#chromebook — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #chromebook, aggregated by home.social.
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Best Laptops for College Students (2026): MacBooks and Beyond
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/best-college-laptops/
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@novelwriter
Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds.1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage"
I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so that I can upgrade and downgrade easily.
2) I had to "apt install enchant-2" to get the spellcheck to work.After that I created a .desktop file so that it appears in the ChromeOS App menu.
Chromebooks are cheap, light, and portable, and have a long battery life. You need one with the "Chromebook plus" specification to run Linux apps.
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@novelwriter
Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds.1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage"
I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so that I can upgrade and downgrade easily.
2) I had to "apt install enchant-2" to get the spellcheck to work.After that I created a .desktop file so that it appears in the ChromeOS App menu.
Chromebooks are cheap, light, and portable, and have a long battery life. You need one with the "Chromebook plus" specification to run Linux apps.
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@novelwriter
Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds.1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage"
I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so that I can upgrade and downgrade easily.
2) I had to "apt install enchant-2" to get the spellcheck to work.After that I created a .desktop file so that it appears in the ChromeOS App menu.
Chromebooks are cheap, light, and portable, and have a long battery life. You need one with the "Chromebook plus" specification to run Linux apps.
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@novelwriter
Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds.1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage"
I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so that I can upgrade and downgrade easily.
2) I had to "apt install enchant-2" to get the spellcheck to work.After that I created a .desktop file so that it appears in the ChromeOS App menu.
Chromebooks are cheap, light, and portable, and have a long battery life. You need one with the "Chromebook plus" specification to run Linux apps.
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@novelwriter
Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds.1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage"
I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so that I can upgrade and downgrade easily.
2) I had to "apt install enchant-2" to get the spellcheck to work.After that I created a .desktop file so that it appears in the ChromeOS App menu.
Chromebooks are cheap, light, and portable, and have a long battery life. You need one with the "Chromebook plus" specification to run Linux apps.
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Been using a Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook with 11th gen. Intel i3/8gb RAM upgraded to 512gb ssd since early 2023 as my main computer.
It's still running fine and gets the job done, but I'm jealous of My wife's m1 MacBook Air hardware.
Had a bunch of 'credit' on Amazon from a work program. Saw a refurb HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook i7 12th gen /32gb/512gb that I could cover with the credit. Ordered it.
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Been using a Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook with 11th gen. Intel i3/8gb RAM upgraded to 512gb ssd since early 2023 as my main computer.
It's still running fine and gets the job done, but I'm jealous of My wife's m1 MacBook Air hardware.
Had a bunch of 'credit' on Amazon from a work program. Saw a refurb HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook i7 12th gen /32gb/512gb that I could cover with the credit. Ordered it.
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Been using a Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook with 11th gen. Intel i3/8gb RAM upgraded to 512gb ssd since early 2023 as my main computer.
It's still running fine and gets the job done, but I'm jealous of My wife's m1 MacBook Air hardware.
Had a bunch of 'credit' on Amazon from a work program. Saw a refurb HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook i7 12th gen /32gb/512gb that I could cover with the credit. Ordered it.
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Been using a Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook with 11th gen. Intel i3/8gb RAM upgraded to 512gb ssd since early 2023 as my main computer.
It's still running fine and gets the job done, but I'm jealous of My wife's m1 MacBook Air hardware.
Had a bunch of 'credit' on Amazon from a work program. Saw a refurb HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook i7 12th gen /32gb/512gb that I could cover with the credit. Ordered it.
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Been using a Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook with 11th gen. Intel i3/8gb RAM upgraded to 512gb ssd since early 2023 as my main computer.
It's still running fine and gets the job done, but I'm jealous of My wife's m1 MacBook Air hardware.
Had a bunch of 'credit' on Amazon from a work program. Saw a refurb HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook i7 12th gen /32gb/512gb that I could cover with the credit. Ordered it.
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Rentrée 2026 : les lycéens franciliens quittent Windows pour un Chromebook Google
https://mac4ever.com/197093
#Mac4Ever #chromebook -
Rentrée 2026 : les lycéens franciliens quittent Windows pour un Chromebook Google
https://mac4ever.com/197093
#Mac4Ever #chromebook -
Rentrée 2026 : les lycéens franciliens quittent Windows pour un Chromebook Google
https://mac4ever.com/197093
#Mac4Ever #chromebook -
Rentrée 2026 : les lycéens franciliens quittent Windows pour un Chromebook Google
https://mac4ever.com/197093
#Mac4Ever #chromebook -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/1057695/ Chromebook au lycée : la France fonce vers Google, pile quand l’Europe s’en méfie #Actualités #Chromebook #ÉducationNationale #EU #europe #FR #France #google #IleDeFrance #News #RépubliqueFrançaise #RGPD #SouverainetéNumérique
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/153773/ Chromebook au lycée : la France fonce vers Google, pile quand l’Europe s’en méfie #chromebook #EducationNationale #Europe #Google #IleDeFrance #RGPD #SouverainetéNumérique
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Blick ins Heft c’t 15/2026: Humanoide Roboter
Keine Kunststücke vorführen, sondern empathisch interagieren, davon sind humanoide Roboter weit entfernt. VLMs und offene Systeme sollen das verbessern.
