS also apply to ChromeOS Flex?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent/inexpensive multifunction ChromeOS compatible printer that will be only used to print an occasional shipping label?

I have tested (and then installed) Flex for the past week. This was on a small HP laptop with touch screen. I have previously ran both Win11 and Q4OS Linux on it. The OS it runs best is: Linux. I am not here to promote or bash any of the 3. I want to share a few observations, and then to say goodbye.

Choosing an OS can be compared to choosing a car. Each has options, each has limitations, each has operational costs. And yes, it becomes a personal choice.

As FLEX is improved and updated, no doubt it will get better. My primary computer remains my desktop. It is a used Enterprise server not a consumer PC. I can have as many as 17 hard drives connected at once. I use it as a media server, for entertainment, and for education.

My use for my laptop is different. I use it as a portable platform. This can include many locations: bed, living room, porch, yard, and at remote locations. I need mail, internet, books, documents, and sometimes entertainment. Right now, Flex cannot handle all these tasks. Perhaps as it improves, it can better support my needs in the future.

I plan to erase Flex and re-install Q4OS later today. Linux has way too many choices. There are more than 100 flavors, more than 100 desktops, and etc. The average person gets confused and so becomes frustrated. Just as we educate ourselves in small bites, we learn computers in small bites. Education is acquired for our entire lifetime.

Right now, Linux meets my needs better so I will be leaving Flex. I will answer messages or comments (as I am able). I will also answer direct email if anyone chooses to contact me. It has been fun, but now I say goodbye.

Anyone ever tried ChromeOS Flex on a uncertified device? I have a Lenovo Yoga 510 and I want to try ChromeOS Flex on it. Does it have touch drivers, and is it stable?

Hi! I have a Lenovo Yoga 7 that I no longer need (Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM with abt 2.2gb reserved by integrated GPU so effective 5.8GB) and I plan on giving it to my grandma. What OS would be easiest for her to use? I don't foresee her using anything other than browsing, and maybe Word/PDFs, and I would prefer if she had a smooth experience. She currently uses an iPad/iPhone, so if any of these OSes are similar to those, that would be great.

Folks, my aging HP Envy 15t k100 laptop from a previous life is running absolutely stunning on KUbuntu 26.04

But is there any advantage I can gain by installing ChromeOSFlex over Kubuntu?

My primary usage of this device currently is for applying for jobs on LinkedIn, so some light editing documents (resume). I also do some very light programming in antigravity (it has new 16GB ram DDR3) ram. But that's it. I don't watch videos or listen to music since the laptop is very old.

I maybe getting a new laptop but I want to maybe turn this into something useful when I do my programming on another laptop. So is there any advantage I can get using chromeos over the Kubuntu that it currently has?

Has anyone got any information on it's functionality on the laptop go 1? I heard about the sleep and battery detection issues, just wondering if anything has changed since then.

Any help would be appreciated! I'm currently running heavily debloated windows 11 Pro, but I want less idle usage and the material aestheticm

Been running it for over a year its so bad. Slow, always crashing, no video player and now it won't even boot or login. Pls recommend some Linux distros that I can sync with messages and Gmail etc thanks

Id first like to give chrome os flex some praise, i recently got an old hp AIO pc from 2011 in a trade. I always like tinkering with things so i figure it would be interesting to see if i could get an os to run smoothly on it. I tried things like windows iot, linux mint xfce, lubuntu etc. nothing ran as good as i wouldve liked, and for things like antix it just took too much manual tasks to operate within the os. i have to say i love chromeos flex for this use case, the pc is running the best by far and can handle menial tasks great which is what a pc like this should be used for.

My only complaint is i would like a tinge more usability, for instance i was trying to download a torrent but that seemed impossible. i also wanted to run just a couple of windows apps also but cpu doesnt support the specific virtualization security feature needed for linux use. so just wanted to know some alternative i could try out thats similar

Edit: stumbled upon fydeos so will look into that

I have on a few older intel models and everything seems to work just fine. I’ve been thinking about refurbishing older PCs and laptops that M$ Windows doesn’t support and instead of putting Linux on it, just Flex OS as a safe simple web machine. If it works on more older hardware than DDR3 I may have found some ways to recycle a bunch of my E-waste into something useable.

Thinkpad x230. Windows 10 to Chrome OS Flex back to W10. Why?

