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The post New Acer Chromebook 514 announced at IFA 2018 with premium features appeared first on BardTech . The new Acer Chromebook 514 brings high-end features to the mid-range with a metallic chassis, backlit keyboard, Gorilla Glass touchpad, and a 14-inch FHD touchscreen display. Acer continues the market trend towards higher-end Chromebooks with the Acer Chromebook 514, a device that looks positioned directly against the MacBook Air with premium features wrapped up in a thin, light, and most importantly, cheap(ish) package. The Chromebook 514 is aimed at professionals and students with a 14-inch screen and office-ready features. Specifications Aluminum chassis 14-inch FHD (1080×1920) IPS display with optional touchscreen Backlit keyboard Corning Gorilla Glass touchpad 12-hour battery USB Type-C charging Pricing starts at €349 or $349 The crown jewel for the Acer 514 is evidently its Gorilla Glass touchpad— a feature that rarely makes it to any laptop, let alone Chrom...

The post Detachable Chromebook ‘Nocturne’ may launch in time for Google’s hardware event appeared first on BardTech . A high-end detachable Chromebook codenamed “Nocturne” may arrive just in time for the holiday rush, according to a recent commit in the Chromium Gerrit. This is the same Chromebook which we suspect could be the  Google Pixelbook successor .  The commit is for building the factory image of Nocturne. The factory image is used for running a series of tests to verify the device is in working order before being shipped off with its real deal, signed Chrome OS . When Chrome OS devices reach the factory branch stage it means the timetable becomes a little clearer and we can make a fuzzy guess at the release date. If QC goes through without issue (which isn’t as small a risk as you’d hope), we could see the device hitting shelves in November at the earliest — by our reading of the tea leaves. A November launch puts Nocturne in perfect line with Google’s hardwa...

The post Chromebooks with Linux kernel 3.14 & older won’t get Linux app support appeared first on BardTech . When Google announced Linux apps on Chrome OS , everyone was excited. We published an article where we listed all the older Chromebooks that would get Linux app support, as developers were already working on backporting the essential kernel modules, such as vsock. Well, we weren’t technically wrong, as the developers definitely tried to make vsock backward compatible. But, as it turns out, vsock can’t be backported to Linux kernel 3.14. The inability to backport vsock to Linux kernel 3.14 or older means that the devices with this version of the kernel won’t be able to install Linux apps. Here is the list of Chromebooks that use Linux kernel 3.14 or older and can’t run Linux apps: Device Release Date Kernel Version Architecture Acer Chromebase August 1, 2015 3.10 arm HP Chromebook 14 G3 October 18, 2014 3.10 arm Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5...