#Chromebook #EInk #eBook #Hardware #Roboter #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Raumfahrt #SSD #Tablets #Videokonferenz #Wero #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
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Blick ins Heft c’t 15/2026: Humanoide Roboter
Keine Kunststücke vorführen, sondern empathisch interagieren, davon sind humanoide Roboter weit entfernt. VLMs und offene Systeme sollen das verbessern.
#Chromebook #EInk #eBook #Hardware #Roboter #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Raumfahrt #SSD #Tablets #Videokonferenz #Wero #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
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Blick ins Heft c’t 15/2026: Humanoide Roboter
Keine Kunststücke vorführen, sondern empathisch interagieren, davon sind humanoide Roboter weit entfernt. VLMs und offene Systeme sollen das verbessern.
#Chromebook #EInk #eBook #Hardware #Roboter #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Raumfahrt #SSD #Tablets #Videokonferenz #Wero #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
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Blick ins Heft c’t 15/2026: Humanoide Roboter
Keine Kunststücke vorführen, sondern empathisch interagieren, davon sind humanoide Roboter weit entfernt. VLMs und offene Systeme sollen das verbessern.
#Chromebook #EInk #eBook #Hardware #Roboter #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Raumfahrt #SSD #Tablets #Videokonferenz #Wero #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
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Blick ins Heft c’t 15/2026: Humanoide Roboter
Keine Kunststücke vorführen, sondern empathisch interagieren, davon sind humanoide Roboter weit entfernt. VLMs und offene Systeme sollen das verbessern.
#Chromebook #EInk #eBook #Hardware #Roboter #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Raumfahrt #SSD #Tablets #Videokonferenz #Wero #Wirtschaft #Wissenschaft #news
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Guys, any hot tips to repair a corrupted USB stick before I hand it over to my father to run his forensic-level Lord High Computationer (shhh the syllables fit) sorcery? (I'm pretty sure I don't have anything SUPER private on it - but it's the principle of the thing!) (Also I like to fix things myself.)
I have a low-CPU machine running Linux Mint (noob user, though), a Chromebook that's just starting to go out-of-date, and standard Windows.
I'll give anything free a try! lol (Uhhh short of just formatting it and starting over. Nothing necessarily irretrievable(?) but would be a LOT of work…)
#usb-drive #thumb-drive #usb-stick #corrupted-usb #usb-repair #tech-hacks #linux #windows #chromebook #I-know-enough-to-get-myself-into-trouble---I-UNIQUELY-challenge-my-father's-engineering-and-programming-skill-set-lol #tech-help #usb-help #tech-repair -
Repurposing Chromebooks
"With Android smartphones, Chromebooks are probably one of the most exemplary materialization of the cognitive dissonance taking place in the capitalist creative destruction driven ICT industry. These computers would not exist without plethora FLOSS and related projects, and at the same time all this technological openness is by design obfuscated and restricted to create an ecosystem that is as closed as possible, and designed for planned obsolescence. This approach has been championed by Google and the computer manufacturers producing these devices. Good job everyone 👍"
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Repurposing Chromebooks
"With Android smartphones, Chromebooks are probably one of the most exemplary materialization of the cognitive dissonance taking place in the capitalist creative destruction driven ICT industry. These computers would not exist without plethora FLOSS and related projects, and at the same time all this technological openness is by design obfuscated and restricted to create an ecosystem that is as closed as possible, and designed for planned obsolescence. This approach has been championed by Google and the computer manufacturers producing these devices. Good job everyone 👍"
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Repurposing Chromebooks
"With Android smartphones, Chromebooks are probably one of the most exemplary materialization of the cognitive dissonance taking place in the capitalist creative destruction driven ICT industry. These computers would not exist without plethora FLOSS and related projects, and at the same time all this technological openness is by design obfuscated and restricted to create an ecosystem that is as closed as possible, and designed for planned obsolescence. This approach has been championed by Google and the computer manufacturers producing these devices. Good job everyone 👍"
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Repurposing Chromebooks
