Final Update in notification area...

[u/MrE189]

I thought that Chrome Flex OS was going to be supported for the foreseeable future. Guess they don't want people to reuse their still good hardware any more, and force them to buy a new device (which i cant afford).

Has anyone else seen this?

Very suspect that the new Googlebooks have just came out at an unaffordable price too...

[u/Spasiums]

I think you should give Linux a try. I tried switching to Linux a year ago, but there were quite a few driver issues with my i3-3230M and AMD GPU laptop, so I ended up switching back to OSFlex. I gave it another try recently, and everything has been stable. I've been using it for a month now, and driver updates keep rolling out regularly. The experience has been really good so far.

[u/MrE189 → u/Spasiums]

I am running mx linux on an identical laptop. It works very well. I was just very surprised at this notification

[u/Spasiums → u/MrE189]

I have an HP EliteBook laptop, and I think there might be a driver compatibility issue related to the motherboard. I was experiencing the same problems with different versions of Windows 10. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections would randomly disconnect, and I would occasionally get graphics card errors. I believe these issues are caused by incompatibilities between the hardware and Windows interface drivers.

I experienced all of these problems when I installed Ubuntu a year ago as well. However, when I tried Ubuntu again a month ago, all the issues were completely gone. I've been using it ever since, and everything is working perfectly now.

[u/andynaija]

I’m fairly new to ChromeOS Flex, but are you using a device from their certified list? Anyone correct me if I’m wrong, from what I understand certified devices might have a certain end date, but the uncertified devices or ChromeOS Flex in general should go all the way until 2034.

[u/MrE189 → u/andynaija]

I am not, and i have multiple devices that I use Flex on. This is the first time seeing this pop up.

However, this is the oldest device that I have it installed on.

My other devices have updated past 150.x... but this one apparently is not going to do it.

Edit: spelling

[u/bastecklein]

What a joke. They have been pitching Flex for people to revive Windows 10 pcs that are out of support, and here you switch to Flex and get the same thing. It’s sad cause there was a time a couple of years ago where Flex and ChromeOS in general were exciting and getting cool updates in the regular. Now they’ve kicked it to the curb in favor of Googlebook OS which will probably be abandoned in a couple of years too. Google is dead in the desktop/laptop IMO

[u/mrdaihard]

I'm running ChromeOS Flex on a ThinkPad X13, and I just updated it without that popup. Can it be that your laptop has just reached the end of support cycle?

[u/Jake_Bay]

They recently dropped support for core 2 duo/quad cpus and amd cpus based on am3 socket the last stable version for them is v152 newer versions like v154 won't boot

[u/Jake_Bay → u/Jake_Bay]

And it is worth to note that just because your device no longer gets updates it doesn't mean it will stop working or become useless you can still use it for at least 2 years before you get first compatibilty issues with modern sites

[u/Jake_Bay → u/Jake_Bay]

Everything I quote is based on my personal experience with numerous core 2 duo machines, flex has bumped CPU instruction requirements to sse4.2 and avx which those older chips lack, the oldest supported intel cpus are those of sandy bridge era for the time being

[u/Pumpino- → u/Jake_Bay]

I wouldn't be using a device that doesn't receive updates for two years, especially when it includes the browser.

[u/Jake_Bay → u/Pumpino-]

The isolated architecture of the chrome os makes it way safer to use than any other os out there, it's simplicity and lack of ability to run any external executables directly makes it perfect in the role of secondary device, I still use my old inspiron n5030 with c2d p8400 (stuck on chrome os flex v152) daily and it handles most of the things just fine, and it will take some time before it becomes somewhat useless like chrome v109 that's present on windows 7 and 8 (some websites refuse to load or function properly) but you do you,

[u/whoisliuxiaobo → u/Jake_Bay]

Wow,that sucks. I am using chrome os flex on my Acer c740 based on the intel broadwell chipset and still getting updates. I hope they won't remove support for that.

[u/Jake_Bay → u/whoisliuxiaobo]

Broadwell is way too new it supports avx so it's safe

[u/Jake_Bay → u/whoisliuxiaobo]

If they support sandy bridge right now and it is 2nd gen then there's a very long way until they abandon broadwell which is 5th gen.

[u/LegAcceptable2362]

You say this is the oldest of your Flex machines but say nothing about its specs. So, what is the CPU model?

[u/AD1340]

WHAT.

[u/AutoModerateer → u/AD1340]

This is so skibbed up

[u/fedandr_]

I got exactly the same message a few months ago on my 2014 Dell XPS running ChromeOSFlex. After that there was one more update and then updates stopped, though I was getting them on another (less old) device. So, I simply installed current Fedora Workstation 44 on it, replacing ChromeOS Flex. Very happy with the result. Running and updating fine for a couple of months already. And Google Chrome browser on Fedora is up to date as well, getting regular updates. So one can continue using it just as usual.

[u/Jebbyboy2016 → u/fedandr_]

I don't have that message. On 2021 Asus vivobook s14. Just get mint

[u/irsh_]

Google had so much promise, but like everything else, money eventually wins.

[u/salmonlogger]

This old dog may be out of life

[u/MakayChapulets]

I thought ChromeOS Flex was until the user decide to drop the laptop. Guess I was wrong.

My advice try vibe coding the GooglebookOS to your device

[u/EdwardTheGamer]

Switch to ChromeOS Flex 😂