Subj : RE: Lacros
To   : Barry Martin
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Sat Aug 12 2023 21:39:40

On 8/11/2023 7:02 AM, Barry Martin wrote to Mike Dippel:

-> Hi Mike!
-> 
->  MD> The Lacros project   an acronym for Linux and Chrome OS, may be a
->  MD> good thing to revive my old Chromebook.  My wife was unable to
->  MD> bring up bank websites because the old version of Chrome wouldn't
->  MD> allow it to display, and Chrome is the only browser available on
->  MD> a Chromebook.  The laptop would not update Chrome because it was
->  MD> tied to an OS that had reached its life cycle and wouldn't
->  MD> update. The word is that if your Chromebook is past it's life
->  MD> cycle, this new browser may allow you to update your Chromebook
->  MD> because the browser is independent of the OS.  There is no word
->  MD> yet when it will be released, but the word is that it should come
->  MD> soon. I purchased a new Chromebook not knowing this.  Maybe I
->  MD> could have waited for the new release.
-> 
-> Welcome to the world of Linux! <g>  It's a 'sneaky' way to update and
-> extend the life of old hardware.  You can run across instances where
-> during installation it wil be necessary to go into the BIOS to turn off
-> a setting to allow a different operating system.  Obviously you didn't
-> need to, just typing in for the benefit of anyone else who may read
-> this.
-> 
-> There are also some hardware limitations: my old Lenovo laptop won't
-> install Ubuntu 22.04 but does fine with 20.04.  Reason: only has 3 GB of
-> memory (RAM).  22.04 wants 4.  I did purchase and install a new stick
-> (less than $15) but haven't done the upgrade yet.
-> 
-> ZDNet recently had an article on some other Linux versions for old
-> hardware:
-> https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-aging-computer-try-these
-> -5-linux-distributions/

Thank you for that information.  I will check it out.

Mike Dippel
 
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