Brilliant. A timely reminder. I was already using Cloudready which has now just become Google Chrome OS Flex. Hope this tutorial helps others give this a try. All the best.
Nice one 👍 Yes, looks likes Google are merging products and also starting a proper push for Chrome OS. Hopefully they do something similar with Android. Cheers, Dave.
Do you mean that CloudReady automatically updates to Chrome OS Flex? I checked that they are both still available for downloading and installing seperately
@@jaakkotahtela123 Yes, Flex is basically the new CloudReady and when the final release is available it will update just the same way as Chrome OS does. Whether it gets Android app support on full release, I don’t know but I really do hope it does. Cheers, Dave.
I have a Lenovo Ideapad miix 700 with 8 GB RAM & 256 GB SSD. It was a decent competitor to Surface when it came out a few years back. But it did not qualify for a Windows 11 update as well as becoming sluggish. I decided to make it a chromebook. Someone on social media suggested to install Chrome Flex. Your video was so helpful and instructive to do it. I did not encounter any hitch and now I have a high end Chromebook in place of a sluggish Windows tablet. Thanks once again for putting out this video.
David, the pace and flow of the video is excellent. Well done! I recently purchased a Chromebook as opposed to another lower-end Windows laptop (to use as a travel laptop) and I was blown away at the power and flexibility of Chrome OS. I don't think MS realizes it yet, but Chrome OS represents serious competition to Windows for casual computer users.
Hi Larry. Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, MS and maybe to a degree, Apple, should look more closely at what’s going with Chrome OS and Flex. I’ve already installed it on three different old Windows X86 machines and also a modern 11th Gen Intel machine and it works flawlessly and is way snappier than Windows on the old machines. What’s probably the bigger surprise is that I’ve just installed it on an old Mac Mini, I think 2011 or 2012 and it worked well. What’s more interesting about the Mac is that it’s been effectively dead for a while, with no compatibility with the later OS versions. So, in this instance, Flex is definitely breathing new life into many machines who’s own manufacturers would consider EOL. Google will have obviously done this for financial gain, once people start hooking into extra services and apps via Chrome etc. However, a massively positive side effect of all this is that it can help to reduce e-waste and also give those with little money and people in developing countries, the real opportunity to have some sort of cheap computer system that’s quite capable of day to day tasks and to be able to join in with a global community wherever possible. Cheers, Dave.
It doesn't, and it hasn't in the more than decade it has been on the market their touch screen interfacing is abysmal and even Windows offers a superior product in this regard
@@sumitchaudhary343 ms word hasn't been a killer app in a long time. For 99% of people Google office and office 365 will be enough. I'd say the Adobe suites are the big issue, but those bloated beasties aren't going to run well on older machines anyhow.
This is really great. I am really very interested in chrome os flex. This could be a much better alternative for older folks that just want simplicity.
So, In this video I'm doing two things in one and answering two questions. How To Install Chrome OS Flex On A Windows Laptop & How To Turn A Windows Laptop Into A Chrome OS Flex Chromebook. Here's some links to USB flash drives & Chromebooks on Amazon, I personally use SanDisk for important stuff. SanDisk USB Flash Drives geni.us/SandiskUSBFlashDrives Other USB Flash Drives geni.us/USBFlashDrives Chromebooks on Amazon: geni.us/ChromebooksOnAmazon This video has very detailed and easy to follow step by step guide on how to prepare a Chrome OS Flex bootable live USB flash drive which can also be used as a USB installation flash drive, which is wha I'm doing in this video. I also give a very detailed guide on who to actually install Chrome OS Flex and also how to select the USB flash drive as the boot device. I then show a little use of Chrome OS Flex on the Surface GO 2 after its installation. With the release of Google's Chrome OS Flex, we now have a fully legitimate way of installing Chrome OS onto certain Windows laptops and desktops and also certain Mac desktops and laptops. In this example I'm using a Windows laptop/tablet, that being a Microsoft Surface Pro 2. This laptop/tablet is now getting on a bit and does run a bit slow under Windows these days, so is a prime candidate for Chrome OS. After installing Chrome OS Flex onto the Surface Pro 2 it performed amazingly well and was really fast at booting and powering down and also very snappy with the interface. As you can see in the video I looked at a few things as far as the user interface was concerned and also the UA-cam app. The bottom line here is that Chrome OS Flex is easily good enough for most day to day tasks, such as certain social media stuff, video streaming with the likes of UA-cam, music streaming with Spotify etc. and it's also great for writing e-mails and web browsing. Maybe the best bit is that Chrome OS Flex breathes new life into old computers and keeps them going with good purpose. This is especially important for the planet and e-waste and is also an excellent option for those with little money to be able to have a computer and be able to access the internet and keep up to date with global news and to keep in touch with family and friends. You can basically see this tutorial as the solution on how to turn your Windows PC into a Chromebook or how to turn your Windows laptop into a Chromebook. And the same for Mac, how to turn your MacBook into a Chromebook. Here is the link to the Chromebook Recovery Utility, this will work with Chrome on a Windows desktop or laptop and also Chrome on macOS computers such as Apple MacBook and other Mac laptops and Apple Mac desktops such as the M1 Mac Mini and older X86 Intel Mac desktop computers: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm?hl=en Manufacturer Boot key Acer F2 Apple Hold Option (next to the ⌘ key) Asus Del Dell F12 Gateway F1 HP F9 Intel F2 Lenovo F12 Toshiba F2 or F12 Other Try pressing Esc, any of F1-F12 keys, or Enter Here's the chapters for this video: 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Creating the Chrome OS Flex USB flash drive 06:41 Installing Chrome OS Flex first half 10:14 Installing Chrome OS Flex second half 12:55 A quick look after the installation 16:05 End summary Please give a thumbs up, sub, share my videos and click the bell for notifications. Amazon USA: geni.us/Amazon-USA Amazon UK: geni.us/Amazon-UK Amazon Deutschland: geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland Amazon España: geni.us/Amazon-Espana Amazon Canada: geni.us/Amazon-Canada As a UA-cam technology, review and demonstration channel that covers different aspects of video camera and video editing/processing, audio and microphone stuff. It does take a lot of time and money to help keep my channel running and to fund it. If you find my videos helpful or entertaining and would like to help support my channel. Please use my Amazon links when you are buying products from Amazon. Even using my Amazon links to buy products that I have not directly linked to, will help me with Amazon Affiliate income. Affiliate income does not cost you anything extra but it does help to support my channel. My UA-cam equipment & recommendations. Amazon USA amzn.to/3g2Oi3i Amazon UK amzn.to/2ZR6IOV My Amazon Shop links. Amazon USA www.amazon.com/shop/davidharry Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases when you use my Amazon Affiliate links. Contact me for product reviews. UA-cam@DavidHarry.com http//www.DavidHarry.com I’m David Harry. Thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now. Cheers, Dave. #ChromeOS#ChromeOSFlex#HowToInstallChromeOSFlex chrome os,how to install chrome os,chrome os install on pc,chrome os install,chrome os flex,how to install chrome os flex,how to download chrome os flex
As a blind/visually impaired user of chrome OS on a Lenovo duet, thank you for letting the lady come up talking (even if briefly) so that I know for certain that the Chromevox scree reader is a thing on the chrome OS flex operating system. Hats off to you sir!
