Settings – About Chromebooks

Automatic Chromebook updates are a great thing, until they’re not, as shown by the recent issues with Chrome OS 75. Maybe it’s time for users to have a little more control around the update process, similar to how GSuite managed devices have.

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Video: Pixel Slate gaming demo in Steam, with GPU and without on Chrome OS 76

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Kevin C. Tofel 0 Comments Chrome OS, Crostini, Dev Channel, Flags, Gaming, Google Pixel Slate, GPU, Pixel Slate, Project Crostini, Settings

The Dev Channel of Chrome OS is now up to version 76, bringing a simple flag to enable GPU hardware acceleration in Linux. Here’s a video of Portal in Steam on the Pixel Slate, with and without GPU acceleration.

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How to get the old on-screen Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts back

May 31, 2018 Kevin C. Tofel 11 Comments Chrome OS, Flags, Productivity, Settings, Tips

Don’t like the new keyboard shortcut viewer on your Chromebook? This tip will bring back the old on-screen shortcut helper in less than a minute.