Anybody done this with an old laptop.

davidevans0000

https://www.neverware.com/#intro They have a free home version to use brings old laptops back to useful life.

peterhall0012

davidevans0000 we have an old windows laptop so I am going to try this on it.

kenralph

davidevans0000
Funnily enough just the other day we installed chrome/android on a decent laptop that won't install windows 10
It was so slow and buggy, with an inability to run wi fi but able to attach to the net with LAN we just giggled and put Linux mint on it.
Someone might want it.

techiebloke

davidevans0000 If you've got old hardware, give it a go.

hassan_javed

davidevans0000 i have an old laptop so will give it a go

bobrobinson

davidevans0000

Hiya i have a chrombook but cant seem to get a download a video player for it.
Any ideas Bob

pmaine

davidevans0000 thanks looks good for old laptops

scrips49

davidevans0000 I'll look at that later but my old laptop runs Linux Mint without any problems. It's about 12 years old and runs fast with no problems with web browsing.

mij_sky

davidevans0000 this sounds pretty amazing

m0dcm

davidevans0000 Don't even try it! If I remember correctly upon reading about them on Trustpilot they are a waste of money, and they don't refund!
I've been doing this with old and new Laptops for 10 years, either burn a DVD with Ubuntu or Linux Mint and hey presto you have a faster laptop for free! Anyone want any ideas on how to do it, look for the Linux Corner on the General Discussions thread and either myself or one of the others will be happy to aid you through the entire process and keep you going 😃

Scrub the last part, Cloud ready, it's Google Chrome OS but without access to the Google Apps, you have to install your own... Linux itself is definitely a better option just ask @dtuxcomp to 😉

Dave

pw6049

davidevans0000 thanks we have old laptop and this could bring it back to life

garybo

davidevans0000 thanks and I will pass this on

haseebhejazi

davidevans0000 I have old laptop I will try

acetech

I hadn't heard of it but I do have an old xp laptop in the loft but that might be a bit too old.

davidevans0000

acetech in the link it says for devices older than 10 years

deltayankee3

Chrome OS is based on Linux - a completely free Operating System with various forms that will suit anyone's needs.

It is regularly updated twice a year (As is Windows 10), needs less PC resources than any Windows System and will turn even XP into a working Operation System.

Try that one first!

stephenpperry

deltayankee3 yeah chrome is a much better shout

m0dcm

deltayankee3 Chrome... sorry lets get this one correct... Chromium OS is great if you just want to breath life into an old PC. but it doesn't have access to any Google Chrome OS features or apps, this is the downside, where as Linux either Ubuntu (One of the various flavours/Distributions) or Linux Mint you can get access to Chrome straight out of the box, plus all the Google goodies, plus even more applications etc that are FOC too.
I use Ubuntu Mate on an HP Elitebook 8440p i5 Laptop with 4Gb RAM and 320Gb HDD, and jebus it runs quicker than Windows 10 did when I bought this Laptop at a steal for £46 from eBay last year!! There is bound to be a User Group somewhere, and in the Linux Corner thread we will endevour to help and also find and if needed email Linux users in any area of the UK that can go and help install Linux onto a Laptop or PC for no charge.... We Linux users don't charge like Windows users... Sorry I'm biased 😄

Dave

ringralph

No, not Chrome but I have run Linux on old laptops & desktops. They run a lot faster with Linux than bloatware Windows.

grayme45

I've wasted lots of time in the past trying to do things like this (eg putting Linux on) trouble is an old slow laptop from 10 years ago just doesn't run internet browsers very well due to the rich content of modern websites. Even chrome, and unless you don't use any internet browser on your pc, it's all quite pointless. If you only want a bit of wordprocessing or use as an accounts pc or something like that though, it's worth doing I suppose.

masterluke

grayme45 Are you referring to Chrome or Linux? Web browsing is fine in Linux on an older laptop! I'm using an old laptop my Dell dates back to 2012. I'm using Windows 7 but I've also got Linux Mint on an external USB hard drive I can boot into if I want. Just a matter of changing the boot order in the BIOS settings.

davidevans0000

masterluke what do you think of that link it says free updates and security updates.

masterluke

davidevans0000 But what about it you get updates with Linux.

peterhall0012

masterluke which Linux version is that

masterluke

I've never understood the appeal of Chrome OS, is it just well marketed by Google or something? It's going to be way more limited to what you can do with that compared to Linux. What can you do in Chrome OS? Is there even a list of software available for Chrome? If there is one I've never seen it.

kenralph

bobrobinson Hiya i have a chrombook but cant seem to get a download a video player for it.
Any ideas Bob

Yes, get a Windows based PC!
Or..
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-chromeos.html

davidevans0000

bobrobinson Hiya i have a chrombook but cant seem to get a download a video player for it.
Any ideas Bob

Have a look here https://clipchamp.com/en/blog/2014/how-to-get-videos-to-play-on-a-chromebook

dtuxcomp

bobrobinson +1 for VLC, failing that look into installing / side loading a Linux install on the hardware.

masterluke

peterhall0012 I was referring to Linux Mint (Cinnamon) but there's loads of distros.

davidevans0000

masterluke I was referring to Linux Mint (Cinnamon) but there's loads of distros.

That looks complicated to add to an old windows laptop.

bobrobinson

davidevans0000

Awwww thanks for the link. I will try that later. All the best Bob 😄