Hi Trenton. Please excuse me for my obvious ignorance and not being as inclusive as I could be. If there is anything specific that may be useful for blind and visually impaired people to do with this type of installation, please let me know and I will try and account for it in another video. Cheers, Dave.
I'd say Chrome OS Flex would be useful for the $200-$300 laptops like the Gateway, HP Stream, and ASUS L410 which should be running Chrome OS rather than Windows 10/11 since the hardware isn't suited for Windows in mind. The downside of Flex compared to ChromeOS or FydeOS is you don't get Android app support though you can compensate this with an Android phone (such as Samsung or OnePlus), a Chromebook, or Windows 11 if it arrives although it doesn't use Google Play.
yeah i agree, my tablet came with windows 10 but since it has an intel atom processor thats clocked at 1.4 ghz windows 10 ran painfully slow so chrome os fixed almost everything
That's right Tone, Flex works really well with old machines. But that's nothing, check this video out from this point onward on an even less powerful machine :) ua-cam.com/video/Le-IRMEA5oM/v-deo.html Cheers, Dave.
Thanks Harry, I'm using my old laptop now. Asus 11 inch netbook. Works perfectly fine with chrome flex now I can use it for my work. Very nice. Thanks harry. More power to you.
Great job ! I recently had to recover a Chromebook using that tool. It took me several attempts. You got it done smoothly. I'm going to try on some of my old laptops. Doing it on a surface tablet is a great use of this application.
I just gave this a try. The process of creating a bootable USB drive was very easy following your steps. The problem comes when trying to run Chrome from the USB drive. I wanted to give it a try before installing. The process is extremely, painfully, slooooooow!! I finally just got tired of waiting and gave up. the laptop I was trying this on is not that old and should have worked way faster. I did something similar a couple of years ago with a distro of Linux on a laptop even older than this one, and the process went way better. I would say that if you don't want or need something specific from Chrome, go with Linux.
Thank you so much for your video. I followed your instructions and I was able to install chrome OS flex on an aging Asus Windows 10 laptop. The laptop is running much better with the chrome OS flex operating system. The laptop is much faster and does not get as hot compared to when windows 10 was installed. The laptop is nearly 10 years old. Thank you for your tutorial.
Hey David, thanks for the video. I have installed Chrome OS Flex on my surface 3. But, touchscreen is not working after the installation and the bluetooth cannot be toggled on. I tried via crosh > shell, but it’s not going into configuration mode and I am getting unknown command error. Can you please help me?
I just installed Flex on my Surface Pro 3, and it works great. Bluetooth keyboard touchscreen all works fine. Super fast and battery life is much better.
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Installing Chrome OS Flex on this ancient 2009-2010 Acer Aspire 5534 Laptop breathe life into this machine and save me some funds in the process. The instructions were very clear. This laptop was all set to be recycle. I had already wiped cleaned the hard drive over a year ago and was just procrastinating removing it. I had to reinstall Windows 7, but it is all good now. The only other hiccup I came across worth mentioning was trying to figure out how to move the Scan Disk in the BIOS to the BOOT position , done. I also did an update on the new OS and it is loading fast. I have 207 gigabytes to work/play with, Good Stuff. I have subscribed to your channel.
Hi. I’m glad the video helped. I know OS Flex is a bit limited but it does help to stop certain older laptops and desktops from becoming landfill. It’s also a great way to use Google’s Cloud based office apps. Hopefully Google will add Android App capability to OS Flex further down the line, as they did with the full ChromeOS. This would really help to drive more people to OS Flex. And yes, it can be a bit of a pain getting to the USB stick for booting. Unfortunately, this is something that changes from one computer to another, or one brand to another, as there are many different BIOS types and boot key types. Thanks for the sub 👍 I’ve got a bunch of Mac and Apple stuff to catch up with but I hope to do more Chrome and Android stuff soon. Cheers, Dave.
You can also upgrade the old Laptops for small money, the CPUs were socketed (what you dont have on modern hardware) at the time so a 2GhZ dual core Athlon or Intel processor + 4 GB RAM will speed up Windows 10 significantly. Did it for fun, works great.
Great video! Thank you. I tried the USB boot option on my old Lenovo Yoga 11s. Really liked Chrome OS Flex. Booting up took a few trial and errors. Using SD card, when it works, it's not stable and crashes often (with built-in card reader or USB reader).... using USB key directly does work better. However, Chrome OS Flex doesn't seem to recognize the built-in wifi module. Tried using an USB wifi adapter I have lying around but didnt work either. My work-around is an USB ethernet adapter because the Yoga 11s doesnt have ethernet built-in. While it works, this work-around is not portable and dependent on available ethernet connection. Also not working is the mic and sound components. I guess the Yoga 11s is too proprietary. Great job on this video nevertheless.
Just tried Chrome OS Flex on an old Thinkpad T440. Ran perfectly. Everything works. As for the Yoga 11s, it is now running Ubuntu very smoothly. Everything works and running faster than Windows 7 that it originally came with.
I'm having trouble getting the image to download. Interested to know if there is a direct URL so I can use the local image option. I did some URL guessing but no luck so far.
Hi John. Here's somewhere that has the Chrome images. These are code named, so I don't know if Flex is in there or if there's something that's the same. It may be helpful for other stuff as well cros-updates-serving.appspot.com Cheers, Dave.