"With Android smartphones, Chromebooks are probably one of the most exemplary materialization of the cognitive dissonance taking place in the capitalist creative destruction driven ICT industry. These computers would not exist without plethora FLOSS and related projects, and at the same time all this technological openness is by design obfuscated and restricted to create an ecosystem that is as closed as possible, and designed for planned obsolescence. This approach has been championed by Google and the computer manufacturers producing these devices. Good job everyone 👍"
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Repurposing Chromebooks
"With Android smartphones, Chromebooks are probably one of the most exemplary materialization of the cognitive dissonance taking place in the capitalist creative destruction driven ICT industry. These computers would not exist without plethora FLOSS and related projects, and at the same time all this technological openness is by design obfuscated and restricted to create an ecosystem that is as closed as possible, and designed for planned obsolescence. This approach has been championed by Google and the computer manufacturers producing these devices. Good job everyone 👍"
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📱 Mengatasi Masalah Autentikasi Google Play Store di Chromebook: Sebuah Pelajaran Berharga tentang Backup Data
📝 https://dotsemarang.blogspot.com/2026/07/mengatasi-masalah-autentikasi-google.html -
📱 Mengatasi Masalah Autentikasi Google Play Store di Chromebook: Sebuah Pelajaran Berharga tentang Backup Data
📝 https://dotsemarang.blogspot.com/2026/07/mengatasi-masalah-autentikasi-google.html -
@ErnavM @sisypheheureux @justdude
Ongelijkheid:
Voorkomen van ongelijkheid? Waarom dan "Het-is-maar-vmbo" die zijn te dom om een goede laptop nodig te hebben, dus is een Chromebook wel goed genoeg?
Als ze ongelijkheid een serieus probleem zouden vinden zouden ze met één model komen voor de hele school.
Mocht je al een Chomebook hebben, die zijn gelukkig te upgraden :awesome: : https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/
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@ErnavM @sisypheheureux @justdude
Ongelijkheid:
Voorkomen van ongelijkheid? Waarom dan "Het-is-maar-vmbo" die zijn te dom om een goede laptop nodig te hebben, dus is een Chromebook wel goed genoeg?
Als ze ongelijkheid een serieus probleem zouden vinden zouden ze met één model komen voor de hele school.
Mocht je al een Chomebook hebben, die zijn gelukkig te upgraden :awesome: : https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/
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@ErnavM @sisypheheureux @justdude
Ongelijkheid:
Voorkomen van ongelijkheid? Waarom dan "Het-is-maar-vmbo" die zijn te dom om een goede laptop nodig te hebben, dus is een Chromebook wel goed genoeg?
Als ze ongelijkheid een serieus probleem zouden vinden zouden ze met één model komen voor de hele school.
Mocht je al een Chomebook hebben, die zijn gelukkig te upgraden :awesome: : https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/
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@ErnavM @sisypheheureux @justdude
Ongelijkheid:
Voorkomen van ongelijkheid? Waarom dan "Het-is-maar-vmbo" die zijn te dom om een goede laptop nodig te hebben, dus is een Chromebook wel goed genoeg?
Als ze ongelijkheid een serieus probleem zouden vinden zouden ze met één model komen voor de hele school.
Mocht je al een Chomebook hebben, die zijn gelukkig te upgraden :awesome: : https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/
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@ErnavM @sisypheheureux @justdude
Ongelijkheid:
Voorkomen van ongelijkheid? Waarom dan "Het-is-maar-vmbo" die zijn te dom om een goede laptop nodig te hebben, dus is een Chromebook wel goed genoeg?
Als ze ongelijkheid een serieus probleem zouden vinden zouden ze met één model komen voor de hele school.
Mocht je al een Chomebook hebben, die zijn gelukkig te upgraden :awesome: : https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/
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draft - ChromeOS - Re: GUI installation of .deb packages has been deprecated.
A - so, is it "good" for "them" or "us" or "business" or what. Is it almost trying to make it feel like that sort of "no side loading" type of feeling? Or force people to use the terminal or. Or make it so "dummies" don't install bad things by accident or something? Or is it none of the above or some of the above or we just don't know? Hm. I wonder. bc it was kinda nice having the gui installation capability and this feels like a downgrade. Hm. But even if it is some of the above, and have them force users to the terminal for *initial installation* it doesn't make sense to force users to the terminal for *software updates* as software updates include security stuff that would be beneficial for all users even "dummies" or whatever. Like, sure, maybe the initial installation should require terminal, but the UI should support software updates via the gui.
