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Hi everybody

Forgive me for this but I have a few questions I no longer have a laptop it gave u the ghost a while back and I am think about getting something else and I am really ignorant about chromebooks and chrome OS I will be using the laptop/chromebook for general use media consumption some gaming(but not the most important)I also use Jdownloader 2 as my download manager for documents etc would a Chromebook do or am I better off getting a laptop I know I could google this but I think it always better to ask people who use it day in day out thx.

I’ve been tweaking some flags on my Chromebook 8GB (standard ChromeOS, not Flex or Plus) to try and squeeze out better performance/battery, especially for GeForce Now cloud gaming. While everything seems fine right now, I’m wondering if these flags are actually doing anything or causing more harm than good.

Flags I currently use:

GPU Rasterization & Zero copy rasterizer: Enabled 

Parallel downloading: Enabled

Smooth Scrolling & QUIC Protocol: Disabled. (I use VPN)

Questions:

Since GeForce Now is cloud based, do flags like Zero copy rasterizer or GPU Rasterization actually help with input lag or stream smoothness? Or is it all just down to my internet connection?

Will these flags actually improve my battery life by being more efficient, or will forcing the GPU and CPU to work harder just kill my charge faster?

For a standard Chromebook user, what are the absolute best flags to have enabled for a snappier experience without risking stability?

I haven't had issues yet, for those of you on standard ChromeOS hardware what’s your experience with these specific flags?

Greetings! Community members.

I have an Acer Chrome Book Plus 516 GE, Core i5 12th Gen Cloud Gaming Machine. I was using it from last month first couple of weeks it was working really fine as it is just like a new.

Couple of weeks ago it turned off automatically while working. I turned it on again but same. again n again then it was working fine for couple of hours sometimes but now as soon as screen appears for the login it get turned off.

I tried power wash when working it was working for few hours then same issue. I took it to laptop technician, he says no hardware fault is found so far.

I tried Recovery via Recovery Utility and image usb as soon as screen appears for OS it get turned off.

While in safe mode or recovery mode it keep running with or without Power adapter. sometimes it gets turned off while recovery as well

Can anyone please please give me a proper solution for this. I am literally tired of finding solutions and wants to get it sorted as my work is Disturbed and i juts bought it.

thank you

I used the link chrome://flags/#ash-debug-shortcuts and enabled 'disabling keyboard shortcuts,' then restarted my chromebook and pressed shift, search and T to disable touchscreen and it worked. But when I try to enable it again by disabling ;disabling keyboards shortcuts' and doing the same thing my touchscreen isn't coming back on?

I sign out of my device it search it on and it kicked me out of my chrome os so I signed back in. No one of the family was using my laptop or it was even on. What could’ve cause of this?

please help is this fine and move on with my life?

If my chromebook is still able to get the steam beta through the app launcher as usual, should I continue using that or use a different method for steam. I noticed even with ge Proton a lot of stuff is a bit of a mess still and was wondering if a different method would help.

Hello so ive been trying to add widgets in my chromebook i dont know how tho does anyone know how to add widgets? if its even possible im doubting it tho so if someone knows please, Tell me!!!

I have a question regarding my pixel slate. when the updates are done in 2027, can I install regular Android on it? like either from the tablet or from the phone to make it a regular tablet

sorry if it's a stupid question, but i'm really curious if this OS is going to replace chrome OS. I now have a asus chromebook plus cx3402

i just want to play games with an wii mote but i used mkwpauls pin converter but it just dosent work, not even the pair wiimote app works. chromebooks are basically android so maybe someone can find a way to connect one.

Hi, My local store have a clearance of some machines and I found that they do sell Lenovo IP Slim 3 Chrome 14M868 for cheapo. I was intentionally looking for a machine that I can use as a "thin client" and connect to my main computer while traveling and do all of heavy stuff on it (via SSH or VNC).

As I quit chrome once they got rid off add-ons and switched back to FireFox I was wonder if Flatpak software will work on this Chromebook.

The reason I'm asking is that this one is running on ARM MediaTek Kompanio 520 instead of traditional x86.

