ChromeOS Flex
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5recommend
0warn against
Nov 23, 2025first mention
Sep 10, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“in particular to Google's ChromeOS Flex”
“If you still want ChromeOS, try”
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“It's a great stopgap OS for older hardware.”
“I booted chromeos flex on a >12 year old laptop earlier this year and had a good experience with it.”
switched from Fedoraon “$3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated …”
“Put ChromeOS Flex on them”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 9
“in particular to Google's ChromeOS Flex”
“If you still want ChromeOS, try”
“It's a great stopgap OS for older hardware.”
“Companies with cloud-based IT are deploying ChromeOS Flex as a response to ransomware attach.”
“I booted chromeos flex on a >12 year old laptop earlier this year and had a good experience with it.”
“With a future of ChromeOS Flex running on millions of older hardware”
“Put ChromeOS Flex on them”
“slapped ChromeOS Flex on it”
“I am, unironically, considering this for my dad's computer”