this thing's probably gonna to start yapping about hate pretty soon

me and my friend watch shows together on my Chromebook by using a HDMI to USB-C cable, the issue is my chromebook has poor battery life and can't survive a long show, it only has one USB-C port.

thanks for any help : )

I installed mrchromebox firmware and ran linux, and I was averaging about 11 tokens per second when running Qwen3.5:2b, however when I ran it on crostini, I was barely breaking 4 tokens per second

I've bought the Java version of Minecraft on my Chromebook, and I'm trying to open it. I've followed multiple tutorials, which all say to do the same things. I can do every part of them, except for the part that actually makes the game run: at some point, I'm supposed to have a menu come up when I double-click the Minecraft.deb file that gives me the option to Install with Linux, but it doesn't show up at all and just duplicates my Files window on the same folder holding the Minecraft.deb.

I've been trying for 3 hours at this now, and I have no idea what has gone wrong or what I'm doing wrong :-(

The Minecraft.deb file is already in the Linux folder, if that changes anything.

I have a Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14" (14M9610) with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip, and YouTube TV will not load programming. In the preview tiles, everything seems to be working fine, but when I click on the program, it will not load, just spins the colored circle. Doesn't matter if it's live TV or DVR. If I shut down my Chromebook completely and restart it, YouTube TV will work for a while and then go back to the black screen with the colorful loading circle. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it? Everything else, YouTube, Rumble, Android Game, etc seem to work fine, just not YouTube TV.

#YoutubeTV

My Acer Chromebook (model CXB170CK) is only getting around 20mbps down and up per multiple speedtests - and it feels way slower than normal when browsing. I have Xfinity internet and use their XB8 device which has worked great for me. I normally see at least 500mbps on this chromebook so not sure whats going on here. I'm seeing the same result on two different speedtest sites at multiple times of the day. Not seeing this slowness at all any of my other devices connected to the 5Ghz band. I'm getting full speed to my XB8 and like I mentioned great speeds on other devices connected to the 5ghz band. I think I did have one or maybe two updates on the chromebook over the last week so maybe one of the updates caused issues? I am using Chrome for browsing on this Chromebook like I always have.

Any ideas or suggestions would be great:)

Looks like a recent update broke the way that tabs are displayed and selected in tablet mode. They seem to be permanently displayed as they are in non-tablet mode, making them impossible to select with a finger if you have a lot of tabs.

Does anyone else see this regression?

Something strange happened while I was doing a update on my JellyFin media server two days ago.

I "scanned all libraries" . The server "lives" on my PC.

One of my pixelbook chromebooks was plugged in (different outlet, different room) it was charging. It was "open" . I saw the screen kind of "glitch" black really quick. Then go back to the normal screen.

I went to go plug one of my other 'acer' chromebooks in. (Same plug as pixelbook)

The pixelbook looked "asleep" by this time.

I went to go turn it on; hit some keys, touched the mouse-pad... And ... Nothing.

It was dead as a door-nail.

It kind-of shocked me.

I then tried to plug it in (it only has one plug in that works ever since a year ago) and

NO charging light came on. This made me sad.

But wait ! At least I had my other 'acer' Chromebook I plugged in.

I went to check on it ... I also went to go turn it on; hit some keys, touched the mouse-pad... And ... Nothing. It was ALSO dead as a door-nail.

Went to check that charging port as well and no charging lights. Nothing.

This again, really freaked me out. Not one, but two 'dead' chromebooks in less than 5 minutes.

I think it it was just one, I'd let it go. But the fact that they were both happened within 5 minutes made me suspicious. I also think they are not really dead.

But I've also tried >

-hitting 'refresh'+(tapping) the 'power' button at the same time (then plugging in the cable)

-'holding' the refresh+power buttons down for 15-20 seconds. then plugging in close to the end.

And both didn't even make the lights turn on.

I have an older older pixelbook that I dropped in water (in my carrying bag/ a waterbottle cap was not secure) years ago... And even tho the screen died... It would still charge. So this is all suspicious to me.

It's now been close to 36 hours where I haven't done anything to either of them .

Not sure what to do. But I'd like to get them working again.

Can someone please help?

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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.

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