Can't find much on it, but if I were to install ChromeOS Flex on an old windows laptop that had a touch screen, would USI work? I understand USI pens are made specific to work with ChromeOS , USI isn't a ChromeOS specific endeavor despite Google being the biggest adopter. What I can't find is if it's software dependent or hardware? Does ChromeOS Flex have USI support, if it's a software thing?

May have actually found the answer to my own question in the reply this person posted. Says pen/stylus input isn't supported.

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Also found This Chromebook list of compatible devices and This universalstylus.org list of certified devices though USI's clearly only lists devices where someone has done the work to certify them, and not a list of compatible devices. Given that the chromium page has more devices that are just Chromebooks than the entire USI certified list.

Just installed ChromeOS Flex on my Panasonic Let's Note SV7 (8G RAM i5-8250U). With ChromeOS, the 950g laptop feels more lightweight, like a breeze. I can't imagine any other better combinations. The installing progress and using for days with any problems or extra admin tweaks. I have the Acer Chromebook Spin 713-2W (heavy and battery replacement boot problem) and the Pixelbook Go (16:9 screen ratio, but I like the 3:2 more), but the Panasonic Let's Note SV7 with ChromeOS is my favorite.

I am attempting to install ChromeOSFlex on my Wife's old Macbook Pro (Retina model from 2013 to 2015). The Mac can identify my WiFi and even my neighbor's but for some reason it will not connect. I've tried resetting the WiFi and even trying the hotspot on my phone, but same thing. It recognizes the network, I enter the correct password but it won't connect. What gives? I have read that I can try connecting via ethernet, but my question is will I always need to be hardwired in the future or is there some sort of driver I can download in the future to allow for WiFi connectivity?

I just installed Chrome OS Flex on a Chromebook that was having a blue screen issue.

Part of installing the OS is associating a Gmail account to update apps and everything else on the Chromebook, my problem is the following.After the installation and the whole process, I proceed to restart or turn off the PC and when I restart it I get a message saying that my account is blocked for 24 hours, I did the same procedure with other Gmail accounts and the Chromebook also blocks them.I also did the powerdash and factory reset the PC, every time I restart with the account it keeps telling me that I have to wait 24 hours (I already waited and it still continues)

i was reading the instructions on how to create a ventoy USB on the chrultrabook site, but its useless as i dont have access to the VT-2 shell due to running COSf on my laptop.

i looked at using dev mode to access the VT-2 shell but that looks like its not possible on COSf

i have an HP Pavilion running CloudReady 43 (its unarchived and essentially lost media, hence why its still running such an old version) im not going to update it, so how do i get it to do basic tasks like editing documents or getting a modern enough web browser on it? can anyone help me?

Boot usb is 16GB. Storage HDD is WD 1TB.

PC: Motherland lga 775 CPU is Intel core 2 duo RAM is 4GB

Have tried: formatting the HDD with NTPS (no option for FAT32)

Still unable to install.

I have an old Chromebook Acer R11. It now has Kubuntu Linux on it, but I think Chrome worked much better.

I'd like to put Chrome BACK on the machine, but I can't download the Chrome recovery file because it doesn't work on Linux. Am I stuck with Linux? Or is there a way to get Chrome onto a USB so I can restore Chrome to my device?

I installed on a Dell Latitude 7400. Does Flex let you use the fingerprint reader? It doesn't seem to recognize it, because I can't even see any settings for it. Any help wold be appreciated.

I installed Chrome OS Flex onto a Microsoft Surface Pro that'd been stuck in a Win 11 boot loop as a chance to try out Chrome OS Flex. Impressed with it, have since put it on various other machines but I'm looking to try and put Win 11 back on this surface but I can't seem to enter a recovery, or boot, or safe mode now that Chrome OS Flex is running. I have a Win 11 boot drive installed on a USB, but again, I can't find a way to get the Chrome OS Flex device to boot from USB or any type of safe mode where I can select that option. I've tried booting and holding "Shift", F2, Esc, F9 -- none worked. Anybody have tips and/or tricks? Thanks in advance if any one can help.

I recently installed my Chrome OS Flex on my windows tablet and the sound is muted and greyed out how to resolve this issue?

In our break room at work, I'm trying to find a way to easily show some info.

