Hackernews posts about Chromebooks

Chromebooks is a brand of budget-friendly laptops that run on Google's Chrome OS operating system and are designed for online-based tasks and cloud computing.

1. Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates (blog.google)
   699 points by twapi about 1 year ago | 411 comments
2. Parents, environmentalists to Google: stop Chromebooks from expiring this summer (pirg.org)
   255 points by redundantly over 1 year ago | 188 comments
3. Depthboot – Your Chromebook, your way (eupnea-linux.github.io)
   247 points by lwhsiao over 1 year ago | 132 comments
4. Sh1mmer – An exploit capable of unenrolling enterprise-managed Chromebooks (sh1mmer.me)
   223 points by XionXIV almost 2 years ago | 192 comments
5. Chromebook Plus (blog.google)
   201 points by mikece about 1 year ago | 306 comments
6. Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark (theprivacydad.com)
   201 points by kawsper 10 months ago | 167 comments
7. Chrultrabook – Modify a Chromebook to Run Windows/Linux/macOS (chrultrabook.github.io)
   170 points by fragmede over 1 year ago | 87 comments
8. Schools bought millions of Chromebooks and 3 years later they’re breaking down (www.theverge.com)
   140 points by redundantly over 1 year ago | 163 comments
9. “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)
   101 points by specto over 1 year ago | 77 comments
10. My favorite device is a Chromebook (kokada.capivaras.dev)
    99 points by nextos 4 months ago | 105 comments
11. Reviving Chromebooks with Ubuntu (anarchosolarpunk.substack.com)
    98 points by edent over 1 year ago | 49 comments
12. Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs (arstechnica.com)
    93 points by PaulHoule over 1 year ago | 89 comments
13. Lacros on Chromebooks transition plan won’t be quick (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
    65 points by billybuckwheat over 1 year ago | 67 comments
14. Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Rival Chromebooks (www.macrumors.com)
    62 points by tosh about 1 year ago | 100 comments
15. Maryland will hand out 133k Chromebooks to the public (statescoop.com)
    58 points by 999900000999 about 1 year ago | 108 comments
16. Custom coreboot firmware and firmware utilities for your Chromebook/Chromebox (mrchromebox.tech)
    56 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 9 comments
17. How to deorbit the Chromebook and repurpose it for innovators (www.theregister.com)
    53 points by dddavid 12 months ago | 14 comments
18. Developing on and for Chromebooks is a terrible experience (medium.com)
    51 points by esperkin39 about 1 year ago | 28 comments
19. Ask HN: Lenovo encouraging Chromebook users to install Linux?
    51 points by vector_spaces 10 months ago | 26 comments
20. Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste (www.wsj.com)
    43 points by leejoramo about 1 year ago | 50 comments
21. Chromebooks Are Trash (Literally) (www.vice.com)
    40 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 15 comments
22. Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste (www.wsj.com)
    37 points by lxm about 1 year ago | 62 comments
23. How to install Firefox on a Chromebook the easy way (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
    36 points by nolist_policy 10 months ago | 10 comments
24. Tell HN: Google randomly deleting Chromebook configs
    34 points by snerual about 1 year ago | 10 comments
25. Software death dates sending school Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
    32 points by therover over 1 year ago | 42 comments
26. Chromebook expiration date, repair issues 'bad for people and planet' (www.theregister.com)
    31 points by cnst over 1 year ago | 10 comments
27. Colorado districts built up a supply of Chromebooks. Some are nearing their end (coloradosun.com)
    20 points by lalunamel over 1 year ago | 25 comments
28. Software ‘death dates’ are sending schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
    19 points by rtpg over 1 year ago | 15 comments
29. Set up Linux on your Chromebook (support.google.com)
    19 points by vector_spaces over 1 year ago | 4 comments
30. “Gaming Chromebooks” with Nvidia GPUs apparently killed with little fanfare (arstechnica.com)
    13 points by pjmlp over 1 year ago | 2 comments