mdshare Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Google announced Chrome OS just couple days ago. It is time to try it out for yourself. By the looks, it is a linux kernel with a Chrome browser on top of it (I didn’t really read all that much about it). The idea behind the OS is that nothing gets stored on the computer locally but all the date goes on the web services. This is probably ideal for netbooks and people who do nothing more than browse the internet. There are loads of them! It would make a lightweight netbook with nothing more than motherboard, screen, keyboard and a touchpad. Chrome OS could even go on your touch screen kitchen computer. Now that YouTube supports 1080p videos it could even make some sort of DVR/streamer device. Google Docs catching up to Microsoft Office (as announced by Google) I can see how Google is bringing all their services together. In my opinion, there are quite a few uses for Chrome OS. Read more for screenshots, download links to VMware hard drive image and how to run it on your computer. Description: Google Chrome OS is a project by Google Inc. to develop a lightweight computer operating system devoted to using the World Wide Web. Announced on July 7, 2009, it is set to have a publicly available stable release during the second half of 2010. The Linux-based operating system will sport a graphical user interface based on Google’s Chrome web browser and will run on systems with either x86 or ARM processors. Chrome OS is designed for netbooks and is thus separate from the Android operating system, which was designed primarily for use on smartphones, with support for conventional applications running on the device. The Chrome OS user interface will take a minimalist approach, much like the company’s Chrome web browser, and will rely solely on cloud computing, with all applications residing on remote servers, rather than on the device itself. Hence Chrome OS is aimed at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet. What is Chrome OS? Best described by Youtube video Instructions for running on VMware 1. Create a new Virtual Machine. 2. Select OS Linux/Ubuntu. 3. Create a blank hard drive (doesn’t matter what size since it is gonna be removed). 4. Extract the *.vmdk file to a folder. 5. Go to virtual machine properties and remove the hard drive created by the VMware wizard. 6. Add vmdk file as a new hard drive (in advanced options it should be IDE 0:0). 7. Boot Download: GDGT You can get Chrome OS version build by GDGT at the link above. You will need to create an account on their website in order to download VMware image. This build will require to login with your Google account credentials. Links: Homepage, Chrome Blog, Google Blog, Wikipedia Quote
Zero-Affect Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 lmao Google will do owt these days for abit of publicity i hate google chrome it's horrible prefer the old FF to any other browser. Quote
mdshare Posted November 21, 2009 Author Posted November 21, 2009 This is the Google Operating System, not their browser zero-affect Quote
Zero-Affect Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 lol i know but the video stated its basically a clean os with their browser on. therefore its just Google Chrome on a OS. Quote
a_bertrand Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 Honestly, Google OS seems nothing really interesting. Sorry, but why would I need something which requires more or less to be always online? And offers me only what I could find on web? Sorry but I use a lot of things which doesn't yet (at least) run on web. Also, having a company like Google controlling what runs on my PC is even worse than having to pay Microsoft for using my PC. BTW for those which doesn't know what Google OS is: - It's a stripped version of Linux - It contains mainly only a browser - let you run those google doc and other app more or less offline and online... that's it. Quote
Danny696 Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Someone tell me how to do that thingy, so i can have 2 os' at the same time please. Quote
a_bertrand Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 The best way to test google os yet is to use a virtual machine like vmware (can be downloaded for free). A dual boot is not something I would try with such early preview release. Quote
Danny696 Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Says i need a serial code, that means its not free. Quote
Zero-Affect Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 google for the serial they are always on there:) Quote
Nickson Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 vmware player should still be free. Also if you read the text, they described a part that included running this virtually, even everything explained with virtualbox, a free virtual environment like vmware. Quote
a_bertrand Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ It's free and allows you to create / use virtual machines. Quote
Agon Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Google OS reminds me of the many lite flavors of linux that have been released. Really nothing to special or interesting about it. Quote
a_bertrand Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Well it's actually even worse as you don't have a shell, not any other real tools beside those web applications. Quote
bluegman991 Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 wow thats interesting something i would totally try when they finish it Quote
Zero-Affect Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 Well it's actually even worse as you don't have a shell, not any other real tools beside those web applications. Which is why i reverted to saying Google Chrome was horrid, since that's all it basically is. Quote
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