Hackernews posts about Chromebook

Chromebook is a line of lightweight and affordable laptops that run on Google's Chrome OS operating system.

1. Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension (cloudisland.nz)
   237 points by robin_reala 13 days ago | 66 comments
2. Linux on Samsung Chromebook Plus (Kevin) with Rockchip RK3399 ARM SoC (2024) (www.devkitsune.net)
   35 points by transpute 1 day ago | 13 comments
3. Aurora: Maintenance-free, reliable and fast OS, stable like a Chromebook (getaurora.dev)
   12 points by miles 12 days ago | 5 comments
4. Show HN: ChromebookFinder – Easily Compare Chromebook Specs and Prices (chromebookfinder.com)
   2 points by oquidave 4 days ago | discuss
5. I hate my middle school, and trying to understand it
   4 points by ffmc08_i 25 days ago | 1 comments
6. Schools Use AI to Monitor Students, Raising Privacy and Security Concerns (apnews.com)
   4 points by isaacfrond 30 days ago | discuss
7. Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates (blog.google)
   699 points by twapi over 1 year ago | 411 comments
8. The most unhinged video wall, made out of Chromebooks (varun.ch)
   566 points by varun_ch about 1 month ago | 59 comments
9. Parents, environmentalists to Google: stop Chromebooks from expiring this summer (pirg.org)
   255 points by redundantly over 1 year ago | 188 comments
10. Depthboot – Your Chromebook, your way (eupnea-linux.github.io)
    247 points by lwhsiao over 1 year ago | 132 comments
11. Chromebook Plus (blog.google)
    201 points by mikece over 1 year ago | 306 comments
12. Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark (theprivacydad.com)
    201 points by kawsper about 1 year ago | 167 comments
13. Chrultrabook – Modify a Chromebook to Run Windows/Linux/macOS (chrultrabook.github.io)
    170 points by fragmede over 1 year ago | 87 comments
14. Schools bought millions of Chromebooks and 3 years later they’re breaking down (www.theverge.com)
    140 points by redundantly almost 2 years ago | 163 comments
15. “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)
    101 points by specto over 1 year ago | 77 comments
16. My favorite device is a Chromebook (kokada.capivaras.dev)
    99 points by nextos 8 months ago | 105 comments
17. Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs (arstechnica.com)
    93 points by PaulHoule almost 2 years ago | 89 comments
18. Lacros on Chromebooks transition plan won’t be quick (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
    65 points by billybuckwheat over 1 year ago | 67 comments
19. Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Rival Chromebooks (www.macrumors.com)
    62 points by tosh over 1 year ago | 100 comments
20. Maryland will hand out 133k Chromebooks to the public (statescoop.com)
    58 points by 999900000999 over 1 year ago | 108 comments
21. How to deorbit the Chromebook and repurpose it for innovators (www.theregister.com)
    53 points by dddavid over 1 year ago | 14 comments
22. Developing on and for Chromebooks is a terrible experience (medium.com)
    51 points by esperkin39 over 1 year ago | 28 comments
23. Ask HN: Lenovo encouraging Chromebook users to install Linux?
    51 points by vector_spaces about 1 year ago | 26 comments
24. Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste (www.wsj.com)
    43 points by leejoramo over 1 year ago | 50 comments
25. Chromebooks Are Trash (Literally) (www.vice.com)
    40 points by thunderbong almost 2 years ago | 15 comments
26. Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste (www.wsj.com)
    37 points by lxm over 1 year ago | 62 comments
27. How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
    36 points by nolist_policy about 1 year ago | 10 comments
28. Tell HN: Google randomly deleting Chromebook configs
    34 points by snerual over 1 year ago | 10 comments
29. Software death dates sending school Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
    32 points by therover over 1 year ago | 42 comments
30. Chromebook expiration date, repair issues 'bad for people and planet' (www.theregister.com)
    31 points by cnst almost 2 years ago | 10 comments
31. Colorado districts built up a supply of Chromebooks. Some are nearing their end (coloradosun.com)
    20 points by lalunamel almost 2 years ago | 25 comments
32. Software ‘death dates’ are sending schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
    19 points by rtpg over 1 year ago | 15 comments
33. Set up Linux on your Chromebook (support.google.com)
    19 points by vector_spaces over 1 year ago | 4 comments
34. “Gaming Chromebooks” with Nvidia GPUs apparently killed with little fanfare (arstechnica.com)
    13 points by pjmlp over 1 year ago | 2 comments
35. Google is working on Recall-like feature for Chromebooks (www.pcworld.com)
    11 points by samspenc 10 months ago | 1 comments
36. Chromebook Cluster: low-power, cost effective, extensible [2022] (tyler-carr.com)
    10 points by nateb2022 over 1 year ago | 7 comments