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Google chrome OS
Has anyone looked at this very much?
Anyone a beta tester?
Is there any place to download Google chrome OS for a test drive?
I saw demo and are intrigued about concept....
Anyone a beta tester?
Is there any place to download Google chrome OS for a test drive?
I saw demo and are intrigued about concept....
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Install the Chrome browser. Uninstall everything else. That is pretty much it for the Chrome OS "experience" except for the fast booting.
Somebody was making third party builds of Chrome OS for x86 at one point. No idea if they're still doing it now. Google won't be doing official builds as it isn't an aftermarket product. You're only supposed to get Chrome OS installed on official Chrome OS hardware. -
Optionshypnotoad Banned Posts: 915Rumor has it they are dumping Chrome OS and android will be the OS for everything google.
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Optionstwodogs62 Member Posts: 393 ■■■□□□□□□□Download Chrome OS Linux RC & beta
Here is link I found. I don't think this is the real thing, but seems to be a way to test drive.
Does this site sound legit? -
Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Download Chrome OS Linux RC & beta
Here is link I found. I don't think this is the real thing, but seems to be a way to test drive.
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Chrome OS is literally the Chrome browser and enough of a Linux distribution to start up the browser as quickly as possible. Nothing else is in there at all and you're not supposed to do anything else except via the browser.
There aren't any apps that are exclusive to Chrome OS that won't run under the regular Chrome browser as they're all web apps and the majority of them are just the regular Google websites anyway. The latest version of the Chrome browser even has its own app store.
Chrome OS is a non-event. As hypnotoad mentioned, the rumour is that Chrome OS is dead anyway as Google appears to just be concentrating on Android. The Google TV devices all run Android. The tablets are all going to run Android.
If Chrome OS does appear then IMO its most likely going to be something like the quick boot BIOS flash resident copies of Linux that are in some systems. Good enough for basic stuff like web and email but if you want anything else then you're going to boot into your real OS. -
Optionstwodogs62 Member Posts: 393 ■■■□□□□□□□Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh
Chromium os Discussion group mentioned this as link.
Just looking for feedback to determine of I am looking in correct places as I am interested in this and wanting to "test drive" this. -
Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505
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Optionstwodogs62 Member Posts: 393 ■■■□□□□□□□Laptop for beta testers. I recently saw demo of chrome OS with laptop and it was interesting. This person had applied and been accepted as a google chrome OS laptop beta tester. My understanding is google has opened up applications for more beta testers.
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Laptop for beta testers
If you're really interested in Chrome OS then you're going to have to get a Cr-48. The third party builds are great and all but its still not quite the same. -
Optionstwodogs62 Member Posts: 393 ■■■□□□□□□□Not 100% sure but it seemed to be running on ubuntu. This is the laptop I saw demo'd which appears to a beta tester laptop. Only saw laptop briefly, but these are some details I noticed, but didn't get to confirm. I was hoping to get more in site to this since things are rapidly changing and cloud seems to be way things are going. People want to be more mobile... Cloud does this and google apps makes sense.
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Optionstwodogs62 Member Posts: 393 ■■■□□□□□□□Where do I get a cr-48? Anyone else experimenting with this?
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Not 100% sure but it seemed to be running on ubuntu.I was hoping to get more in site to this since things are rapidly changing and cloud seems to be way things are going. People want to be more mobile... Cloud does this and google apps makes sense.
I wouldn't throw away the traditional systems just yet. There have been many major disasters involving "cloud systems" so trust is at an all time low. The other problem is that until everybody gets guaranteed 100% uptime extremely high speed internet with low costs + no caps which is everywhere then its not a suitable replacement for the vast majority of situations.
One area which is getting some interest from several companies is remote server based gaming. The audio/video is streamed to you over your internet connection and your mouse/keyboard/joypad inputs are sent back to their end. Its an interesting concept since you just need a small plugin or app to play along with no need to download or install large quantities of data. Piracy is reduced to minimal levels since the end user never actually has the game data. The killer however is the internet connecton issue again. Not everybody has a sufficiently fast or low latency internet connection to sustain the streaming connection. -
Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505Where do I get a cr-48?Anyone else experimenting with this?
If you live in your browser and never run anything else then a Chrome OS device will be ideal for you. If you need or want to do anything else then pass on the Chrome OS device and find something else like an iPad or laptop depending on your requirements. -
Optionsphonetic.man Member Posts: 79 ■■□□□□□□□□You apply to that Chrome OS pilot program you linked to. I've no idea what the status of the pilot program is at the moment and how many if any people are being admitted.
If you live in your browser and never run anything else then a Chrome OS device will be ideal for you. If you need or want to do anything else then pass on the Chrome OS device and find something else like an iPad or laptop depending on your requirements.
Based on Google's original press announcement the application window for the pilot passed a while ago (though if the application is still online it couldn't hurt to take the two minuets to fill it out).
I signed up and got one of their CR-48s. For basic tasks, I really like it. I especially like the idea that clueless users can avoid a lot of the basic pitfalls that they normally fall into (no more late night support calls from family that cant figure out where they saved files or why installing every sketchy program and toolbar is a bad idea). Save for my work account, I use my google account exclusively as I really like all of the features they offer and that it ties in with my Android phone (and CR-4 so effortlessly. Most of the time when I am looking something up or just farting around online I am on the CR-48. If I need a full computer for something, like labing for the CCNA, then I break out my HP (part of the agreement when registering said that you would use the CR-48 as your main computer).
I have also read a couple of interviews with Android and Chrome OS devs and they have acknowledged that somewhere down the line projects are likely to merge, but for now their goals are not quite similar enough to combine the projects.Currently studying: Backup Academy, CWNA, MCSA:08, iBoss ISCP -
Optionsexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□I wouldn't throw away the traditional systems just yet. There have been many major disasters involving "cloud systems" so trust is at an all time low. The other problem is that until everybody gets guaranteed 100% uptime extremely high speed internet with low costs + no caps which is everywhere then its not a suitable replacement for the vast majority of situations.
That's what I thought of when I started hearing about Chrome OS. Considering that most home users don't have very fast upload speeds as most residential connections are asymmetric in nature, doing something like saving larger files such as pictures to a remote server would be painfully slow.