Hi everyone,

I am evaluating the possibility of installing Windows 11 on my Chromebook. Currently, I am trying to run a critical, legacy database application (an official Mexican tax/social security software called SUA) using Wine via Crostini on ChromeOS. However, I am hitting constant regional/locale bugs with dates and database engines (.mdb) that prevent me from updating tables sequentially.

I want to use MrChromebox firmware to wipe ChromeOS and install Windows 11 natively to solve these environment issues, but I want to know what to expect first.

* My Device: HP Elite c1030 Chromebook (Board/Codename: HATCH / HELIOS)

* CPU: Intel Core i7-10610U @ 1.80GHz

* Main Goal: A stable production environment for database-driven Windows software requiring precise "es_MX" regional formatting (decimals and dates).

My questions for the community:

1. How is the overall performance and stability of Windows 11 on the Hatch/Comet Lake platform?
2. According to the docs, internal audio speakers won't work on this model. Can someone confirm if audio via USB-C/Bluetooth headphones works flawlessly right after install?
3. If I make a full stock ROM backup via the script, is the process 100% reversible back to stock ChromeOS down the road?

Thanks in advance for any insights, tips, or documentation links you can share!

My main priority now is to recover my old Windows files safely. I want to find out whether ChromeOS Flex erased my 256 GB SSD, my 1 TB HDD, or both, and whether my old files can still be recovered. I do not want to accidentally overwrite or permanently lose any recoverable data

How to slove this?

Update- this issues resolved after using Rufus

I upgraded yesterday my Acer CXI3 from stable to newest stable. It got stuck on a black screen with white ChromeOS logo.

I can recover with beta from https://cros.download/recovery/fizz

But, when it updates, the same happens (it gets stuck). I repeated it several times, not allowing immediate upgrade, and switching build to stable or to dev: same happens after OS update.

Finally, I recovered with LTC. This works okay. That is ChromeOS version 150.

Also, I have a Minisforum mini-PC (Venus series UN100C) with ChromeOS Flex. Same story. Except that sticking a USB stick inside one of its ports, allows ChromeOS Flex to boot.

In the end, I'm glad that I learned to use the LTC version: updates are really fast, and Android apps download really fast.

Ho da poco installato Chrome OS Flex sul mio laptop (Dell Latitude 5420 i3-1125g4, 16GB di RAM, 990 Evo Plus 2TB) giusto per prova e ho notato che solo il sistema pesa 328GB! Anche da appena installato non cambia nulla. Sono nuovo qui su Reddit. Grazie.

Hello, so this personalized list was chosen using a 2015 Macbook Air with 4GB of ram :)

GAMING

1. WebRetro (Github) - It's Retroarch, the option to save it offline as a html standalone is given after loading a game. I also recommend saving it as a web app so it can be in your start menu.

MEDIA CREATION

1. PaintZ (Github) - A simple raster art program that is currently a web app that works offline.
2. Tenacity (Codeberg) - A sound editor that spun off from Audacity, using Crostini it works well.
3. Openshot (Github) - A video editor with Crostini, HD is a bit intense for Macbook but works.

MEDIA VIEWING

1. Photo Viewer - Works perfectly using the built in Gallery app.
2. Music Player - Works perfectly using the built in Gallery app.
3. Video Player - Works perfectly using the built in Gallery app.

DOCUMENTS / MATHEMATICS

1. Calculator - Easily done with the built in Calculator app.
2. Text Editor - A great text editor for notes and code. Hopefully it gets ported into the OS soon.
3. Libre Office (Github) - A whole office suite using Crostini, it works great too.

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Other Sources
How to install Crostini
How to Install Flathub
Read Outloud Extension to Help
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WiFi fix please

Hi, so this app is perfect for quick documents, coding, etc. I forgot it was an extension after so many years, and now I have no idea what to pick as a replacement when Web Apps drop support.

Crostini Apps take longer to load, are restricted to the Linux File directory and seem to crash.

The Following I tried
* Notepadqq
* Kate

App: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/text/mmfbcljfglbokpmkimbfghdkjmjhdgbg

What should I do? Thanks

Also for context, this is for a 2015 Macbook Air.

Hi, pretty much what the title says. I can live with it as the OS tends to keep cool enough anyways but was wondering what my options are.

Update: The fan has decided to turn on, it just takes a LOT like it charging to get it to go off.

i have a laptop with intel igpu and nvidi dgpu how do i stop nvidia dgpu from drawing power i am only getting 3 hours battery on 40Wh battery i used to get atleast 4-5 houra on windows

Hi pretty much what the title says, just put chrome os flex on my MacBook Air (2015).

Hello Everyone,

Was gifted an ancient HP laptop (2011). Chucked in 8gb of DDR3 and ChromeOs Flex runs like a dream. Anyone have any tips and tricks to optimize this OS? What are some cool PWAs to download, and would it be worth it to install an SSD (gift from a friend)?

or will it not get updates and complain until i reset it

Maybe I'm missing something, but it's kind of wild that we're in 2026 and auto-rotation is still a gamble on ChromeOS Flex.

