--- title: I gave my old Chromebook new life by making it look like... description: An old Chromebook was revived by wiping ChromeOS and installing Arch Linux with the XFCE desktop environment. Using the Chicago95 theme from GitHub, the setup... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-my-old-chromebook-new-life-by-making-it-look-like-windows-95-using-the-xfce-desktop-environme-lk7a1z2i7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I gave my old Chromebook new life by making it look like Windows 95 using the XFCE desktop environment | daily.dev og:description: An old Chromebook was revived by wiping ChromeOS and installing Arch Linux with the XFCE desktop environment. Using the Chicago95 theme from GitHub, the setup... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-my-old-chromebook-new-life-by-making-it-look-like-windows-95-using-the-xfce-desktop-environme-lk7a1z2i7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lk7a1z2I7.png og:image:alt: I gave my old Chromebook new life by making it look like Windows 95 using the XFCE desktop environment og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I gave my old Chromebook new life by making it look like Windows 95 using the XFCE desktop environment **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An old Chromebook was revived by wiping ChromeOS and installing Arch Linux with the XFCE desktop environment. Using the Chicago95 theme from GitHub, the setup was styled to look like Windows 95. The process involved using MrChromebox firmware, the Arch installer, and an automated theme installer. The author notes this is a fun project for old hardware that would otherwise go unused, though it requires care to avoid bricking the device. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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