Costco Wholesale has for their
Members: Acer Chromebook Plus 514 Touchscreen Laptop (CB514-4HT-359X, Gray)
w/ Protective Sleeve on sale for
$199.99. Shipping is $14.99.
Thanks to Deal Editor
persian_mafia for finding this deal.
Note, must login to your Costco account w/ an active membership to purchase
Specs/Key Features:- Intel Core i3-N305 Processor
- 14" 1920x1080 Touchscreen IPS Widescreen LED-Backlit FHD Display w/ FHD 1080p Facial Auto Exposure Camera with Privacy Shutter
- 8GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 512GB PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive SSD
- Intel UHD Graphics
- FineTip Chrome OS Keyboard with Touchpad
- Wi-Fi 6E (2x2) + Bluetooth 5.1
- Chrome OS
- Weight: 3.15-lbs
- Ports:
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (DisplayPort over USB Type-C & USB Charging)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1x 3.5mm Combo Jack (Headphone/Speaker)
- 1x Kensington Lock Slot (Nano Type)
- 1x MicroSD Card Reader
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It comes with a year of Gemini Advanced and 2 TB of storage. When I tried to activate the offer, I got a cryptic message about my account not being eligible. After a useless exchange with Google Support that took over a week, they ended by saying the device was not eligible. English comprehension ain't their strong suit! I finally figured out that it was because my Google account was part of a Google Family group. I had to disassociate the account to activate the trial.
You can re-create the Family Group after activating the trial and share the 2 TB. I saw a message that you can only do this once a year. It looks like they updated and clarified the terms of the offer to mention the problem I encountered.
Recommended. I installed their Linux support and can run Signal Desktop, Brave and Reaper in that environment.
On the question about media, the internal speakers don't get too loud, but they're fine along with the mic for Google Voice calls. The headphone jack works well with my KRK headphones, plenty of volume and clear. I can cast from Chrome, YouTube and YouTube Music to my TV with Chromecast built-in.
Brightness is fine for indoors. I lower the brightness at night. Probably 200 or 250 nits.
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(This is not a one step process, and you will need some knowledge of shell commands and Linux systems to do this)
1. Enter recovery mode (esc + refresh + power)
2. Enable developer mode (Ctrl + D)
This will wipe all of your data
https://docs.mrchromebo
3. When you get to the Developer Mode boot menu, press enter or Ctrl + D to boot into ChromeOS
4. Connect to the internet and set up ChromeOS with an account
5. Log out and open the VT-2 shell: Ctrl + Alt + Refresh, and login as chronos
I would recommend setting a password for chronos at this point
6. Run MrChromebox's firmware utility script
https://docs.mrchromebo
7. Install the RW_LEGACY firmware (option 1), and reboot
8. Create a bootable linux USB (Fedora KDE 41 works great) and insert it
9. When the device boots up, press Ctrl + L
If this doesn't work, select "Select alternate bootloader" and choose "edk2"
10. As soon as you see the rabbit logo, press Esc and choose your Linux USB
11. Once you get into your distro's live environment, do not begin installation just yet - you need to make ChromeOS's partition smaller
12. In a terminal, install your distro's "vboot-utils" package (needed for crap)
13. Download crap: https://github.com/chrultrabook/crap and run it with sudo
14. Make the ChromeOS partition as small as you like
15. Proceed with your distro's installation. You can use the existing EFI partition (nvme0n1p5) as ChromeOS doesn't use it
16. Once you finish, reboot and boot into Linux by pressing Ctrl + L on the boot screen
17. Fix USB-C and audio: https://docs.chrultrabo
Above will allow dual boot ChromeOS+Linux. Since this is n305, the SOC power itself is pretty low, and its easy to get 8+ hrs battery life on Linux
Resources/help:
https://docs.chrultrabo
https://docs.mrchromebo
https://forum.chrultrab
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(This is not a one step process, and you will need some knowledge of shell commands and Linux systems to do this)
1. Enter recovery mode (esc + refresh + power)
2. Enable developer mode (Ctrl + D)
This will wipe all of your data
https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/doc...loper.html [mrchromebox.tech]
3. When you get to the Developer Mode boot menu, press enter or Ctrl + D to boot into ChromeOS
4. Connect to the internet and set up ChromeOS with an account
5. Log out and open the VT-2 shell: Ctrl + Alt + Refresh, and login as chronos
I would recommend setting a password for chronos at this point
6. Run MrChromebox's firmware utility script
https://docs.mrchromebo
7. Install the RW_LEGACY firmware (option 1), and reboot
8. Create a bootable linux USB (Fedora KDE 41 works great) and insert it
9. When the device boots up, press Ctrl + L
If this doesn't work, select "Select alternate bootloader" and choose "edk2"
10. As soon as you see the rabbit logo, press Esc and choose your Linux USB
11. Once you get into your distro's live environment, do not begin installation just yet - you need to make ChromeOS's partition smaller
12. In a terminal, install your distro's "vboot-utils" package (needed for crap)
13. Download crap: https://github.com/chrultrabook/crap and run it with sudo
14. Make the ChromeOS partition as small as you like
15. Proceed with your distro's installation. You can use the existing EFI partition (nvme0n1p5) as ChromeOS doesn't use it
16. Once you finish, reboot and boot into Linux by pressing Ctrl + L on the boot screen
17. Fix USB-C and audio: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/doc...html#linux [chrultrabook.com]
Above will allow dual boot ChromeOS+Linux. Since this is n305, the SOC power itself is pretty low, and its easy to get 8+ hrs battery life on Linux
Resources/help:
https://docs.chrultrabo
https://docs.mrchromebo
https://forum.chrultrab
However, for those simply hoping to run the occaisional Linux app or command line, and who don't mind doing so as a virtual machine within ChromeOS, the steps for enabling Linux is this way are as trivial as a single settings button: see here [chromeos.dev].
Good luck!
Jon
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- How easy it is to install Linux native now on modern Chromebooks
- It is refreshing to see how user friendly Linux distros have become. E.g touchscreen "just worked", printer driver installation took seconds..
For $175, we get a proper 8-core DDR5, 512M pcie SSD, 14" IPS 1080p laptop with 8 hours battery life, and no spyware/tracking etc. Maybe there are other folks out there like me who want to try this out, and didn't really get this for ChromeOS. Have fun!
Will this finally be the age of Linux on laptops ?
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