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ChromeOS Flex on a Dell OptiPlex 7060 Mini Tower

ChromeOS Flex is an operating system made by Google that allows you to turn your old computers (not very old ones like those from the 90s and the 2000s) to Chromebooks. This gives you an opportunity to try out ChromeOS, an operating system found in Chromebooks, based on a Linux kernel. They are designed to run from bare metal with USB as the installation medium, from which you can turn your old computer to a Chromebook.

The specifications for the Dell OptiPlex 7060 machine are as follows:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-8700
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
• RAM: 32 GB
• NVMe: Lexar 512 GB M.2 NVMe
• HDD: Toshiba 1 TB 7200 RPM
• Network: Intel i219-LM Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 + D-Link DWA-131 Wireless N Nano USB Adapter

We have used an ancient SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8 GB USB flash drive in this testing. Heres where this experiment took us.

We have downloaded the latest ChromeOS Flex image using . After that, weve followed the for using dd to flash the installation image to the flash drive, assuming that its located on /dev/sdb. However, the latest version of ChromeOS Flex (16640.57.0) didnt fit in this USB stick, so the flashing process failed with the first 8 GB being written to the drive, with the rest not being written.

 aptiviarchapt $ sudo dd if=chromeos16640.57.0revenrecoverystable-channelRevenMPKeys-v10.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress  8002732032 bytes (8.0 GB, 7.5 GiB) copied, 1650 s, 4.8 MB/s  dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device  1909+0 records in  1908+1 records out  8004304896 bytes (8.0 GB, 7.5 GiB) copied, 1981.36 s, 4.0 MB/s 

Unfortunately, we dont have a 16 GB flash drive or larger at this moment. Luckily, we have stored an older ChromeOS Flex version (16002.51.0), which did fit in the USB flash drive.

 aptiviarchapt $ sudo dd if=chromeos16002.51.0revenrecoverystable-channelmp-v6.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress  7308669440 bytes (7.3 GB, 6.8 GiB) copied, 1475 s, 5.0 MB/s  1742+1 records in  1742+1 records out  7308669440 bytes (7.3 GB, 6.8 GiB) copied, 1809.71 s, 4.0 MB/s 

Afterwards, we have started up the target machine, which is the Dell OptiPlex 7060, after inserting the USB stick, and booted from it from the one-time boot menu you can access by pressing F12 repeatedly. Under UEFI BOOT, weve identified the SanDisk Cruzer Blade 2.01 USB stick, and pressed ENTER.

Afterwards, we let it boot. (Sorry for the Moire effect in the next few screens, but we had to resize the image to cope with storage limits in our WordPress storage)

Now, we were prompted to choose either the full installation or the live environment. Weve chosen the live environment, since its just a test.

Afterwards, were asked to initiate a network connection.

Unfortunately, our D-Link USB dongle doesnt work in ChromeOS Flex due to lack of necessary drivers needed to power the Wi-Fi dongle. Furthermore, this USB dongle uses the Realtek RTL8192EU chipset, which is incompatible with ChromeOS. Due to this, we had to perform a workaround shown below, but it isnt ideal for long-term usage.

First, weve established a network that would allow ChromeOS access to the internet. Weve plugged two ends of the Ethernet cable into a laptop that runs Windows 11 with a working internet connection and into the Dell OptiPlex 7060 machine.

After that, weve configured the Wi-Fi connection sharing through Ethernet by opening Control Panel (Win + R > Control > ENTER) > Network and Internet > Network Sharing Center > current Wi-Fi connection name > Properties > Sharing and by turning on Allow other network users to connect through this computers Internet connection. Then, weve chosen the Ethernet option, and pressed OK in all dialog boxes to establish a tethered Wi-Fi connection to the OptiPlex 7060 through Ethernet.

After that, ChromeOS recognized that theres an Internet connection coming from the Ethernet connection, so ChromeOS proceeded to load.

After that, were asked how we want to choose our setup (personal, child, or work). Weve chosen Personal for test purposes.

Then, weve signed in to our Google account.

After that, weve made some final configuration before were headed to the desktop.

Finally, were at the desktop!

Heres some version information about the ChromeOS version weve flashed to the USB flash drive.

Here are some of the demonstrative wallpapers. Please note that we couldnt test the rest of ChromeOS Flex properly due to issues with our Wi-Fi connection at the moment (it crashed during our experiment), which caused the shared Ethernet connection to no longer work.

The performance was rather satisfactory and works great on the Dell OptiPlex 7060, but our experience would have been smoother if the Wi-Fi connection worked out of the box with our USB dongle.

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