ChromeOS Flex on a Dell Precision 5520
I found this Dell Precision 5520 in a recycling bin, thanks to its original owner for leaving a Post-it with the admin password. The 5520 is a 2017 mobile workstation: Intel i7-7820HQ (8) @ 2.90 GHz, Intel HD 630 graphics + Nvidia Quadro M1200, 16 GB RAM and 256GB storage. Why ChromeOS Flex? The laptop arrived with Ubuntu. I later tried Manjaro, but the GNOME desktop felt a little heavy for this machine. I tried the Xfce desktop next — it only helped a little. ...