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Download the iso file and burn it into a DVD-R or download the tar.gz file, unpack it and write to an empty USB drive. Boot the computer from it and when Cr OS Linux is loaded, click Live Installer on the desktop. How to Run Google Chrome OS From a USB Drive. I even tried changing img to ISO but the problem repeated itself. How to Get a Windows XP Download Free From. Neverware's CloudReady operating system enables schools and organizations to turn the computers they already own into Chrome devices and manage them alongside Chromebooks in the Google Admin console. Got an old netbook or laptop or maybe a desktop why not install this lightweight Chrome OS and turn your old pc machine into a Chromebook. Chrome OS 2018 How to Download and Install Tutorial.
You don’t need to buy a Chromebook to enjoy the features of Google’s desktop operating system (OS). In fact, all you need is a working computer and a USB Drive.
Download Google Chromium OS ISO file for Windows (Direct Download Link) Chrome OS is an operating system designed by Google that is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
Google doesn’t officially offer a way to try it out, but developers have figured out ways for you to experiment with the open-source OS. This method works whether you are running Windows, macOS, or Linux. And no, you won’t be overwriting your existing OS.
Here’s what you need to know.
Running Chrome OS From a USB Drive
We will create a bootable USB drive, loaded with the Chromium OS disk image. But you will need a few things before you start.
- A working computer with a USB port
- A USB drive with at least 4 GB capacity
- Download: 7-Zip for Windows (Free) | Keka for macOS (Free) | p7zip for Linux (Free)
- Download: Etcher for Windows | macOS | Linux (Free)
Note: The USB drive will be completely erased in the installation process. If you have any valuable data on the drive, please save it elsewhere.
How to Download and Install Google Chrome OS
1. Download the Latest Chromium OS image
Google doesn’t have an official Chromium OS build that you can download. The best alternative source is Arnold The Bat.
Download:The latest Chromium OS daily build
2. Extract the Zipped Image
You will now have a 7-Zip file on your hard drive. Extract this file using one of the 7-Zip apps mentioned above.
3. Format the USB Drive
Plug the USB drive into a port and format it as FAT32. The process is simplest on Windows, but macOS and Linux aren’t difficult either.
For macOS users, the built-in Disk Utility can format it as FAT32. If you see it labeled as “MS-DOS FAT” instead, don’t worry, it’s the same thing.
If the Windows or Mac methods are confusing or overwhelming for you, then you can also use the SD Association’s official card Formatter app.
Download: SD Card Formatter for Windows | macOS (Free)
For Linux users, we recommend using GParted for a quick format.
Download: GParted for Linux (Free)
For added comfort, when asked to name the new drive, give it the name “Chrome.”
4. Run Etcher and Install the Image
By now, you should have a fully formatted USB drive, named “Chrome”, plugged into one port of the computer (as shown in step three). You will also have an unzipped image file of the latest Chromium OS (as shown in steps one and two). And you have Etcher installed on your computer. Start Etcher.
- Click Select Image and browse to where the Chromium OS image file is. Add it in Etcher.
- Click Select Drive and choose the Chrome USB Drive you have created.
- Click Flash to begin the process of installing the image and validating the installation.
Etcher validates the burning process i.e. once it’s done creating the image on the USB drive, it will verify that everything is right. Make sure you wait till it says 100%. Once Etcher finishes, this will be a bootable USB drive with Chromium OS.
5. Reboot Your Computer and Enter Boot Options
“Boot” is the process of choosing the OS. Every computer lets you select which drive it should boot the OS from, whether it’s a hard drive, a USB drive, or even a DVD drive. You need to enter Boot and choose the USB drive you just created.
For a Windows or Linux PC: Different computers have different BIOS settings. Usually, the Boot Options menu has the keyboard shortcut F5, F8, or F12.
For a Mac: As soon the Mac shuts down and restarts, press and hold the Option key. You will be doing this while it’s a black screen, but that’s okay. Keep holding it till you see the boot menu, which lets you choose between a Macintosh hard drive or the USB drive you have plugged in (usually denoted as “EFI”).
6. Boot Into Chrome OS
Choose the USB drive in the boot menu, hit enter, and the computer will boot from the drive. You are now experiencing all the glory of Chrome OS, without affecting your main hard drive and OS.
You will have to setup Chrome OS the first time you use it, ideally with your existing Google account. Don’t worry, this setup is only during the first time you boot up. Whenever you run it in the future, it will go directly to the login screen.