Great video. Watched it this afternoon and then just for a laugh I setup Chrome on a stick and booted my 2013 11 inch Macbook Air onto it. It WORKS!! I can't believe it. The only problem I had was with my home wifi (combo 5GHz/2.4 GHz setup that does fool some devices). Got it working with my mobile phone's hotspot all fine and configured my google setup. I am now wondering if I plug into other devices will it reconfigure to those too. Used to carry my Apple setup on a stick that could boot any mac into my settings. Chrome doing the same thing? Could be useful if it does.
Tried it after POST, it just shows the Chrome logo and gets stuck on a blank screen. So, until this is fixed, I'm going to stick with Neverware-Cloudready on Chromium. This is really interesting and I'd love to see them fix this the soonest. Great video, David.
thanks for the information I just installed chrome os flex on to my old HP laptop that has only 32 gig of storage and a 4 gig of ram this OS make new life into my laptop it run very fast and easy to used for school as well thanks as again
8:04 on my laptop the message doesn't appear just white screen, shut down and some icon, then after 3 second the black screen appear and I wait for 30 minutes but nothing change. Maybe someone has same problem and solved, i hope you can help me
So strange. My old Chromebook was not supported with OS update anymore. So I have flashed my BIOS in order to install full Linux OS on it and use it like that for a while with having always some issues with keyboard controls not working. Now I can get back with a supported Chrome OS on my old Chromebook by installing Chrome OS Flex through a USB key. Wow! No surprise, everything works very well. It is a Chromebook after all. That old Chromebook is now maintained up to date with the latest OS and security. So cool!
@@DavidHarry I think there are some models where you have the option of booting with an USB key. At the time I have followed the procedure available for installing Gallium OS
@@UltraSupergumby Yes, you are correct. However, some just can’t be done and some require a jumper being moved on the motherboard. It’s a real shame because, as you’ve rightly said, you’ll lose security updates etc. after a while and many older Chromebooks are on very old old versions that can’t be uploaded. Yet, installing Flex on the very same machine will bring it up to date with the latest security patches etc. I hope Google add the full Chrome OS feature of Android app compatibility on the final release, this would make Flex the best free OS and I’m sure it would be very popular. Cheers, Dave.
Hi, did the full install but on start up my wifi would not connect. I could connect via data cable but no wifi. Any advice please. It was working perfectly well before the install. One other thing it gives a no connect due to out of range, well I'm right beside the router. Cheers.
Hi Phil. Unfortunately, not all peripherals and not all computers will 100% work, checkout the Google compatibility list, link in description. Once Flex comes out of beta and is on full release, maybe we see some better compatibility. Cheers, Dave.
I have an old AMD based Dell Inspiron One windows 7 all in one computer. Flex installed in minutes. Almost everything worked including wireless keyboard and mouse. The only problem is I am unable to turn on Bluetooth, makes signing in a bit cumbersome. Performance is more than adequate. I also installed it on a very old Dell netbook with an Intel CM3 processor. It installed no problem but runs like a turtle.
Will this installation also wipe my other local disk partitions or just the local disk partition in which i have my windows installed? I need a quick answer please.
It wipes all the partitions on the drive that you install to. You can't partition a single and dual boot. You can run it live and dual boot, check my other videos. Cheers, Dave.
Brilliant video, David. I am going to use your directions to install ChromeOS Flex on my Surface Pro 3 which is now out of Microsoft support. Just a couple of questions. Did you have to turn off secure boot? And does the touch screen work?
Hi. I don’t have mine anymore but from memory, I do not touch the BIOS and I can’t remember if I tried the touch controls. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. Cheers, Dave.
any idea as to what touchscreens will work? I have a asus t100han laying around from my aunt that I might try this on. Hopefully the recovery tool works in brave
Hi Graham. Yes, the installer will make any necessary changes that it needs during the install, so previous GPT or MBR partitioning/formatting won’t be an issue. Don’t forget, everything on the drive you install to will be deleted. So just make sure to back off any important data or files if you have any before installing Flex. Cheers, Dave.
Love your answer but I'm sure the many contributions on the subject of OS flex intimate that it's 'optimised' for GPT. If they're wrong I'll give it a go.
hi david tried the install with flash drive on a hp pavilion g series after reboot all i get is the chrome screen , then after a min or 2 a blank screen any help with this , i have tried many times ect but same result
9:25 Hey, David Harry. Did you see "erase the entire drive" warning? If you see this word, that's mean ChromeOS Flex USB Installation will wipe out all other drives on PC or Laptop, Including But not Limited to Macbook or mac. Do you have a 2nd Drive on Your System will all Your Important Data on It? Disconnect it Now Before Doing This Process, or if you want to Install it on a 2nd Hard Drive, Please Backup 2nd Drive's Data because this installation will Also Wipe Out The Entire Hard Drive Connected To The PC or Laptop!
Qual é o tempo que você teve de esperar até aparecer a tela onde escolhe se quer instalar ou testar ? Estou tentando instalar, mas o tempo está muito longo e não chego nessa tela de escolha.
@@DavidHarry thank you so much Dave. Loved your video. Succinct and clear. When do you plan to do your video? I was just wondering if it would work on a Samsung ATIV. If I recall correctly, the Microsoft Surface was Microsoft’s response to Samsung’s ATIV. So, hopefully it will work.
Hi Santosh. I’m just recording some more stuff and I’ll be uploading over the next few days. I’ll try and show a low spec Celeron 2GB machine. Cheers, Dave.
My bootable USB with the Chrome OS-flex works fine on other machines. However, it does not boot up on my SAMSUNG ATIV 500T at all. I have re-installed the original software etc. However, the screen showing up after F10 does not show the USB :( I am a late starter on Windows as I am heavy Mac User. I just wanted to Use my Samsung Tablet-PC as a Chromebook. Any help will be appreciated.
So here's a question for you, I have a couple older Chromebooks and an older Chromebox, would I be able to install the chrome flex on those as they no longer get updates?
Thanks for your very useful video! I followed your instructions and successfully installed Chrome OS on my HP Compaq Presario laptop! But i am having an issue with the internal wifi? If i plug a wifi adapter then it works, no problem! My question us is there a fix for this? I have already power washed!!! Thanks for any help you can render, Daniel
Hi, Daniel. Unfortunately, some functions don’t work on some devices. I’m not sure if Google have updated their information but there’s a link in the video description to some extra Google formation. Cheers, Dave.
