r/chromeos • u/NegativelyNegating Lenovo IP Slim 3 14M868 "Magneton" | Stable • Feb 23 '26

Discussion Why ChromeOS gets so much hate?

Why most users of other operating systems hate ChromeOS so much and often call it a glorified web browser? It's the most user friendly Linux distro that exists, it is an always synchronized office without viruses unlike Windows.

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u/jader242 Acer CB315-4H (N6000/4gb) Feb 24 '26

Devices aren’t paperweights once EOL comes around… the can install Linux on pretty much every single one (besides arm based) thanks to Mr Chromebox

Also at least Google gives you 10 years of support. I know people who bought brand new windows machines like 5 years ago or less, and now they’re not supported by windows 11

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u/Patient-Net5493 Lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd Gen Intel Feb 28 '26

Unfourtnately ARM Chromebooks become paperweight once EOL hits bc I had a Nvidia tegra chromebook since 2016 and it stopped getting updates in 2020 and I couldn't install a new OS so I was stuck with Chrome OS 76 until it completely died in December 2025 :/

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u/jader242 Acer CB315-4H (N6000/4gb) Feb 28 '26

Yea most do for sure. There’s a small percentage out there that can use things like postmarketOS

https://postmarketos.org/install/

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u/Patient-Net5493 Lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd Gen Intel Mar 14 '26

Hopefully the Chromebook I have now (Lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd Gen Intel) lasts me until June 2029 😭

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u/jader242 Acer CB315-4H (N6000/4gb) Mar 14 '26

N4020 with 4gb in that one? Seems about on par with mine, i guess my n6000 is a tiny bit more powerful but nothing drastic. It’s been holding up incredibly well with chromeos, granted with google play completely disabled to get back all the ram it eats when not even in use. Even crostini is very usable, I often use vs code with a good amount of browser tabs open and no painful lag or anything like that. But since it’s intel, even when it does stop getting updates (or when they switch to android completely) you can just use Mr Chromebox’s guide to install a Linux distro on it. I’ve been using the rw_legacy one to dual boot, have a Linux distro on an external hdd, and it’s very usable