Getting my hands dirty with a chromebook!

[CreepinDeth]

@CreepinDeth chromebooks updates are based on the year that the laptop was released. Meaning that if it sat on the store shelf for a year before you purchased it, you have lost one year of service. The one that I am using will receive its last update June 2031. They can extend it. I have an old Lenovo, my first chromebook, that was extended until June of this year. It was the laptop in which I learned all about chromebooks. I am not sure about ChromeOS Flex. I am sure it would be totally different than the chromebooks. Just remember the ChromeOS is accessed by your gmail password. Or at least the chromebooks are.

It's interesting that they have the end of date right down to the month. For most software, normally it's just until a certain release version, but the fact that it's June 2031 is very specific (even if it can't be extended.) That's still a good amount of time at least.

@CreepinDeth @BLUEVOODU i am presently using my Macbook Pro mid 2012 to type this. It is running MX Linux based on DEBIAN. I use it daily. I also use my chromebook daily. I have a Mac Mini late 2012 running Sanoma 14.7.4 using Opencore-Patcher on an SSD with 16 gig ram. That is my desktop. I am seriously thinking about switching it over to Linux when the updates run its course on Sanoma. But that is still undecided.

I updated my late 2013 Macbook Pro with Open-core Patcher to 15.4 Sequoia. It's such a nice machine that it seemed wasteful to not update it to something more modern and secure. The M series Macs these days are sooooo nice though. I'm glad I have both.

[retro junkie]

I updated my late 2013 Macbook Pro with Open-core Patcher to 15.4 Sequoia. It's such a nice machine that it seemed wasteful to not update it to something more modern and secure. The M series Macs these days are sooooo nice though. I'm glad I have both.

I have considered, but hesitant, updating my Mac Mini to Sequoia. I wasn't sure how it would run. I love taking old stuff and getting it to run with an up to date OS. There is just something enjoyable about it. Some type of pleasure.

Chromebooks seem to be treated like they are disposable by the industry. Those expiration dates are planted in the software, in the settings. It is like they do not want you to use them after that date. Even those Chromebooks that do have the capability to install Linux, they make it hard. You have to open them up and remove something that blocks the install. Not just anyone would tackle such a task.

[BLUEVOODU]

Linux has been my daily driver for a few years already. I do have a few Windows machines (my gaming PC and a couple of laptops) due to work but I haven't really needed to make those machines my daily driver. There is the odd thing here and there. For example, just today I had to format a USB stick to NTFS because I wanted to transfer some Xbox screenshots. It's nuts that Microsoft requires NTFS just to move some files around but it's required for the console to see it.

@CreepinDeth - yeah.. that's why I was asking if @retro junkie was using it as much as you LOL. 

I am working on making a MacOS topic... there are some really cool things about MacOS. Especially once you get to the integrations between your phone and iPad if you have one.  Obviously, there are additional limitations.  The sound is amazing on these new guys... more to come.

i am presently using my Macbook Pro mid 2012 to type this. It is running MX Linux based on DEBIAN. I use it daily. I also use my chromebook daily. I have a Mac Mini late 2012 running Sanoma 14.7.4 using Opencore-Patcher on an SSD with 16 gig ram. That is my desktop. I am seriously thinking about switching it over to Linux when the updates run its course on Sanoma. But that is still undecided.

Let us know how that goes... that is pretty interesting.

I need to setup a new linux daily driver as well... I have an old small form factor desktop that I'm going to create a Rocky Linux Image machine.  Then I'm going to use that to create a Rocky image to run as my daily driver.  I'll create a new topic on that as well.

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I am working on a tech idea website... more information to come.  Technically I've had the name for a LONG time.  I've been trying to start this idea since before we did World9-3 podcasts... IE 2007.  Just can never seem to get a good entry point.  Life changes lately have me accelerating some of this.  We may also start the podcasts back up under the CDG name.  Totally off topic here, but some of these topics reminded me

[retro junkie]

This is an update.....concerning my Mac Mini late 2012 running Sanoma 14.7.4 using Opencore-Patcher on an SSD with 16 gig ram. The OS started locking up and finally crashed. I could not get it to boot anymore. I am certain that the SSD died. I could not format the SSD. I decided to install Catalina on a 500g sata hd. Glad I did. This is my first experience with Catalina and it has been a very positive one. Running the Opencore-patcher made the Bluetooth useless. Glad to be back using my wireless key-board and touch-pad. For now, I will keep running this on this mini.

The Asus is running great and continues to serve its purpose. The Lenovo Chromebook will stop getting updates next June 2027.

[BLUEVOODU]

@retro junkie so you went back to the older OS?  I'm on Sequoia on my MacBook Pro... it is a 2024 MacBook Pro.  I don't think I've tried Catalina.  Looking it up, it looks like it might be a 32 bit OS?

You might need a post on your ASUS as well!  I need to post up on my ASUS ROG. 

@SpartanEvolved has done a lot of ROG activities lately.. and I believe @Grindspine  as well.

[retro junkie]

@BLUEVOODU

The problem I had using the Opencore-Patcher on the late 2012 Mac mini was it was a bit wonky. Lets admit it, I was running an operating system on hardware that it was not meant to run on by using an emulation layer. There was some flukes here and there that I had encountered. The biggest irritation was the blu-tooth issues that continued being a problem. My Mac wireless keyboard and touch pad could not be used. I had depended on those two items for as long as I have owned a Mac mini. With the SSD dying on me I couldn't resist the desire to return to something native running on this mini. I originally had the intent of loading a Linux OS on this mini. But for now I just want to enjoy Catalina for a while. I had to search archives for a Libre Office that would work on Catalina. I had to jump through a few hoops just to get Catalina to install on the mini. There was an error in the install that I had to search out to find the workaround. You have to not fill out some info in order to get past the "I agree" screen. I installed the Fox browser to get pages on the net to fully load. Works great. It was fun digging in and working on something like this and getting it fully working. I felt like I really accomplished something.  Is it secure? I would say probably not. Not going to be putting anything on it that it would matter. But it is going to be fun just playing with it for a year, maybe?
It had an update when I hooked it up to the net. There was a 2026 update that fixed "Messages" so that it would operate beyond January 2027. This was to accommodate the large amount of people still using Catalina. Catalina was the last OS that was produced for the much older hardware, like my Macbook Pro 2012 supposedly could run natively without issues. You either had to invest in a newer Mac or wait for the M2 line of chips. Really I figured it was a waste of money to invest in anything than would not be able to run the newest OS that would be obsolete when the newer M chips came out.

My ASUS is being used for my household business transactions. My banking, purchasing, etc is done on that laptop. Any word processing I do is on the ASUS Chromebook. Facebook, forum stuff is done on this Chromebook. Small minimal tasks are performed without any problem. And this is where the Chromebook shines. I will continue getting updates on it until June 2031. Even though it may seem a long time off, it really isn't. Five years will blow by in no time. Any heavy duty stuff like any photo editing is accomplished on something that has muscles. Anything other than a Chromebook has muscles. LOL