Since Lenovo isn’t selling the 1080p version of the Yoga Chromebook C630, Best Buy is the only choice in town for now. That’s OK when you can save $150 and get a free Google Home Mini.
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Kevin Tofel
After spending 15 years in IT at Fortune 100 companies, Kevin turned a hobby into a career and began covering mobile technology in 2003. He writes daily on the industry and has co-hosted the weekly MobileTechRoundup podcast since 2006. His writing has appeared in print (The New York Times, PC Magazine and PC World) and he has been featured on NBC News in Philadelphia.
Currently you can remove just about any app from a Chromebook directly from the app launcher. But not Linux apps. That’s changing with Chrome OS 75, which will get the feature for simple Linux app uninstalls.
If you’re running Linux on a Chromebook today, up to 90% of your free disk space can be used for the Crostini container. A new feature to resize the disk will let you free up space.
Recent code changes and testing suggest that Chromebook users won’t be limited to the custom Termina VM in Project Crostini, opening up the possibility of running another OS on the device.
At $599, the HP Chromebook X360 with 14-inch 1080p display is a good value. It’s even better with $100 off this week and you get a Google Home Mini as an added bonus.
In January, the Lenovo Yoga Chromebook C630 was “temporarily unavailable”. It later returned, joined by a 4K model. Now it appears the 1080p editions are gone, unless you want the Best Buy exclusive model.
You can save a bit of money by purchasing a Chromebook with an Intel Core i3 processor. Right now you can save even more: The Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14 is on sale for around $450.
The latest Dev Channel of Chrome OS 74 brings a key feature for those using Linux apps on a Chromebook: Backup and restore of the Linux container. Here’s how it works.
After months of waiting, audio support never sounded so sweet. The latest Chrome OS 74 Dev Channel adds audio playback for Linux apps on Chromebooks.
The Asus Chromebook Flip C434, expected to be available in March, has already appeared on Promevo’s website, costing $569.99 for the base model. You can’t buy it just yet, but this essentially confirms the starting price which provides an idea on prices for other configurations.
Pixelbook and Pixel Slate owners have been asking Google for the ability to remap the dedicated Assistant key. It looks like the option will be added to a future release of Chrome OS.