Chrome OS seems to have a bit of Apple in it. Chrome OS isn't readily available to download and run on an Intel/AMD computer. Right now you can’t just make your own CR-48 as Chrome OS is customized to run on a particular hardware. You can get Chromium OS the open source operating system project. Before you run of and try this you don’t get an image that can be loaded on a thumb drive, you get a bunch of code that can be added to a board for testing in four easy steps.
There is an alternative. There is a Linux distribution that looks more like the Chrome OS. Chrome OS Linux looks nice.
It also has a nice list of default programs:
I haven’t had a chance, nor do I have any hardware available, to try this but it has caught my attention. I don’t think it would boot as fast as Chrome OS because it is a larger operating system. On the other hand it would be more than a net book.
Buddha would be unhappy with me now, I get the CR-48 and all I do is desire new computers and diferent operating systems.
There is an alternative. There is a Linux distribution that looks more like the Chrome OS. Chrome OS Linux looks nice.
It also has a nice list of default programs:
- GNOME 2.30 desktop environment
- Google Chrome 10.0.648 web browser
- Google Picasa 3.0 photo manager
- LibreOffice 3.3 office suite
- GIMP 2.6 image editor
- Wine Windows emulator 1.2
- Pidgin 2.6 instant messenger
- Dashboard with social toolbar
- Control Center
I haven’t had a chance, nor do I have any hardware available, to try this but it has caught my attention. I don’t think it would boot as fast as Chrome OS because it is a larger operating system. On the other hand it would be more than a net book.
Buddha would be unhappy with me now, I get the CR-48 and all I do is desire new computers and diferent operating systems.
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