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Chromium OS Review – Boost Up Your Old Laptop

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Hello readers, you all must have used operating systems windows, Mac OS or Linux. No doubt, these operating systems are the best and get everything done. But have you ever think of using an operating system just for work? Google recently launched chrome books, which involved laptops which had only chrome and google apps in it, they used very less resources, very less power consumption and got things done. Now, if users having an old windows laptop which have very low end specifications can use chrome OS in open source project Chromium OS Cloud Ready which is a full fledged cloud computing OS.

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Advantages of cloud ready Chromium OS:

  • Can run on machine with old hardware and low end specs
  • Smooth performance
  • Low battery Usage
  • Low resource usage
  • Back up data on cloud in real-time
  • Simple and easy-to-use UI

Who Should Use Cloud Ready Chromium OS?

Those persons who need to do their work only in browser and with some basic office tools should opt out for chromium os. And those who want distraction free environment for work should also consider switching to cloudready chromium OS. While for a guy who want to watch movies and play games, I am sorry to tell you that Chromium OS is not for you as it is only for work in google cloud based environment.

In which ways can I install Cloudready Chromium OS?

You can install chromium OS in two ways – either as standalone install which will remove your current operating system and install cloudready chromium OS or install it as dual boot where you ccan boot cloudready along with windows. In boot menu, you will get option to choose from Windows or Cloudready Chromium OS.

How to install CloudReady Chromium OS?

Full tutorial to install cloudready chromium OS will be posted soon in this blog. Keep following the blog for the tutorial 🙂

Final words

I decided to try this operating system in my laptop and the performance just amazed me!! It was lightning fast with chromium browser and other office apps by google works smooth as butter rolling on pan. It is one of the best cloud computing systems out there. So, my suggestion would be, if you have an old laptop and want to work from browser and office apps, its time to ditch windows and go for cloudready or go for dual boot chromium OS with windows.

P.S. This blog post was written in Chromium browser in cloudready Chromium OS 😉

How to Clear Cache On Google Chrome?

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If you are looking for method to clear cache on google chrome for windows or mac, then you are at right place. Google chrome is most used browser these days. Mostly, because it offers best speeds and most features. But sometimes, piles of data loads up in form of cache and cookies in browser and takes up too much storage in the PC or laptop. Hence, it is advisable to clear your cache in google chrome once in a while. Keep reading to know how to clear cache on chrome browser by using keyboard shortcuts and also to know to clear cache for a particular site.

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Why to clear cache on google chrome?

Internet is the place where you often find yourself exploring something more often than not, there is advantage here, you gain so much knowledge about the stuff happening in the world and stuff that had already happened. The things you search, explore via the internet will be done with a browser as a medium, be it Google Chrome, or be it Firefox or any other browser of that matter. The main objective is internet surfing, While there are no direct harm in it, but stuff happen in the background like cookie tracking, IP tracking that can be used against you to access your private data.

Clear Cache In Google Chrome Browser

There is an alternative for this, you can use the Incognito instead but that is not a reliable alternative because the website opened via Incognito wont get saved in the history so there is no way you can get it back if you want access it again in the future. Then what is the solution to this? Yes there is a solution for this problem. The solution we suggest you is just keep cleaning the Cache and your cookies once every week, by doing this you can easily stay out of any unwanted non sense in form of cookie tracking. So in this article we will clearly explain to you guys how to clear Cache in Google Chrome browser.

Google Chrome: Google Chrome is the most easy and vulnerable to any type of Cookie tracking because if has many loop holes but like we said cookie tracking will help solve the problem. Follow the steps to know how to clear Cache in Google chrome.

How to Clear Cache in chrome browser for Windows?

  • Assuming that you have Google Chrome installed on your PC, Login to your Google Account so that it will be synced with Android.
  • Once you have logged into your Google account, the browser will show all your bookmarks, installed extensions and all of your settings. This means that you are searching on the web from your Google account and all the search history will be saved under your Account.

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  • Now to clear the Cookies and Cache follow this, Open your Chrome browser, you can see menu button on the right most corner, click that.
  • And from the menu click the settings button you will find in the bottom. Once you click that a fresh tab will be opened with available settings. From that menu you can see an option called “clear browsing data” just tap on it, you can a list of options asking what to clear, just chose “Empty the Cache” from the list of options and wait for a while for the browser to clear the Cache memory. That’s it.

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How to Clear Cache on a iMac or macbook?

To clear cache on google chrome browser running on mac os, follow the exact same procedure as in windows because all the option in both operating systems are identical.

Clear cache with the help of shortcut key in chrome

There is also a shortcut key to clear cache in chrome. If you are on windows or linux, press ctrl+alt+delete buttons together (for mac command – alt- delete) and directly menu to clear browsing data will appear. Select only clear cache in it and click on clear data. That’s it cache on your chrome browser is cleared.

Clear cache for a particular website in google chrome

To delete cookies and cache for a specific site in Google Chrome, follow the instructions given below:

  • Launch Google Chrome and click on the top right corner and click on Settings.
  • Scroll to the bottom and click on “Show advanced settings”.
  • Under Privacy, click on Content Settings.
  • Under Cookies, click on All cookies and site data. It will open a new window with a list showing all cookies and cache.
  • Type the name of the website (for which you want to delete cache) in the “Search cookies” text box in the top right corner. The list is filtered showing only data from the searched domain.
  • Now delete individual website data by clicking on the cross at the right side, or clear everything in the list by clicking on the Remove all button.

That’s it for the guide. We hope now you know how to clear cache on google chrome for windows 7,8, 10 etc. and also on mac os. Share this article on social media, and let them know about the secret shortcut 😉 Comment down your thoughts 🙂