1 I want to show an website, the timetable for the golf course (golfbox)

2 Website or whatever Netatmo uses to show temp, rain and the rest of the info for our place.

3 Calendar google.

Is there an way to make Flex run an app for this, or open all the webpages and save them to open I the same place all the time at the desktop?

Petter, btw, is the wrong place please advise me where to ask.

Hi, I've always used a PS4 controller on Chrome OS Flex, after the last updates it stopped working on Bluetooth and now it doesn't work with USB, can anyone help? Note: my deposit is certified

Recently tested install using the new installer and it couldn't verify password (with "unable to mount cryotop home" problem), since the same laptop already installed once with M126 (older installer) then upgraded to M127 without problem, so suspecting installer issue (I've seen other people might hit the same problem).

Right now I just go to the following official page to get the newer M129 installer which solves the problem, hope this can help someone who hit this issue.

https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/serving-builds?deviceCategory=ChromeOS%20Flex

Hi all,

Wonder if anyone can help please.

Open applications not visible or selectable after swapping between accounts.

This has happened across Chrome OS Flex on a supported device (Thinkpad T560, ChromeOS Version 129.0.6668.110 Official Build 64-bit), and on ChromeOS on a chromebook (Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus 2024).

Steps:

1. Log in user 1 open applications
2. Log in user 2 open applications
3. Swap between the logged in user accounts using shortcut keys or by clicking shelf > user > selecting the other logged in account

Whenever swapping back to user 2, all open apps etc are visible and accessible.

Whenever swapping back to user 1, you only see the desktop and all open apps etc are not visible and not accessible. Now:

• On the shelf, there is a line under the icon to show the app is open, but clicking the icon will not maximise the app.
• The apps cannot be cycled through using shortcut alt+tab.
• Clicking the overview button shows the open apps in the preview. The overview preview shows the title bar for each open window but not what is in the individual windows.Once the app is selected from overview it is visible again and can be used.
• Closing all the apps from the overview and opening them again, they will work as normal until swapping between users and they become inaccessible again.

Any help much appreciated.

have a HP G72-261US running cloudready and i want to know how to dualboot windows WITHOUT A REINSTALL OF CLOUDREADY

Im not sure how i would go about adding a windows install to a cloudready install as guides for that don't seem to exist.

Whenever I try to install ChromeOS Flex with my Gmail / Google account it says that my password isn’t correct. However I know it’s correct. I have a spare Google account and that one just works. What am I doing wrong? 🤔

Thanks

I partitioned my hard drive and loaded Chrome os. I have everything up and running, but the touchscreen won't work, has anyone experienced this, or have a fix for it?

I just noticed this 2-1 tablet is on sale. Would it be a good candidate for chrome os flex? 1 checked the certified model list and it is not on there. I know there are Chromebooks with the pentium n6000 chipset.

What are your thoughts?

Trying to install ChromeOS Flex on my older MacBook, and after multiple tries it always hangs up here. Any ideas how to fix it?

Yes, quite a title! But why?

Because: Requirement to log in with Google password only whenever device has been powered off is very, very unsecure making ChromeOS Flex useless for youngsters first PC. Practically forces you to set up a easy, unsecure password for a youngster to log in and come on, it's the main password for the whole Google account, not just the PC!

It is this way by design, but design can be changed. PIN code log in should be possible and password login only for administrative purposes.

Thankfully there's also option of Linux Mint (most likely some other distros too) that even allows password free login and enabling automatic updates that don't require password input other than the one needed at set up.

hi guys

hlo, i am getting a network error in chrome os flex on my laptop: IdeaPad 1-15ADA7 Laptop the network card(whatever u call it**) :**Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 802.Pcie Adapter i tried to connect the internet on the usb mode but it was not working and ik i shud do some commands in terminal but in the usb mode it not allowing until u connect to the internet wat i should do how do i access terminal without connoting to the internet

thanks

I have a Dell XPS ONE 2720 and despite it having a 2560 x 1440 monitor the highest display setting is 1920 x 1080, does anyone know how I can get it to work at the higher resolution or why it won't work?

Are there any privacy issues raised by using ChromeOS flex particularly with a logged in Google account ? How would business users get around this problem ? Does the manage devices software help mitigate any issues ?

Installed on an old Dell PC. Everything was working fine, and after the update, no sound from the internal speakers.

(Dell Optiplex all-in-one desktop)

Any clues? I can't seem to find a way to revert back to the previous version. It's now on Version 129.0.6668.110 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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