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Chromium Lime Now Supports Chrome OS On Many More Laptops

2:30AM December 6, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

We’ve shown you how to turn your netbook into a Chromebook with Chromium OS, but if you found that your laptop’s Wi-Fi or graphics card wasn’t supported, there’s a good chance Chromium Lime — Hexxeh’s new build of Chromium OS — could work. More »


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Splashtop Quick-Boot OS Available For Anyone (To Try, At Least)

11:00PM February 24, 2011 | Kevin Purdy

Windows: Splashtop, the fast-booting OS that gets you onto Wi-Fi and into Chromium ASAP, has a new beta release out that, while only designed to run on certain HP systems, can be installed by any Windows user and chosen at boot-up time. More »


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Early Screenshots Show Chrome OS With A Cover Flow Style

9:00PM May 17, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

They’re design ideas that could change from early builds of an OS that’s not released. But peeking around the early design ideas for Chrome OS reveals what kind of netbook experience Google’s shooting for when it eventually comes out. More »


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ChromiumOS Zero Boots Faster, Offers Automatic Updates

2:15AM January 12, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

Chromium OS, the open source build of Google’s upcoming web-focused netbook system, was made into a thumb-drive-friendly build early on by a helpful hacker named Hexxeh. His latest build, ChromiumOS Zero, adds Chrome extension support, speed boosts, and other goodies. More »


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How To Run Google Chrome OS From A Thumb Drive

10:00AM November 24, 2009 | Adam Pash

Last week we pointed you toward a virtual machine build of Chrome OS for anyone eager to play around with the (still incomplete) Chrome OS, but if you’d rather try running it from a thumb drive, weblog MakeUseOf has you covered. More »


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Chrome OS Virtual Machine Build Ready For Your Testing

4:28PM November 20, 2009 | Adam Pash

If you’re aching to try out Chrome OS after taking a glimpse earlier today, friendly power user Mark Renouf has compiled a VMware image of Chrome OS for testing out in your virtual machine environment. More »


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First Glimpse At Google Chrome OS

7:00AM November 20, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Google offered up everything but a finished Chrome OS today, releasing its source code and explaining how it’s different from other operating systems. Here are the features, functions and screenshots you’ll want to know about. More »


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Google Holds Chrome OS Overview And Launch Plans Thursday

2:00AM November 19, 2009 | Adam Pash

According to tech weblog TechCrunch, Google is hosting a Chrome OS event today in which they’ll provide a complete overview of the thus far top-secret operating system they announced in July. More »


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Google Chrome OS To Be Available Next Week?

1:00AM November 14, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Another week, another Google product launch rumour — but this one’s a bit more notable than most. If TechCrunch’s source is correct, the first iteration of the operating system may be available for download within a week from today — but it would be far from a plug-and-play download. More »


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Google’s Hosting A Chrome OS Event Tomorrow

8:50AM October 16, 2009 | Adam Pash

If you’ve been keeping a close eye on Chrome OS developments, you may be excited to hear that Google is hosting a Chrome OS event tomorrow, and PC World is expecting that we’ll hear concrete details about Google’s heretofore elusive operating system. More »