I'm not able to complete the operation because the recovery utility crashes or freezes on the final writing step. I'm using a brand new Kingston flash drive and tried to run the utility on both my Acer desktop and HP 250g laptop with the same issue. Is there some suggestions about alternative methods or solving the issue ? Thanks
it looks good but i dont think it is safe my hard drive got corrupted because i installed a linux in the whole hard drive storage and it popped up the same format the usb drive before i install it so is it possible to get windows on it again ???
Hi Harry, I got a problem while setting up the Chrome OS flex on my old acer laptop, That after I see the chrome first screen the display go off (black screen) and I can't do anything more. Can you please help me out?!
Hi, Ludwig. Yes you can but just make sure that the drive you want to install it on is the only connected drive on the computer during the installation. Cheers, Dave.
Select device part is bit confusing for new users, as it doesn't say select your new OS, all they put is lots of device manufacturers name some might select that PC manufacturer's name.
Some people have issues with Core2 systems as it has a legacy BIOS, a few people online have managed to get CloudReady running (the older version of ChromeOS Flex)
hi Bro, Thank you so much. I install on my surface laptop 1, and the problem is the keyboard is not worked. I cannot login to gmail. could you please help me? Thank you
Dave, when the full version of chromeOS comes out (not the dev version), will i be able to go to that no problem? Or will i need to do a full re-install of chromeOS?
Which is the difference between this method you show in the video (through "Chromebook recovery utilty" add-on from Chorme browser) respect creating a bootable pen-drive with Rufus or Balenahetcher of Cloudready downloaded from an official source?
Hi David- Excellent video! I appreciate the work you put in it for the public to use. I am interested in installing Chrome Flex OS on my old apple laptop that I haven’t used in a many years. It is a 2004 PowerBook G4, 12” Screen, Processor Speed 1.33GHZ, 200 GB HD and 1.25 GB of memory. Would it work? Thanks in advance for your reply/subscribers/users.
Hi Said. I'm still yet to try the out on an old Mac Mini, so don't know yet. Google do say that it is compatible with certain older Intel X86 Macs, I have some links to the Google Chrome OS Flex page in the description to this video that has extra info about compatibility. Cheers, Dave.
Hi, I just install the ChromeOS flex on my surface pro6, but I can not use the touch screen and also cannot see the battery display, Do you know why???🥺
hey i want to know that it will wipe everything from pc or just the one window drive.. example .. my pc is divided in c drive and d drive.. c is the main windows drive.. bit d is consist of my files like picture movies etc . so it will wipe both or just c..
I installed this on an old Dell Venue windows tablet but i cant seem to get the touch screen keyboard to show. If i can use the touch function on it, why cant i use the on screen keyboard for this?? Is there a way to enable this or i must always use a usb keyboard to type?? No one is talking about this yet it is encouraged to do so on tablets as well.
Hello sir, I've installed chrome os flex on my hp notebook. I wanted to use linux terminal on it which requires developer mode ON but there is no developer option in my settings. I searched on how to bring developer option so that i could use linux terminal but I'm not able to find a way (the way Google show's is using esc+refresh key + power button and then ctrl+d and the chrome book will automatically open into developer option. But mine isn't a chromebook so theirs no refresh key). Please help me with it sir, how can i use linux terminal?
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Brilliant. A timely reminder. I was already using Cloudready which has now just become Google Chrome OS Flex. Hope this tutorial helps others give this a try. All the best.
Nice one 👍 Yes, looks likes Google are merging products and also starting a proper push for Chrome OS. Hopefully they do something similar with Android. Cheers, Dave.
Do you mean that CloudReady automatically updates to Chrome OS Flex? I checked that they are both still available for downloading and installing seperately
@@jaakkotahtela123 Yes, Flex is basically the new CloudReady and when the final release is available it will update just the same way as Chrome OS does. Whether it gets Android app support on full release, I don’t know but I really do hope it does. Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry I meant that if I now download CloudReady (it’s still available for download), does it update automatically into Chrome OS Flex?
@@jaakkotahtela123 Ahh, I see what you mean. I don’t know but it’s not worth using CloudReady anyway as it is being replaced by Flex. Cheers, Dave.
I have a Lenovo Ideapad miix 700 with 8 GB RAM & 256 GB SSD. It was a decent competitor to Surface when it came out a few years back. But it did not qualify for a Windows 11 update as well as becoming sluggish. I decided to make it a chromebook. Someone on social media suggested to install Chrome Flex. Your video was so helpful and instructive to do it. I did not encounter any hitch and now I have a high end Chromebook in place of a sluggish Windows tablet. Thanks once again for putting out this video.
That’s great. I’m happy that you have been able to get extra use from your laptop 👍. Cheers, Dave.
What do you think about it?
David, the pace and flow of the video is excellent. Well done! I recently purchased a Chromebook as opposed to another lower-end Windows laptop (to use as a travel laptop) and I was blown away at the power and flexibility of Chrome OS. I don't think MS realizes it yet, but Chrome OS represents serious competition to Windows for casual computer users.
Hi Larry. Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, MS and maybe to a degree, Apple, should look more closely at what’s going with Chrome OS and Flex. I’ve already installed it on three different old Windows X86 machines and also a modern 11th Gen Intel machine and it works flawlessly and is way snappier than Windows on the old machines. What’s probably the bigger surprise is that I’ve just installed it on an old Mac Mini, I think 2011 or 2012 and it worked well. What’s more interesting about the Mac is that it’s been effectively dead for a while, with no compatibility with the later OS versions. So, in this instance, Flex is definitely breathing new life into many machines who’s own manufacturers would consider EOL. Google will have obviously done this for financial gain, once people start hooking into extra services and apps via Chrome etc. However, a massively positive side effect of all this is that it can help to reduce e-waste and also give those with little money and people in developing countries, the real opportunity to have some sort of cheap computer system that’s quite capable of day to day tasks and to be able to join in with a global community wherever possible. Cheers, Dave.
It doesn't, and it hasn't in the more than decade it has been on the market
their touch screen interfacing is abysmal and even Windows offers a superior product in this regard
Without ms office suite chrome os is useless
@@sumitchaudhary343 ms word hasn't been a killer app in a long time. For 99% of people Google office and office 365 will be enough.
I'd say the Adobe suites are the big issue, but those bloated beasties aren't going to run well on older machines anyhow.