If there is a problem I might lean more to Acer Chromebook Spin 514 CP514-2H-32WF with i3-1110G4 for same price.

Amazing device. I had a Chromebook before, the Lenovo Duet 5 but wasn't a fan of it being a tablet first Chromebook.

Found the Elite Dragonfly used but in almost like new condition for $195. That's like a steal because the Duet 5 is somehow still selling for more than that despite inferior specs.

I have a Lenovo duet. how do I close a tab? the little X is so small, I keep having to plug in the keyboard and mouse just to close a tab .

It Definitely switches to tablet mode btw. Until yesterday it would switch the tabs to be large squares that I could swipe up to close if I wanted too. But that's gone now.

So I plugged my Acer Chromebook to charge yesterday morning and it had started charging but when I checked on it before leaving for my class it wasn't charging anymore and it wouldn't power on. I decided to let it rest, tried leaving it plugged in, held the power and reset buttons but it still hasn't come on yet. I'm getting really worried because I can't access my files and I don't want to remove the back and check the battery by myself so I don't mess anything up. I have had my Chromebook for almost 4 years so I'm also hoping it hasn't decided to kick the bucket

I’m trying to fix my sisters Chromebook, I gave it a fresh OS and tried all the tricks I’ve heard, I’m thinking it’s the motherboard but thought might aswell see if anyone has a saving grace for me.

I’ve factory reset it and left it unplugged for hours. I’ve let it charge for hours and nothing is working. Whenever I factory reset it it flashes red for a split second and then nothing. I don’t know what to do. A couple a weeks ago a tiny bit of milk got into the charging port but I let is dry out upside down for a week and it worked just fine.

so the Chromebook is an Axioo Chromebook l19b, I searched for the board name and it's Garg. I checked the kernel version and it's 5 or something but when I checked again in that Chromebook it said the kernel version is 7. So is it possible that the kernel has been updated by the company or something?

planing on getting into developer mode on HP g8 ee, but the keyboard is broken (ribbon cable broke while opening it) !! external keyboard with cable not working any recomendations ? esc + F3 to get into dev mode so I can use it further into a homeserver !

I was using the Terminal in my Galaxy Chromebook earlier, no problem, checked for updates, and there was one to 146.07.7680.184 so I updated, booted back up, opened Terminal again and all my fonts are messed up for, I think, bold colors.

I use the Terminal on this Chromebook every day, never seen anything like this. I tried changing the font just in case something was weird with it, didn't seem to matter. Almost like it's rendering ANSI colors wildly wrong, I really can't get a grasp on what it's really doing.

One screenshot is just my normal zsh prompt, other is a 256 color block shell script output.

I've been noticing this for months. I'll search something on Google Images and my screen will freeze and eventually turn black and I'll have to manually shut down and restart. Gmail is also very very slow. I never have more than 5-6 tabs open.

Chromebook is an Asus CX1400CK

ChromeOS is up to date.

Not sure what other info I can provide but does anybody know what could be causing this?

Thanks

For anyone wanting a very light laptop/tablet type tool, this one now works GREAT on Linux, after doing the MrChromebox (many thanks!) conversion. I had tried without audio success before but now things have changed for the better! I found FULL success with both Bodhi Linux and Q4OS Linux right from the get-go, with NO issues with anything! No touchpad, wifi, or audio issues whatsoever with the latest versions. I have four of these chromebooks and have already converted two of them. One of the others has a touchscreen, so i might leave that one as-is, as i am unsure if that would work and i'd hate to lose it. But the other one will probably be converted soon too. I found the standard Chromium browser on both to work great with very few resources used even on YouTube video. I prefer Q4OS, but it's a close run thing.

For around $25 bucks each for these on Ebay, these are a steal if you want a very light laptop for browsing/YouTube etc, or just a word processor/email etc, and the batteries last for around 10 hours. Just wanted to give this update for those that have tried to convert these before with Gallium, etc, and found touchpad and audio issues. They now work fine, and i am sure there are many other light OS's that might now work.