For anyone using a Chromebook that is out of the Automatic Update Expiration date, you can have a browser that updates to the latest security patches.
LaCrOS (Linux And Chrome OS) is a Linux-based Chrome browser from Google that runs like native under ChromeOS. The setting is a simple flag switch to "enabled" under the flag:
chrome://flags/#lacros-support
Under that you can also make LaCrOS the primary browser and the only browser.
Stable and problem free so far 👍
#chromebook #technoob
In the end, Lacros will be the Chrome browser you get on every Chromebook and because it won’t be attached to the core of the OS any longer it will facilitate quicker browser patches without requiring a full OS update
@ecksmc Took me a while to find this out 😆 the planned obsolescence bit really started to tick me off. So glad the browser is finally on the latest patch.
@Jule_B there also roumours older chromebooks might be getting extending OS updates nothing official yet though
these new findings suggest that ChromeOS 116 may no longer support both browsers simultaneously
sure feels like a move towards the new, Linux-based browser as default on Chromebooks to me.
@Jule_B
code changes recently found in ChromeOS 116 by Kevin Tofel of About Chromebooks, we are seeing small code changes that could potentially have major implications. Google has included specific references to ChromeOS 116 in the Lacros documentation that outlines the process to enable the new browser
https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/chromeos-116-may-begin-the-lacros-browser-push-to-chromebooks/