Its good for nothing except typing and printing so if you are a gamer keep windows
This is really great. I am really very interested in chrome os flex. This could be a much better alternative for older folks that just want simplicity.
So, In this video I'm doing two things in one and answering two questions. How To Install Chrome OS Flex On A Windows Laptop & How To Turn A Windows Laptop Into A Chrome OS Flex Chromebook.
Here's some links to USB flash drives & Chromebooks on Amazon, I personally use SanDisk for important stuff.
SanDisk USB Flash Drives geni.us/SandiskUSBFlashDrives
Other USB Flash Drives geni.us/USBFlashDrives
Chromebooks on Amazon: geni.us/ChromebooksOnAmazon
This video has very detailed and easy to follow step by step guide on how to prepare a Chrome OS Flex bootable live USB flash drive which can also be used as a USB installation flash drive, which is wha I'm doing in this video.
I also give a very detailed guide on who to actually install Chrome OS Flex and also how to select the USB flash drive as the boot device.
I then show a little use of Chrome OS Flex on the Surface GO 2 after its installation.
With the release of Google's Chrome OS Flex, we now have a fully legitimate way of installing Chrome OS onto certain Windows laptops and desktops and also certain Mac desktops and laptops.
In this example I'm using a Windows laptop/tablet, that being a Microsoft Surface Pro 2. This laptop/tablet is now getting on a bit and does run a bit slow under Windows these days, so is a prime candidate for Chrome OS.
After installing Chrome OS Flex onto the Surface Pro 2 it performed amazingly well and was really fast at booting and powering down and also very snappy with the interface. As you can see in the video I looked at a few things as far as the user interface was concerned and also the UA-cam app.
The bottom line here is that Chrome OS Flex is easily good enough for most day to day tasks, such as certain social media stuff, video streaming with the likes of UA-cam, music streaming with Spotify etc. and it's also great for writing e-mails and web browsing.
Maybe the best bit is that Chrome OS Flex breathes new life into old computers and keeps them going with good purpose. This is especially important for the planet and e-waste and is also an excellent option for those with little money to be able to have a computer and be able to access the internet and keep up to date with global news and to keep in touch with family and friends.
You can basically see this tutorial as the solution on how to turn your Windows PC into a Chromebook or how to turn your Windows laptop into a Chromebook. And the same for Mac, how to turn your MacBook into a Chromebook.
Here is the link to the Chromebook Recovery Utility, this will work with Chrome on a Windows desktop or laptop and also Chrome on macOS computers such as Apple MacBook and other Mac laptops and Apple Mac desktops such as the M1 Mac Mini and older X86 Intel Mac desktop computers:
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm?hl=en
Manufacturer Boot key
Acer F2
Apple Hold Option (next to the ⌘ key)
Asus Del
Dell F12
Gateway F1
HP F9
Intel F2
Lenovo F12
Toshiba F2 or F12
Other Try pressing Esc, any of F1-F12 keys, or Enter
Here's the chapters for this video:
00:00 Introduction
00:57 Creating the Chrome OS Flex USB flash drive
06:41 Installing Chrome OS Flex first half
10:14 Installing Chrome OS Flex second half
12:55 A quick look after the installation
16:05 End summary
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As a blind/visually impaired user of chrome OS on a Lenovo duet, thank you for letting the lady come up talking (even if briefly) so that I know for certain that the Chromevox scree reader is a thing on the chrome OS flex operating system. Hats off to you sir!
Hi Trenton. Please excuse me for my obvious ignorance and not being as inclusive as I could be. If there is anything specific that may be useful for blind and visually impaired people to do with this type of installation, please let me know and I will try and account for it in another video. Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry if only there was version that included the play story
@@NicVandEmZ Yes, hopefully we get that in the final release. Cheers, Dave.
I'd say Chrome OS Flex would be useful for the $200-$300 laptops like the Gateway, HP Stream, and ASUS L410 which should be running Chrome OS rather than Windows 10/11 since the hardware isn't suited for Windows in mind. The downside of Flex compared to ChromeOS or FydeOS is you don't get Android app support though you can compensate this with an Android phone (such as Samsung or OnePlus), a Chromebook, or Windows 11 if it arrives although it doesn't use Google Play.
I got a hp stream
yeah i agree, my tablet came with windows 10 but since it has an intel atom processor thats clocked at 1.4 ghz windows 10 ran painfully slow so chrome os fixed almost everything
Works great on the vast majority of laptops sold because they came with feeble processors and limited memory to begin with.
Wow! Surface 2 is really old and Chrome OS Flex did give it new life! Good one Dave!
That's right Tone, Flex works really well with old machines. But that's nothing, check this video out from this point onward on an even less powerful machine :) ua-cam.com/video/Le-IRMEA5oM/v-deo.html Cheers, Dave.
This video is so perfect in presenting and audio quality, thanks for the video 🔥❤️
You are very welcome 👍 Cheers, Dave.
Thanks Harry, I'm using my old laptop now. Asus 11 inch netbook. Works perfectly fine with chrome flex now I can use it for my work. Very nice. Thanks harry. More power to you.
Excellent, clear, concise presentation, David. Thanks!
You are very welcome 👍 Cheers, Dave.
Great job ! I recently had to recover a Chromebook using that tool. It took me several attempts. You got it done smoothly. I'm going to try on some of my old laptops. Doing it on a surface tablet is a great use of this application.
Change up your flash drive my friend and you may get fairer results!🤝
It doesn't work anymore
The video was very good and I was able to resurrect my old laptop into a working laptop! Thanks for the presentation it really helped me.
Awesome, I’m glad it helped and you are very welcome 👍
Such a clear and easy video to follow. Thanks for your time in producing the video.
thank you very much the process was long and daunting and you video simplified it and i actually managed to preform it kudos
Hi Daniel. You are very welcome and thank you for your kind comment. Cheers, Dave.
I just gave this a try. The process of creating a bootable USB drive was very easy following your steps. The problem comes when trying to run Chrome from the USB drive. I wanted to give it a try before installing. The process is extremely, painfully, slooooooow!! I finally just got tired of waiting and gave up. the laptop I was trying this on is not that old and should have worked way faster. I did something similar a couple of years ago with a distro of Linux on a laptop even older than this one, and the process went way better. I would say that if you don't want or need something specific from Chrome, go with Linux.
