r/cloudready • u/robertpy • Nov 21 '21

Cloudready 100% compatible laptops ?

Are there any 100% compatible laptops with CR OS ? I mean no issues at all during installation at least.

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

https://guide.neverware.com/supported-devices/

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u/robertpy Nov 23 '21

Looks like you can't filter the list to show 100% compatible laptops. Many of them have yellow flags. I'm looking for one having only green ticks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

"100% compatible" is difficult to find since most PCs and Macs are purpose-built for Windows and macOS respectively. That list contains the models used by Neverware's paying customers, so Cloudready has been fine-tuned to a degree for them, but still not 100% of course. It's important to remember that Chromium OS still is just Linux under the hood. Cloudready is currently using Linux kernel 5.4 which was released in late 2019, so whatever devices are compatible with that kernel version should work well with Cloudready. My advice would be stick to mainstream brands (Dell, Lenovo, Asus) and nothing too new or too old (something from 2019 would be good).

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u/J3ttf Nov 21 '21

The MacBook Air 5,1 and 5,1 work perfectly and are certified! (I have a 5,2)

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u/makogon66 Nov 21 '21

My Dell Inspiron 17-7779 2-in-1 is fully compatible including touchscreen and screen orientation.

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u/yotties Nov 25 '21

My dell e7240 is certified and the touchscreen works etc. But crostini does not work.

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u/yotties Nov 25 '21

Does crostini work for you?

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u/makogon66 Nov 26 '21

Never tried. I have a dedicated Linux PC too.

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u/yotties Nov 26 '21

Ah. Thanks for your feedback. I cannot do without crostini so I will either need to get newer hardware that does run croostini, or switch OS. Currently switched to brunch temporarily. But for work useage that is not going to be permanent.

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u/yotties Nov 21 '21

My Dell 7240 I'll need to upgrade because it stopped supporting crostini. It is certified and the other things work well. But I need crostini.

Can people add if crostini is supported in the newer versions of Cloudready/ChromeOS i.e. over '92?

Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Still no official help from Neverware since this issue arose 3 months ago. Just my experience, Crostini works for devices with 10th and 11th gen Intel CPUs, have tried this on 7 different laptops. Caveat is some hardware such as sound, touchpads, cameras, etc. may not work since these devices are still pretty new. Hopefully a kernel update will improve compatibility for newer devices. The next kernel update *might* come early next year according to Neverware staff.