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Google's New Chrome OS Flex Will Rescue Your Old PC or Mac...The successor to CloudReady is now in early access with a full rollout expected in the coming months.
https://gizmodo.com ^
| 15 FEBRUARY 2022
| Phillip Tracy
Posted on 02/15/2022 10:13:39 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker; dayglored; bitt
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:14:16 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Never liked Chrome and don’t want yet more Google access to my life.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:14:59 AM PST
by
EinNYC
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:15:00 AM PST
by
Cold Heart
(Has Any Bio-Weapons Lab Shutdown?)
To: Red Badger
I want nothing to do with ‘the cloud’
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:15:31 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Red Badger
Sounds like it could be a game changer.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:16:10 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: EinNYC
Is Microsoft or Amazon any better?
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:16:37 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
...expect bugs in its current state.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:17:26 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: dfwgator
expect bugs in its current state. They are more truthful than Big Pharma.............
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:18:28 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Google today announced a new operating system, Chrome OS Flex, a free-to-use, cloud-based OS built to convert old PCs or Macs into Chromebooks. If the product is free, then YOU are the product...
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:18:38 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
Or you could just use Linux.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:18:43 AM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Red Badger
No thanks. I like owning the physical storage I use.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:19:30 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Red Badger
Using an old computer as a "dumb terminal" connected to the latest "cloud computer" has been promoted for decades now.
It still runs into the same problems. Companies writing anti-malware programs do not update them to support old hardware so putting an old computer onto a network is just begging for trouble.
Then there's...printing...old computers not working with new monitors...etc.
Users would be better off with a $200-$300 netbook with a mouse, full size keyboard, and full size monitor/s.
To: Red Badger
> a bold claim we are eager to try out once we can get our hands on an Apple PowerBook G4.
Oh! I’ve got one somewhere that I haven’t fired up in years. It will give me something to do with it other than be a brick.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:26:19 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: Red Badger
I have a Chromebook laptop. Works perfectly. Google has eliminated many of Windows’ annoying features. It’s fast and robust.
I would like to rejuvenate one of my old netbooks running XP. This may just be my cup of tea.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:26:51 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
To: Magnum44
"I want nothing to do with ‘the cloud’"
Neither do I. I know I'm not impervious to hacking, but with a good anti-virus (PC Magic) and not opening unwanted emails, I'm good to go. I'll keep my stuff on my local hard drive...don't want to share it with the World. Clouds are gloomy.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:28:23 AM PST
by
A Navy Vet
(USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
To: Red Badger
No thanks. “All your data are belong to us!”
Linux Lite is working fine on the 2008 iMac I keep in the shop for playing music, checking email and surfing FreeRepublic.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:28:57 AM PST
by
Sparticus
(Primary the Tuesday group!)
To: rdb3; JosephW; martin_fierro; Still Thinking; zeugma; Vinnie; ironman; Egon; raybbr; AFreeBird; ...
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:29:33 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: glorgau
I still have my powerbook G4. My children fire it up every now and then.
To: Red Badger
Google....the Aqualung of big tech
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:31:52 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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