Hey, Chromies! Yup, I missed a week of sending out the newsletter. I never expected my job hunt to take up so much time; every resume and cover letter needs some tweaking for every different position! I’m back on the horse this week though and have plenty to share. First up is the new ChromeOS 117 software release, which should be on your device by now. I cover what the new features and changes are. And there’s plenty in there.
I hope that Google stays true to its previous goals, as far as I can tell, for ChromeOS: As simple, secure a system as possible for 90% of users. For PCs, whether desktop, laptop or convertible, ChromeOS is thus without competition. Further customization overwhelms many users, probably also complicates the synchronization of all settings between different Chromebooks with different monitor sizes and features. Keeping the system simple, not succumbing to the constant push to add new features, is what I think is Google's most important task. I've been following what's new for ChromeOS Flex for the past few months, but I don't really use any of it in my everyday life.
Since I have a few Chromebooks --some offer updates, others I have go to settings to check-- I checked, and the other got the whole package. I expected to be indifferent about the Material You (I have none of it on my Pixel for example) but find I like it, a lot!
I don't know if I'm stupid, your explanations for accessing new features is too slim, or if ChromeOS117 is not equal in all distributions. I have some features, but these 4 are AWOL:
* Material You Accent Colors
* A "Join" button for appointments (would be cool!)
* Hardware Usage Data in the Launcher. I searched both "CPU" and "Memory Usage" with no results like in your image. I didn't try "battery" as this is an HP Chromebase!
* My quick controls (forgot their name, when you click on the time bottom right) are not the Material You style in your image, though I do have in some areas rounded corners, but these have been here for awhile.
Which Chromebook(s) would you recomend for someone who only uses a laptop for email, youtube and internet searches? No games, no apps, no camera, no movies. I currently have an HP with Win 10 and despise it, for a varitey of reason. I'll never buy another HP product, so those are off the list. Thank you. P.S. If you don't have time to reply, I understand.
I hope that Google stays true to its previous goals, as far as I can tell, for ChromeOS: As simple, secure a system as possible for 90% of users. For PCs, whether desktop, laptop or convertible, ChromeOS is thus without competition. Further customization overwhelms many users, probably also complicates the synchronization of all settings between different Chromebooks with different monitor sizes and features. Keeping the system simple, not succumbing to the constant push to add new features, is what I think is Google's most important task. I've been following what's new for ChromeOS Flex for the past few months, but I don't really use any of it in my everyday life.
Who wants more, should just take a Linux ;-)
Since I have a few Chromebooks --some offer updates, others I have go to settings to check-- I checked, and the other got the whole package. I expected to be indifferent about the Material You (I have none of it on my Pixel for example) but find I like it, a lot!
I don't know if I'm stupid, your explanations for accessing new features is too slim, or if ChromeOS117 is not equal in all distributions. I have some features, but these 4 are AWOL:
* Material You Accent Colors
* A "Join" button for appointments (would be cool!)
* Hardware Usage Data in the Launcher. I searched both "CPU" and "Memory Usage" with no results like in your image. I didn't try "battery" as this is an HP Chromebase!
* My quick controls (forgot their name, when you click on the time bottom right) are not the Material You style in your image, though I do have in some areas rounded corners, but these have been here for awhile.
Which Chromebook(s) would you recomend for someone who only uses a laptop for email, youtube and internet searches? No games, no apps, no camera, no movies. I currently have an HP with Win 10 and despise it, for a varitey of reason. I'll never buy another HP product, so those are off the list. Thank you. P.S. If you don't have time to reply, I understand.