On top of that, you can install Fyde OS even on Rasberry Pi & ASUS Thinker Board along with PC and VM ware.
When Chrome OS started supporting Android apps, they have added the Android apps support to the Flint OS and renamed it as Fyde OS. They have developed the OS for the Chinese market.
Neverware said they will be supporting Android apps in the future, there is still no sign of such an update at present.įyde OS is first introduced as Flint OS by the London company Flint innovations. But there is a caveat, though you can run Linux apps on this OS, you cannot install Android apps in it. This is the most stable Chromium OS fork you can find and also undoubtedly the most famous one among all. They take the source code from the Chromium and add their own proprietary code to make a working OS. They look and work just like the Chrome OS and the best advantage of them than Chrome OS is that you can install them on a wide variety of hardware.Ĭloud-Ready is developed by Neverware, which is secured, easy to install and also has excellent documentation. Just like Google’s Chrome OS, they have also developed the OS from the Open-source Chromium OS project. Thankfully we have many developers that modified the Chromium OS and made it easy to install.Īmong them, two of the best Chromium OS forks are Neverware’s Cloud Ready and Flint’s Fyde OS. But it requires some technical expertise. Though we cannot install Chrome OS, we can install the Open-source software Chromium OS which anyone can install, modify and use it in the way they like. How to install Chrome OS on any PC or Laptop As there are also some hardware requirements that only Chromebooks have. But the official Chrome OS which Google uses on their Pixelbooks (and allows other OEMs to install on Chromebooks) is not available for everyone to download. If at some point you want to try Linux again, use my dual boot guide to install Linux on a separate USB drive and leave Chrome OS untouched.On top of that, you can have additional benefits like unlocking your computer using your Android phone and seamlessly switching devices while browsing.Once done, you will see the familiar Chrome OS setup screen because your Chromebook is now back to factory settings.Plug in your Chrome OS recovery USB and let Chrome do its magic! Now you’ll get the Chrome OS is damaged or missing screen.
Press the power button and press space bar to turn verification mode back on.īOOT_STUB – Run the BIOS mod script again and disable developer mode.Choose one of the options below depending on which BIOS mod you used: When you installed Linux you will have modified the BIOS using either the RW_LEGACY option or the BOOT_STUB option. Step 2: Get to the Chrome OS recovery screen Follow the on screen instructions and have your 4GB USB drive ready.Also tick the box to allow executing file as program. Change the permissions to read and write for Owner, Group and Other. Right click on the downloaded file and go to properties.If the script opens in the browser, right click in the browser and click save as to download the file. Make sure your internet connection is working.If you don’t know what it is, open a terminal window and run this command. You’ll need the model name of your Chromebook.Boot into your Linux installation on your Chromebook (if there’s something wrong with the installation just boot from any live Linux distro).Make sure you have your power charger plugged in.Step 1: Create a Chrome OS recovery USB drive on Linux If you disabled write protect by opening up the back cover, you do not need to enable write protect again. Live Linux USB drive if there’s a problem with your install (optional).2GB USB drive or SD card that you don’t mind wiping.The process to go back to Chrome OS involves creating a Chrome OS recovery USB drive, restoring the BIOS back to normal and reinstalling Chrome OS back to the Chromebook.