Converted my aging SP3 to a Chromebook (with chrome OS not chromium)

i converted my aging SP3 to a Chromebook using project croissant ( not sure about sharing links because of the legality ) it’s Chrome OS not chromium had app store working and Linux is working everything works except the microphone which I might work on . This did teach me alot about using Linux which was fun . But tbh maybe because I grew up with windows. Chrome OS is just too simple for me but it’s good for just browsing etc

Anyway fun little project for anyone with ageing hardware

Conversation 8 comments

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    16 December, 2019 - 6:25 pm

    <p>CloudReady is much easier to install and is supported by Neverware. </p><p><br></p><p>Does croissant get Android support?</p>

    • jamie_webster

      16 December, 2019 - 7:51 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#498903">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes playstore is working .so is assistant and so is linux</p>

    • jamie_webster

      16 December, 2019 - 7:52 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#498903">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>Cloudready is easier but sometimes installing things like croissant is fun . I learned alot while doing it</p>

      • jimchamplin

        Premium Member
        17 December, 2019 - 12:00 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#498914">In reply to Jamie_Webster:</a></em></blockquote><p>I definitely agree with the sentiment. I like to use an old UNIX desktop from the 90s called CDE, and that means compiling it from source every time. It just feels so cool to build up a minimal Linux or BSD system into being a clone of a 90s UNIX Workstation like a Sun or HP.</p>

    • christian.hvid

      17 December, 2019 - 4:16 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#498903">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>Oddly enough, there are still no Surfaces on the official list of supported devices. I have tried CloudReady on my SP3, as well as on my S3, and both failed in interesting ways. But that was over a year ago, so things may have improved.</p>

      • jamie_webster

        17 December, 2019 - 4:56 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#498966">In reply to christian.hvid:</a></em></blockquote><p>Try fydeos it's chromium but it's Chinese based. But it does run android apps . This is has builds for SP3 and the S-Go</p>

        • christian.hvid

          17 December, 2019 - 9:35 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#498967">In reply to Jamie_Webster:</a></em></blockquote><p>Thanks, I'll look into it. It appears that FydeOS is a Chinese fork of FlintOS, which in turn was acquired by Neverware last year. I'm not particularly worried about Chinese data collection (after all, 99% of my personal data are collected by American companies, not Chinese), but I'm not sure how useful FydeOS is outside of China.</p>

  • BigM72

    16 December, 2019 - 8:28 pm

    <p>Are there any benefits to this? Is there a noticeable perf improvement for example? (I remember getting this when converting old desktop PCs from XP/Vista to the linux of the time).</p><p><br></p><p>Any issues of things not working or other bugs? (I can imagine drivers being a bit more challenging with specialised kit like surface pro tablets).</p>

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