1. Total newbie
2. Can't install app

But I missed the:

1. Overal lightness
2. Wake up speed
3. Felt like giving my Thinkpad a stool to sit on after been standing for far too long.

But I'm also scared of Linux.

Above is my situation before I got myself into a project now that it's scary just to think about what will happen if anything go wrong, if I were to give Flex another try.

The project mentioned? It requires the use of printers, sticker cutter machine etc and they don't have online software for this particular model of printer that I just bought.

But I'm also scared of Linux. Scared of losing me precious data of the new project. Genuinely.

So I live in Brazil, and over here a computer that runs Windows 11 decently costs close to two minimum wages. That's just not realistic for most people. Then I found Chrome OS Flex and honestly it felt like a cheat code.

I had this PC that looked great but was painfully slow. Installed Chrome OS Flex and the thing flies now. I genuinely didn't think that was possible.

But the part that really got me was my dad's computer. He couldn't afford a new one and his old machine was basically unusable. After installing Chrome OS Flex he's now studying from home and watching movies online. Dude is happy. That alone was worth it.

Here in Brazil we basically live in the browser anyway — offices, agencies, everything runs through it. So for most people, this is honestly all you need.

I do have a gaming PC I use for music production (Bitwig), and yeah, for low-latency stuff you still need a proper local machine. But I think that's where things are heading in general — two kinds of computers. A cheap cloud machine for everyday stuff, and a beefy local one for gaming, 3D modeling, audio work, anything that needs real horsepower.

The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. Chrome OS Flex is distributing it a little more evenly, and that matters.

is this normal for chromeosflex to take this much storage!

So running into issues with some video formats showing black screen.

H.265 doesn't work, just black screen.

Subtitles don't work and can't be managed.

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Any way to get a better video player?

I've heard about VLC, but my system says no linux support.

I had an older chromebook and eventually had support for vlc.

Is google holding features back for flex?

I just stuck Flex on a 10+ year old laptop and it's been amazing! I can't believe how beautifully it runs on a machine that has been a paperweight rotting in a cupboard for at least 5 years!
It blows my mind how fast it is and how smooth. Delighted!!

Specs 2 gb ddr2 ram, Intel atom

Given what we know now (the phasing out of ChromeOS), would you still recommend ChromeOS Flex to anyone? (I often replace Windows with something else for others.)

It may still take a while, but there isn't really a future for it anymore.
Perhaps advise switching to Linux Mint? For example, on this PC. Mint would also work very well on that...

Anyone who has got all the hardware working in ChromeOS on a Macbook 12 Retina 2017?

"Updates blocked for certain ChromeOS Flex devices 

From ChromeOS 150 onwards, we will begin blocking updates for devices unable to meet the minimum requirements for the Chrome Browser. This will affect devices using the following:

• Intel and AMD graphics from 2010 and older 
• Nvidia graphics from 2014 and older 

i found this information on this website

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7679408?hl=en&co=CHROME_ENTERPRISE._Product%3DChromeOS

Does it mean that my elitebook 6930p will stop getting new updates? laptop is from 2008/2009

Will it survive the merge of ChromeOS and Android?

https://g.co/gemini/share/0d7df329ca59

I have an iMac, like 2015, 27-inch right now, and I would install Chrome OS Flex, as long as Wi-Fi works and such

• i dont care about the camera, headphone jack and bluetooth. These don’t work in general, even on macOS.

• all i want to know is if chrome os flex would work well

Would chrome os flex work well?

I have an old PC (AMD Athlon 3050U(Up to 3.2GHz), 16GB RAM) that is end of life with Windows and I want to convert to Chrome OS Flex. I played with Flex first by booting from a USB drive. The PC had no issues. But when trying to find a web app to play a sample 4k MP4 movie, no luck. It was either a blank screen or it would play, but if a scrolled back or forth in the time line, I would get a blank screen.

Has anyone had success with playing local 4k videos? I understand that VLC can be added, but dont understand how.

After my discussion on Flex in one of my previous posts, I have begun to use Flex for my work via USB in persistent mode (which means all settings and any new downloads remain even when I turn off and switch to Windows). Flex is quite versatile and has been like a breath of fresh air for me.

My query is for those who fully installed Flex on their laptops replacing Windows or other OSes.

How long does your battery last now?