Thank you so much for your video. I followed your instructions and I was able to install chrome OS flex on an aging Asus Windows 10 laptop. The laptop is running much better with the chrome OS flex operating system. The laptop is much faster and does not get as hot compared to when windows 10 was installed. The laptop is nearly 10 years old. Thank you for your tutorial.
Hey David, thanks for the video. I have installed Chrome OS Flex on my surface 3. But, touchscreen is not working after the installation and the bluetooth cannot be toggled on. I tried via crosh > shell, but it’s not going into configuration mode and I am getting unknown command error. Can you please help me?
Excellent video and great that you we’ve very enthusiastic about using the os with an old machine.
I just installed Flex on my Surface Pro 3, and it works great.
Bluetooth keyboard touchscreen all works fine.
Super fast and battery life is much better.
Thanks for sharing 👍 Cheers, Dave.
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Installing Chrome OS Flex on this ancient 2009-2010 Acer Aspire 5534 Laptop breathe life into this machine and save me some funds in the process. The instructions were very clear. This laptop was all set to be recycle. I had already wiped cleaned the hard drive over a year ago and was just procrastinating removing it. I had to reinstall Windows 7, but it is all good now. The only other hiccup I came across worth mentioning was trying to figure out how to move the Scan Disk in the BIOS to the BOOT position , done. I also did an update on the new OS and it is loading fast. I have 207 gigabytes to work/play with, Good Stuff. I have subscribed to your channel.
Hi. I’m glad the video helped. I know OS Flex is a bit limited but it does help to stop certain older laptops and desktops from becoming landfill. It’s also a great way to use Google’s Cloud based office apps. Hopefully Google will add Android App capability to OS Flex further down the line, as they did with the full ChromeOS. This would really help to drive more people to OS Flex. And yes, it can be a bit of a pain getting to the USB stick for booting. Unfortunately, this is something that changes from one computer to another, or one brand to another, as there are many different BIOS types and boot key types. Thanks for the sub 👍 I’ve got a bunch of Mac and Apple stuff to catch up with but I hope to do more Chrome and Android stuff soon. Cheers, Dave.
You can also upgrade the old Laptops for small money, the CPUs were socketed (what you dont have on modern hardware) at the time so a 2GhZ dual core Athlon or Intel processor + 4 GB RAM will speed up Windows 10 significantly.
Did it for fun, works great.
@@markusklose11why i use for lenovo yoga 11e cannot?😢
thanks! for the very extensive, clear and excellent tutorial. just upgraded my old Dell Insipiron to Chrome OS Flex
Nice one, Albert. You are very welcome. Cheers, Dave.
bro i could not download..... It is always getting interrupted.I am using same laptop.Can you help me
How did you manage to make your pen work? I have Chrome OS Flex installed on a Surface Pro 7 and neither my touchscreen nor my pen or camera works.
same for me!
@@mrnonsensetv drivers.
This is brilliant! Fast, secure and effortless.
Nice one, Sasha 👍 Cheers, Dave.
There's no support for PlayStore and it's disappointing 😥
Yes, right now it’s a bit limited but this should change when it’s on full release. Cheers, Dave.
it's coming soon, chrome os flex is still in the beta phase
@@DavidHarry ah good thats my one hold out, I may have a bootable Chrome OS usb for fun but without play store no dice
CloudReady and Flex currently do not support running Android or Linux Apps. maybe they will one day.
buy Chromebook 199$ (8ys update) Amazon / Chrome store ... support STADIA , dualshock bt, google play :)
Excellent precise instructions David. Nice one!
Great video! Thank you.
I tried the USB boot option on my old Lenovo Yoga 11s. Really liked Chrome OS Flex.
Booting up took a few trial and errors. Using SD card, when it works, it's not stable and crashes often (with built-in card reader or USB reader).... using USB key directly does work better.
However, Chrome OS Flex doesn't seem to recognize the built-in wifi module. Tried using an USB wifi adapter I have lying around but didnt work either. My work-around is an USB ethernet adapter because the Yoga 11s doesnt have ethernet built-in. While it works, this work-around is not portable and dependent on available ethernet connection.
Also not working is the mic and sound components. I guess the Yoga 11s is too proprietary.
Great job on this video nevertheless.
Just tried Chrome OS Flex on an old Thinkpad T440. Ran perfectly. Everything works. As for the Yoga 11s, it is now running Ubuntu very smoothly. Everything works and running faster than Windows 7 that it originally came with.
Yes, thanks for a clearly stated procedure for the conversion.
You are very welcome 👍
I'm having trouble getting the image to download. Interested to know if there is a direct URL so I can use the local image option. I did some URL guessing but no luck so far.
Hi John. Here's somewhere that has the Chrome images. These are code named, so I don't know if Flex is in there or if there's something that's the same. It may be helpful for other stuff as well cros-updates-serving.appspot.com Cheers, Dave.
Great video. Watched it this afternoon and then just for a laugh I setup Chrome on a stick and booted my 2013 11 inch Macbook Air onto it. It WORKS!! I can't believe it. The only problem I had was with my home wifi (combo 5GHz/2.4 GHz setup that does fool some devices). Got it working with my mobile phone's hotspot all fine and configured my google setup. I am now wondering if I plug into other devices will it reconfigure to those too. Used to carry my Apple setup on a stick that could boot any mac into my settings. Chrome doing the same thing? Could be useful if it does.
I love his voice, very soothing
David, can you tell us about the ROM in the laptop? Like is it the inbuilt ssd? What size? If you added a new ssd what brand?
Tried it after POST, it just shows the Chrome logo and gets stuck on a blank screen. So, until this is fixed, I'm going to stick with Neverware-Cloudready on Chromium. This is really interesting and I'd love to see them fix this the soonest. Great video, David.
Nice work. Really helpful and clear!
Nice one, Geoffrey. I’m glad the video was helpful. Cheers, Dave.
I came here just to enjoy David's wonderful accent.
But not quite as wonderful as your comment, Dennis. Cheers, Dave.
David, great presentation.
Thank you and you are very welcome. Cheers, Dave.
Thanks for the video, great info. Have an older laptop and i will try this setup.
Hey David !
Thanks for such a wonderful video.
My computer don't boot from the hdd. It crashes when I remove my flash drive.