On a detachable tablet, auto-rotate is about as basic as volume buttons. Yet here I am rotating the screen manually like it's a feature.

Hello!

I want to enable ChromeOS Flexes Developer mode, but have some problems.

Here is what I did:

- I mounted the efi partiton and added cross_debug to all boot entries in grub.cfg.

- I opened up Google Chrome

- Pressed Ctrl+Alt+T

Then I got:

ERROR: GetAcpiSysfsPath: Failed to get ChromeOS ACPI sysfs path VDAT
ERROR: GetAcpiSysfsPath: Failed to get ChromeOS ACPI sysfs path BINF.3
ERROR: GetAcpiSysfsPath: Failed to get ChromeOS ACPI sysfs path BINF.0

when I type shell I get:

ERROR - ERROR: unknown command shell

Ctrl+Alt+F2 and Ctrl+Alt+right does nothing.

I then found another guide that says I need to be on the developer Channel first. So I redid everything of the above but nothing changed.

The guide also said to add kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=always to grub.cfg, but that was already in there so I guess it's fine?

Thanks ;3

I am trying to put Flex OS on my mac OS (attaching the system info)

I took recovery flex OS, booted it with usb and then a white screen comes with cursor working properly.

I can hear the chrome OS voice assistant.

How to troubleshoot it

I have Lenovo V14 G4 AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 14"

Just got it from like 2 days ago, I'm instructed to install ChromeOS and I've made bootable with chrome recovery utility extension

When I'm booting from boot menu it stays 3-5 mins before falling back to the windows 11.

First I thought it's because of SanDisk Cruze blade pendrive, So I made with another pendrive, same result.

Next I tried in my old dell Inspiron 15 3000, when I booted it worked.

I have updated the latest bios

Disabled secure and fast boot, but still same result, pitch Black screen

Looking to get my issue resolved. Is there any other way we can try?

Necesito desactivar la contraseña de mi cuenta al principio y que entre automáticamente. Lo pude hacer con FydeOS, creando una cuenta local pero el navegador no me gusta. Instale google chrome desde linux pero no me gusto. Alguien podra ayudarme con Chrome OS flex?

Hi,

I am tried to install on 2 old PC's and is not working.

One was a Ryzen 3 1300X with 16 GB ddr4, NVMe, Nvidia 1060 6 gb.
For this one from what I understand is not supporting the Nvidia GPU's and this CPU does not have a integrated graphic card.

The other one is a really old Fujitsu Esprimo P9525 which has a Intel® Core™2 Duo, 4 GB ram ddr2 with integrated graphic card and a small 256 GB ssd. At first it was stuck on the Chrome OS Flex logo, now it just goes black screen. Even after 1 hour, nothing changes.

I tried different methods with Rufus, Ventory (which did not work because is so old, is not accepting UEFI)

Also can't seem to find most of the setting in the BIOS, like secure boot, legacy, all that.

Hey. I just installed ChromeOS Flex onto a CTL NL6D for further software support. And I don't have any audio through the internal speakers. Is there any way to fix this? Any assistance would be much appreciated. Everything else works so that's a plus.

J'utilise Windows depuis les débuts en 95.

J'aime la tech, les systèmes connectés et modernes.

J'utilse aussi des Pixels (je viens de recevoir le P11Pro) et suis fan de Google.

J'aimerais savoir si utiliser ChromeOS Flex serait un bon choix.

Je n'utilise quasiment que le navigateur.

J'ai compris que sur Flex il n'y a pas de playstore et qu'on ne peut pas installer d'application.

Uniquement des sites transformés en app (PWA).

Au niveau matériel.

J'ai un portable AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, avec 16Go de RAM DDR4 et SSD Nvme.

Et un fait maison I3 10105, Avec 16Go de RAM DDR4 avec aussi SSD Nvme.

Les deux ont un secureboot et TPM 2.0.

J'ai quelques questions. Flex est il uniquement fait pour les vieux PC ou est ce une alternative sérieuse à Windows?

Au niveau sécurité, y a t'il le chiffrement du disque, le secureboot et le TPM 2.0 d'utilisés?

Est il possible de désinstaller des applications qui sont d'origine comme youtube.

Est il possible d'installer des extension dans Chrome, surtout ublock lite?

Est ce vraiment bien compatible avec le matériel Windows ?

J'utilise actuellement office 365 (gratuit) avec le navigateur. Mais je serais intéressé par la suite Google de bureautique que je connais peu.

Est comptaible avec les fichiers word et inversement?

Y a t'il moyen de remplir un formulaire PDF et d'ajouter une signature?

Merci pour vos réponses et avis.

I just updated my OS and found that any app beyond chrome it's self now has this stupid status/title bar with text denoting what app is open/the file opened (only exception being the text app). Is it possible to remove this and go back to the old style where it doesn't where there isn't a title bar like thing (just the command icons in the right hand corner)