Okay so I wanted to play the Sims 4 on my chromebook. I thought the longest part of it all would be instillation but man I was wrong. ChromeOS sucks actual balls and is not supported by either origin or steam.
Okay fine, I’ve already activated the Linux shell on my Chromebook anyways so I’ll just download virtualbox and be on my way. EXCEPT it doesn’t fricking work and I’m too r-slurred to figure it out.
I find a good alternative and start the download but because I’m using a sudo command they want a password I never set. I try my Chromebook password to no avail. I see a user mentioning that there’s a second Linux terminal called crosh you can open to bypass the password.
I try the command for crosh and it just immediately closes the terminal, weird. I look up “open crosh on Chromebook” it automatically closes the page. That’s when I learned that researching anything related to this Crosh terminal is strictly verboten for some reason. Literally put the word it in the search bar and it auto deletes immediately ala 1984. That was creepy.
I start loading up developer mode on the computer and it starts showing scary looking warnings and making my computer beep. Like I get not wanting to brick a computer but this thing was like 150 bucks lol, not worth all the bravado. Apparently I didn’t set up developer mode correctly so essentially I just powerwashed the computer which was another way to fix it. It seems to have worked. Let’s hope it’s not too annoying after this.
I finally got the virtual machine program to boot up. Put the ISO image in it and…IT DOESNT FRICKING WORK 
this error is something my pea brain cannot comprehend. I give up, raise the white flag. Congrats ChromeOS you have won. I will try downloading the Sims4 on my PlayStation and if that doesn’t work I will just play Issac instead.
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well simply dont try to game on chromebooks, i mean its that simple. its not going to run well running trough a virtualized OS on an low powered laptop.
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Well it’s technically just supposed to be a word processor for school. I just wanted to run the sims on it because my desk is a mess and it’s cold in my room.
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Put on a sweater?
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It’s real cold in there. I live in a detached part of the area with no central air or heat. At night I just stack on the blankets but it’s hard at my desk.
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Blanket fort gaming actually sounds kind of fun. Maybe overclock you computer and use that as a space heater?
My ex had a chromebook and I wanted to throw it out a window every time I touched the thing.
Can you remote desktop into your computer from your laptop? There might be a bit of lag but at least you stay warm
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Oh that’s a good idea!
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It only costs like 300 bucks for an AC unit with a heat pump. You could be comfortable for an afternoon's worth of redneck engineering.
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Sims 4 needs 8GB of RAM.
I think that's the virtual memory of 100 chromebooks.
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just steal some heat from someone, you are polish after all.
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