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| Source: Chrome enterprise |
Google Chrome OS Flex has announced an initial preview of a new initiative that aims to have Chrome OS on virtually any PC (and older Intel-based Macs). Created on top of CloudReady, which Google acquired in 2020, Chrome OS Flex aims at enterprises and educational users who can prolong the lifetime of their existing device, but anyone who has access to a USB drive can use it to give an old PC even a new user with a low capacity new life.
The idea is to experience the complete Chrome OS on virtually any computer. At this point, it may not be so, because there are an infinite number of potential PC configurations. Google has released a list of certified machines (mostly laptops), but chances are that others will work too, and it's as difficult as trying a modern Linux distribution that Chrome OS is obviously based on.
Riddle aforementioned, "The issue that is very exciting to American state is that we've been ready to take what was a extremely attention-grabbing however distinctive resolution with Cloudready and their management offers, and currently we've seamlessly place it along." "So these Chrome OS flex devices, even if they wont to run Windows within the past or waterproof, square measure solely displayed on the admin console which implies one blade of glass wherever you handle of these devices and whether or not it is a Chromebook or Chromebox or a Flex device." This makes it easier for admins. " Thomas Riddle, Google's director of product management for Chrome OS, noted that the expertise of putting in will still be a small amount rough if customers ought to attend their BIOS and put together their machine else from a USB drive.
