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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Over the weekend someone stumbled onto a Chrome browser build for Chrome OS on Google's servers. We've seen several false-alarm looks at Chrome OS, and while this is only the browser, it provides a glimpse into the direction Google's going.

We've learnt to be skeptical of Chrome OS rumours, but PC World picks up on a manufacturing news tip about at least one netbook manufacturer possibly installing "preview builds" of Google's Chrome Operating System and shipping those devices in late October.

Think you can make a better fast-booting, Chrome-focused OS than Google? Want to craft a custom Linux system that boots from a USB stick? SUSE Studio gives you 15GB to do exactly that, and you do it all online.

Windows/Mac/Linux: The official, actually-made-by-Google Chrome OS won't hit netbooks until late 2010, but you can try out a custom-built Linux distribution that's somewhat stripped down and puts Google's browser at the centre of everything.

One year ago, Google Chrome came out of nowhere to re-ignite the browser debate. Today, it's reached (development) version 4.0 and it's anchoring a much-anticipated operating system. Here's a look back at where Chrome's been in 12 short months.

Google's plans for its own operating system have gotten an enthusiastic response from tech afficianados, but there's a definite downside to Google's decision to move into the OS space.

What's inside Google's just-announced Chrome Operating System? How does it work, exactly? Nobody outside Google knows. We can, however, build a dream operating system from the ground up, and that's what we're doing with some help from the hive mind.