![]() ![]() Now, click the gear icon, select “use local image,” and select the CloudReady zip file you downloaded. ![]() We installed it on an old Dell Latitude E6410 to see what it was like and to talk about what a real Chromebook gives you that CloudReady doesn’t. It’s not the first distribution of Chromium OS aimed at regular old PC hardware, but it certainly appears to be the best supported, and it’s actually being tested against hardware that real schools and businesses buy.Ĭloudready is primarily aimed at those schools and businesses, but, as of earlier this month, individuals can take it for a spin for free. CloudReady is a fork, of sorts, of Chromium OS, the open source code that Chrome OS is based on, and it promises to turn old PC hardware into nearly fully functional Chromebooks, complete with the features of Chrome OS’ management console. Which is why I was intrigued when a pitch for Neverware’s CloudReady showed up in my inbox. ![]() It was pretty easy to image, customize, and deliver new computers to people once every three or four years, but it was more fun to fix up the three- or four-year-old PCs you’d get back and then use them to replace stuff around campus that was even older. Back in my IT days, one of the things I liked doing the most was repurposing old equipment. ![]()
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