#chromeOS #chromebook #chromeos150 #chromeOS160 #chromebookplus #8gbram #12gbram #16gbram #corei3 #corei5 #googlechrome #googlebook #aluminumOS
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draft - ChromeOS - Re: GUI installation of .deb packages has been deprecated.
A - so, is it "good" for "them" or "us" or "business" or what. Is it almost trying to make it feel like that sort of "no side loading" type of feeling? Or force people to use the terminal or. Or make it so "dummies" don't install bad things by accident or something? Or is it none of the above or some of the above or we just don't know? Hm. I wonder. bc it was kinda nice having the gui installation capability and this feels like a downgrade. Hm. But even if it is some of the above, and have them force users to the terminal for *initial installation* it doesn't make sense to force users to the terminal for *software updates* as software updates include security stuff that would be beneficial for all users even "dummies" or whatever. Like, sure, maybe the initial installation should require terminal, but the UI should support software updates via the gui.
#chromeOS #chromebook #chromeos150 #chromeOS160 #chromebookplus #8gbram #12gbram #16gbram #corei3 #corei5 #googlechrome #googlebook #aluminumOS
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draft - ChromeOS - Re: GUI installation of .deb packages has been deprecated.
A - so, is it "good" for "them" or "us" or "business" or what. Is it almost trying to make it feel like that sort of "no side loading" type of feeling? Or force people to use the terminal or. Or make it so "dummies" don't install bad things by accident or something? Or is it none of the above or some of the above or we just don't know? Hm. I wonder. bc it was kinda nice having the gui installation capability and this feels like a downgrade. Hm. But even if it is some of the above, and have them force users to the terminal for *initial installation* it doesn't make sense to force users to the terminal for *software updates* as software updates include security stuff that would be beneficial for all users even "dummies" or whatever. Like, sure, maybe the initial installation should require terminal, but the UI should support software updates via the gui.
#chromeOS #chromebook #chromeos150 #chromeOS160 #chromebookplus #8gbram #12gbram #16gbram #corei3 #corei5 #googlechrome #googlebook #aluminumOS
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draft - ChromeOS - Re: GUI installation of .deb packages has been deprecated.
A - so, is it "good" for "them" or "us" or "business" or what. Is it almost trying to make it feel like that sort of "no side loading" type of feeling? Or force people to use the terminal or. Or make it so "dummies" don't install bad things by accident or something? Or is it none of the above or some of the above or we just don't know? Hm. I wonder. bc it was kinda nice having the gui installation capability and this feels like a downgrade. Hm. But even if it is some of the above, and have them force users to the terminal for *initial installation* it doesn't make sense to force users to the terminal for *software updates* as software updates include security stuff that would be beneficial for all users even "dummies" or whatever. Like, sure, maybe the initial installation should require terminal, but the UI should support software updates via the gui.
#chromeOS #chromebook #chromeos150 #chromeOS160 #chromebookplus #8gbram #12gbram #16gbram #corei3 #corei5 #googlechrome #googlebook #aluminumOS
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#Indonesia's former minister and Gojek founder gets 10-year jail for corruption - CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/gojek-founder-indonesia-former-minister-makarim-guilty-graft-6220991 #chromebook -
#Indonesia's former minister and Gojek founder gets 10-year jail for corruption - CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/gojek-founder-indonesia-former-minister-makarim-guilty-graft-6220991 #chromebook -
#Indonesia's former minister and Gojek founder gets 10-year jail for corruption - CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/gojek-founder-indonesia-former-minister-makarim-guilty-graft-6220991 #chromebook -
#Indonesia's former minister and Gojek founder gets 10-year jail for corruption - CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/gojek-founder-indonesia-former-minister-makarim-guilty-graft-6220991 #chromebook -
Parents can't access #Philly students' #Chromebook browsing history.
Only corporate behemoths like #Google can.
And whichever other corporate partners that Google wants to share/sell those to can.
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2026/06/29/schools-screen-time-chromebooks-philly-schools
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Parents can't access #Philly students' #Chromebook browsing history.
Only corporate behemoths like #Google can.
And whichever other corporate partners that Google wants to share/sell those to can.
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2026/06/29/schools-screen-time-chromebooks-philly-schools
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Parents can't access #Philly students' #Chromebook browsing history.
Only corporate behemoths like #Google can.
And whichever other corporate partners that Google wants to share/sell those to can.
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2026/06/29/schools-screen-time-chromebooks-philly-schools
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Here is where I do all this stuff, unless I'm downstairs using my #Chromebook.
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Here is where I do all this stuff, unless I'm downstairs using my #Chromebook.
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Here is where I do all this stuff, unless I'm downstairs using my #Chromebook.
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Here is where I do all this stuff, unless I'm downstairs using my #Chromebook.