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Hackaday: Old Chromebooks Get Second Life As Video Wall. “What would you do with dozens and dozens of outdated Chromebooks that are no longer getting updates from the Google Mothership? It’s a situation that plenty of schools will have to deal with in the near future, and we can only help that those institutions have students as clever as [Varun Biniwale] and his friend [Aksel Salmi] to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/10/hackaday-old-chromebooks-get-second-life-as-video-wall/

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TLP 1.8.0 Beta 1 is now available and I would be grateful for your help with testing.

Of particular interest: for the first time, charge thresholds are supported for #Dell laptops as well as #Chromebooks and #Framework laptops. The latter two can also recalibrate the battery.

github.com/linrunner/TLP/issue
github.com/linrunner/TLP/relea
linrunner.de/tlp/settings/bc-v

Hi @ALL, I'm looking forward to your help with test coverage, as with every beta release! Test Objectives General regression testing (check if everything still works for you) When changing the powe...
GitHub[TLP 1.8 Beta] Call for testers · Issue #781 · linrunner/TLPBy linrunner

♻️ Chromebooks still set for scrap, even with 10-year lifecycle

「 But Google's move actually meant that only Chromebooks released from 2021 onward would automatically get ten years of updates, starting in 2024. For a subset of older devices, an administrator (or someone with admin privileges) can opt in to enable extended updates and receive the full ten years of support 」

theregister.com/2025/01/06/chr

The Register · Google's 10-year Chromebook lifeline leaves old laptops headed for silicon cemeteryBy Dan Robinson

Los #Chromebooks… sólo son útiles porque son compatibles con #GNU. #ChromeOS es una distribución de GNU. Lo primero que hice con un Chromebook fue instalarle una distribución de mi agrado.

El problema es que eso no es posible con todos porque vienen capados. Y la forma de restringir el acceso va desde un bloqueo del gestor de arranque que se puede desactivar habilitando el superusuario (root) en ChromeOS hasta necesitar flashear un firmware modificado, como aquí ➡️ Quick notes about installing GNU/Linux on an Asus Chromebook 4 grey-panther.net/2024/10/quick

grey-panther.netQuick notes about installing GNU/Linux on an Asus Chromebook 4 – Grey Panthers Savannah