Any suggestions !! 😅
102 gb??
what was the size of your drive before installation
thanks for the information I just installed chrome os flex on to my old HP laptop that has only 32 gig of storage and a 4 gig of ram this OS make new life into my laptop it run very fast and easy to used for school as well thanks as again
8:04 on my laptop the message doesn't appear just white screen, shut down and some icon, then after 3 second the black screen appear and I wait for 30 minutes but nothing change. Maybe someone has same problem and solved, i hope you can help me
So strange. My old Chromebook was not supported with OS update anymore. So I have flashed my BIOS in order to install full Linux OS on it and use it like that for a while with having always some issues with keyboard controls not working. Now I can get back with a supported Chrome OS on my old Chromebook by installing Chrome OS Flex through a USB key. Wow! No surprise, everything works very well. It is a Chromebook after all. That old Chromebook is now maintained up to date with the latest OS and security. So cool!
Yes, that's really cool. Unfortunately, a lot of Chromebooks can't be flashed to open their BIOS :( Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry I think there are some models where you have the option of booting with an USB key. At the time I have followed the procedure available for installing Gallium OS
@@UltraSupergumby Yes, you are correct. However, some just can’t be done and some require a jumper being moved on the motherboard. It’s a real shame because, as you’ve rightly said, you’ll lose security updates etc. after a while and many older Chromebooks are on very old old versions that can’t be uploaded. Yet, installing Flex on the very same machine will bring it up to date with the latest security patches etc. I hope Google add the full Chrome OS feature of Android app compatibility on the final release, this would make Flex the best free OS and I’m sure it would be very popular. Cheers, Dave.
Hey bro nice vid just curious how do u install the wifi drivers cuz mine are missing?
i have downloaded it in my 9 year old laptop and works perfectly
Hi, did the full install but on start up my wifi would not connect. I could connect via data cable but no wifi. Any advice please. It was working perfectly well before the install. One other thing it gives a no connect due to out of range, well I'm right beside the router. Cheers.
Hi Phil. Unfortunately, not all peripherals and not all computers will 100% work, checkout the Google compatibility list, link in description. Once Flex comes out of beta and is on full release, maybe we see some better compatibility. Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry dose you that that is why they give you options to try it right from usb stick before you decide to wipe and use it on mane drive
@@NicVandEmZ yes indeed. In case you don’t like it, no changes will be made to your machine
Fantastic video!
I have an old AMD based Dell Inspiron One windows 7 all in one computer. Flex installed in minutes. Almost everything worked including wireless keyboard and mouse. The only problem is I am unable to turn on Bluetooth, makes signing in a bit cumbersome. Performance is more than adequate. I also installed it on a very old Dell netbook with an Intel CM3 processor. It installed no problem but runs like a turtle.
Thank You So much for explaining step by step.. I had no issues while installing... @David Harry... TQSM...
You are very welcome 👍 Cheers, Dave.
Thank you very much, great video, please could you share the iPad Pro support link 🙏🏻
iPad Pro support link?
Will this installation also wipe my other local disk partitions or just the local disk partition in which i have my windows installed?
I need a quick answer please.
It wipes all the partitions on the drive that you install to. You can't partition a single and dual boot. You can run it live and dual boot, check my other videos. Cheers, Dave.
Brilliant video, David. I am going to use your directions to install ChromeOS Flex on my Surface Pro 3 which is now out of Microsoft support. Just a couple of questions. Did you have to turn off secure boot? And does the touch screen work?
Hi. I don’t have mine anymore but from memory, I do not touch the BIOS and I can’t remember if I tried the touch controls. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. Cheers, Dave.
any idea as to what touchscreens will work? I have a asus t100han laying around from my aunt that I might try this on. Hopefully the recovery tool works in brave
Try it in live USB mode first to find out, see my other recent videos for live mode.
Would the instructions work for an old laptop with MBR partition?
Hi Graham. Yes, the installer will make any necessary changes that it needs during the install, so previous GPT or MBR partitioning/formatting won’t be an issue. Don’t forget, everything on the drive you install to will be deleted. So just make sure to back off any important data or files if you have any before installing Flex. Cheers, Dave.
Love your answer but I'm sure the many contributions on the subject of OS flex intimate that it's 'optimised' for GPT. If they're wrong I'll give it a go.
hi david tried the install with flash drive on a hp pavilion g series after reboot all i get is the chrome screen , then after a min or 2 a blank screen any help with this , i have tried many times ect but same result
9:25 Hey, David Harry. Did you see "erase the entire drive" warning? If you see this word, that's mean ChromeOS Flex USB Installation will wipe out all other drives on PC or Laptop, Including But not Limited to Macbook or mac.
Do you have a 2nd Drive on Your System will all Your Important Data on It? Disconnect it Now Before Doing This Process, or if you want to Install it on a 2nd Hard Drive, Please Backup 2nd Drive's Data because this installation will Also Wipe Out The Entire Hard Drive Connected To The PC or Laptop!
Qual é o tempo que você teve de esperar até aparecer a tela onde escolhe se quer instalar ou testar ? Estou tentando instalar, mas o tempo está muito longo e não chego nessa tela de escolha.
The chrome flex os installed but the audio isn't working on my asus transformer mini t102ha
how does it work with other hardware elements like the front and back cameras?
It works on mine but it will vary with different computers.
Brilliant! Is 2 GB of ram sufficient to install chrome os flex? I have a old SAMSUNG ATIV 500t
Hi. Yes, 2GB is enough. I'll be doing another video showing and old PC desktop with only 2GB RAM. Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry thank you so much Dave. Loved your video. Succinct and clear. When do you plan to do your video?
I was just wondering if it would work on a Samsung ATIV. If I recall correctly, the Microsoft Surface was Microsoft’s response to Samsung’s ATIV. So, hopefully it will work.
Hi Santosh. I’m just recording some more stuff and I’ll be uploading over the next few days. I’ll try and show a low spec Celeron 2GB machine. Cheers, Dave.
@@DavidHarry thank you 🙏🏿 when I stuck the usb back into the Samsung to boot from it, I got a message ‘trying to terminate EFI services again’
My bootable USB with the Chrome OS-flex works fine on other machines. However, it does not boot up on my SAMSUNG ATIV 500T at all. I have re-installed the original software etc. However, the screen showing up after F10 does not show the USB :( I am a late starter on Windows as I am heavy Mac User. I just wanted to Use my Samsung Tablet-PC as a Chromebook. Any help will be appreciated.
So here's a question for you, I have a couple older Chromebooks and an older Chromebox, would I be able to install the chrome flex on those as they no longer get updates?
no.
