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magneticme200 Original post #1
Dec 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM
hey guys
i want to have chrome os...bt its kinda confusing. could somebdy post the complete step by step installation instruction.
i have ubuntu 8.10 as the base os
pls i want to have it


thnks

tc
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sellyanes #2
Dec 17, 2009 at 12:36 PM
I am using the chrome live and It does not require any installation. I think Chrome OS is not about innovation, it's about business. Google needs market share for Chrome (the browser) and that's a way to achieve this (since the mini-notebook market is growing very fast). The question is why a new OS, since Android exist ? I don't have the answer to this question except the buzz and Vaporware effect that MS have been using for 20 years now.
Anorion
Anorion #3
Dec 17, 2009 at 5:36 PM
You want to compile it yourself or will a pre-compiled image do?
skeletor
skeletor #4
Dec 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM
You should be able to find VM images of Chrome OS on torrents. And then you can use VMWare Player under Ubuntu to run it.
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magneticme200 #5
Dec 17, 2009 at 10:53 PM
ico said:
You should be able to find VM images of Chrome OS on torrents. And then you can use VMWare Player under Ubuntu to run it.
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i dnt want to run it on a virtual machine or through any other os..
i want to see the real performance of the os...
has google provided with the os beta version on internet for download anywhere?
if yes..thn pls smebdy give me the link...if no...then how are ppl using it right now?
skeletor
skeletor #6
Dec 17, 2009 at 11:07 PM
It is not an OS like you are thinking it to be. From what I've read, it is a minimalistic Operating System designed for netbooks and will only run on selected hardware.
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magneticme200 #7
Dec 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM
ico said:
It is not an OS like you are thinking it to be. From what I've read, it is a minimalistic Operating System designed for netbooks and will only run on selected hardware.
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its an os completely based on the internet...best for lappies which are used primarily for the internet...which is around 70% of the laptops.!
Anorion
Anorion #8
Dec 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Install Chrome (the browser) - it is almost identical. The originial source code, where code is regularly logged, is available at the code.google chrome site. A image file is available here.