Thank you bro, i wanna try it, but i need to install it on a old macbook too.! works it like the same way like for a windows machine.?
Thanks for your very useful video! I followed your instructions and successfully installed Chrome OS on my HP Compaq Presario laptop! But i am having an issue with the internal wifi? If i plug a wifi adapter then it works, no problem! My question us is there a fix for this? I have already power washed!!! Thanks for any help you can render, Daniel
Hi, Daniel. Unfortunately, some functions don’t work on some devices. I’m not sure if Google have updated their information but there’s a link in the video description to some extra Google formation. Cheers, Dave.
Unable to install on my Asus Atom eepc . Booting stops at 7:58 screen.
I'm not able to complete the operation because the recovery utility crashes or freezes on the final writing step. I'm using a brand new Kingston flash drive and tried to run the utility on both my Acer desktop and HP 250g laptop with the same issue. Is there some suggestions about alternative methods or solving the issue ? Thanks
Same problem...
After downloading when I shutdown and open it my screen stucks on chrome pls help!!
it looks good but i dont think it is safe
my hard drive got corrupted because i installed a linux in the whole hard drive storage
and it popped up the same format the usb drive before i install it
so is it possible to get windows on it again ???
Nice thanks. Do you know if you can get ms OneDrive on chrome os? Other than via browser.
Thanks very much, this was very useful 👍
hey thank for this. one question? can i intall in a old windows 98 laptop, like sony gateway 1998
Hi Harry,
I got a problem while setting up the Chrome OS flex on my old acer laptop,
That after I see the chrome first screen the display go off (black screen) and I can't do anything more.
Can you please help me out?!
Sorry, I don’t know what’s causing that problem. Cheers, Dave.
Can you install it on an external portable SSD rather on the computers HDD, and boot it from it. Thanks for the reply
Hi, Ludwig. Yes you can but just make sure that the drive you want to install it on is the only connected drive on the computer during the installation. Cheers, Dave.
Does the camera work?? Always struggled with camera n wifi on Linux. If camera works, I am giving this a shot
How comes the look of your OS changes up or through you'll start menu changes I've got the new start menu
I am running the latest version of chrome os flex on a microsoft surface pro 3 runs like a beast....
Select device part is bit confusing for new users, as it doesn't say select your new OS, all they put is lots of device manufacturers name some might select that PC manufacturer's name.
Hello, can a core 2 duo pc with 6gb ram run it fine
It should do, I’ve run this on a lower spec and it was good. Cheers, Dave.
Some people have issues with Core2 systems as it has a legacy BIOS, a few people online have managed to get CloudReady running (the older version of ChromeOS Flex)
Does the surface webcam or windows in-built webcam work in Chrome OS Flex?
What can I do if I’m stuck on the screen where it says chrome and shows the logo been about 5 minutes now
EXCELENT VIDEO. will it work on 32 bit intel atom laptop?
hi Bro, Thank you so much.
I install on my surface laptop 1, and the problem is the keyboard is not worked. I cannot login to gmail. could you please help me? Thank you
Oh my god thanks, I have this 2020 asus notebook pc that had windows 10, it was really slow not it’s so quick!! Tysm
You are very welcome 👍 Cheers, Dave.
I have it on an old Think pad. It works fine. No decent apps, or support. Worst part is the CDrom won't play. Help!
Dave, when the full version of chromeOS comes out (not the dev version), will i be able to go to that no problem? Or will i need to do a full re-install of chromeOS?
It should update itself automatically no problem, you shouldn't need a reinstall.
Hi Luke as @tanscoobydoo03 has said, it should self update. Cheers, Dave.
Which is the difference between this method you show in the video (through "Chromebook recovery utilty" add-on from Chorme browser) respect creating a bootable pen-drive with Rufus or Balenahetcher of Cloudready downloaded from an official source?
Rufus works just fine to create the usb
Great video 🙂
Thanks, Rob. Cheers, Dave.
Will that do on Surface 2 RT??
Hi David-
Excellent video! I appreciate the work you put in it for the public to use.
I am interested in installing Chrome Flex OS on my old apple laptop that I haven’t used in a many years.
It is a 2004 PowerBook G4, 12” Screen, Processor Speed 1.33GHZ, 200 GB HD and 1.25 GB of memory.
Would it work? Thanks in advance for your reply/subscribers/users.
Hi Said. I'm still yet to try the out on an old Mac Mini, so don't know yet. Google do say that it is compatible with certain older Intel X86 Macs, I have some links to the Google Chrome OS Flex page in the description to this video that has extra info about compatibility. Cheers, Dave.
Thanks for this. I installed it with no issues, but the only problem I'm having is no audio. Please help, i have an Asus t100ta
Great video! Thanks
Hi, I just install the ChromeOS flex on my surface pro6, but I can not use the touch screen and also cannot see the battery display, Do you know why???🥺
Can you do this on an i pad 3ed gen mini
No
hey i want to know that it will wipe everything from pc or just the one window drive.. example .. my pc is divided in c drive and d drive.. c is the main windows drive.. bit d is consist of my files like picture movies etc . so it will wipe both or just c..
how to revert the process, like shifting back to windows from chrome os flex, and do I have to put the flash drive always before booting?
I installed this on an old Dell Venue windows tablet but i cant seem to get the touch screen keyboard to show. If i can use the touch function on it, why cant i use the on screen keyboard for this?? Is there a way to enable this or i must always use a usb keyboard to type?? No one is talking about this yet it is encouraged to do so on tablets as well.
Is there a version for 32bit system?
Trying this on my surface pro one. Fingers crossed.
Hello sir,
I've installed chrome os flex on my hp notebook. I wanted to use linux terminal on it which requires developer mode ON but there is no developer option in my settings. I searched on how to bring developer option so that i could use linux terminal but I'm not able to find a way (the way Google show's is using esc+refresh key + power button and then ctrl+d and the chrome book will automatically open into developer option. But mine isn't a chromebook so theirs no refresh key). Please help me with it sir, how can i use linux terminal?
Nice info, thank you for sharing it :)
My pleasure!
I do have 2 older laptops that I would like this to install it on! I'm waiting for the full release before installing
Hi can I do this with a SD card as well?
Hi. I'm not too sure but even if you can it may be slower, depending on the speed of the card and if Flex sees it during install. Cheers, Dave.
Is it available for older laptop running with 32bit?
No.