Turn a PC or Laptop Into Chrome OS
Now that you have Chrome OS running on a USB drive, take it for a spin. You’ll be surprised by how similar it is to full-fledged desktop operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can even install several Linux programs and some Windows software too.
If you like what you see and are ready to switch to Chrome OS, you don’t need to buy new hardware. You can turn any PC or laptop into a Chromebox or ChromebookHow to Turn Any PC or Laptop Into a Chromebook or ChromeboxHow to Turn Any PC or Laptop Into a Chromebook or ChromeboxWith this step-by-step tutorial, you can turn almost any computer into a Chromebook or Chromebox with CloudReady.Read More with an easy-to-use software called CloudReady. The installation procedure is actually simpler than the above method.
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- It didn't work. Like always. >=(
- This is in continuation of my previous comment. I have Acer Desktop with Win 10 Pro and AMD Processor. I tried again this time with downloading Camd64 img. It was successful.THANKS
- I have windows 10 pro. I tried exactly the way as described. Chrome OS did not boot from the USB flash drive. Would be of great help if the author can guide us properly.
- I wanted to try Google Chrome on a netbook running W10 before installing the OS on a hard drive. As others have reported Etcher gave multiple partitions on the usb pen drive and Windows kept coming up telling me I needed to format each partition before I could use the drive. There was the same result with using Rufus so it's not the Etcher software. The big problem then was getting the messed up usb drive back into shape by removing those partitions - 11 in my case. I failed with the tips given using Windows tools. After hours of frustration I found that using MiniTool Partition Wizard (freeware) will sort out the usb stick. When MiniTool Partition Manager is running plug in the messed up usb stick and the tools available in the program will enable you to sort it out. Make sure you are feeling rested, then taking care that you are working on the right drive (Drive 2 on my computer) you can use the tools available. Remember to click on the tick shown at the top of the program screen to Apply changes. Windows clearly doesn't like these OS image files. I even tried changing img to ISO but the problem repeated itself. I haven't been able to produce a bootable usb drive using the various online guides.
- Having the exact same experience. Could you explain the steps using MiniTool to restore the USB stick? Thanks!
- Having the exact same experience. Could you explain the steps you took using MiniTool to restore the USB stick? Thanks!
- Sooo...I did what they said...there are 15partitions on my USB stick and I got blue death 2 times when I removed the stick..
- A very interesting artichle. I'll give it a try..
Thanks! - I cannot get this to work. I have tried this process both on Windows (BIOS) and Linux (UEFI) machines, and the end result is an unusable USB drive. I want to use this on an older BIOS laptop. I start out with a MBR FAT32 formatted USB drive. The boot partition gets changed to a GPT partition which will not boot and a bunch of other GPT partitions. I have tried several different images at ArnoldTheBat's site with the same result every time. MiniTool Partition Manager lets me retore my USB drive to a useable state.
- I am experiencing the exact same thing. This guide no longer works - at least not with the images that is published from the Arnold the Bat site.
- Which image do you use?I can't get this to work. I have to diskpart my USB drive every time to get it back..
- Further to my comment of April 14, 2009, I was able to locate a SPECIAL version of Chromium OS (which loads extra drivers). This version is running 'glitch free' as fast or in some cases faster than my iMac running Yosemite. At least for now, my Chromium OS live USB 3.0 is functioning like it was a full install.
- Can you give me the source link?My OS don't have driver of network.
- Can you share how to do this?
- This os ruined my thumb drive
- I have been experimenting with the newest version of Chrome OS after making a 32gb USB drive with Balena Etcher on a 2008 iMac running Mac OSX Yosemite. Even with the lower tech specs of my iMac, Chrome OS seems to run almost as fast as Yosemite. When I installed a number of extensions, the performance became very sluggish, not so with apps from the Web Store. I am using DuckDuckGo as my start page + my search engine. I use Firefox on Yosemite but am not into installing the Google Chrome browser on Yosemite. Since Chrome OS wipes a complete session after I use it, I can start from scratch every time I use it (great for banking, other sensitive tasks). Nice to have for the extra functionality, experience that Chrome OS offers.
- Windows 10 .. latest version ...
Using the latest Camd64 image, Etcher destroyed my Verbatim 3.0 16GB usb drive. The drive was no longer recognized by any system .. While Etcher was copying to the drive, at the end, it suddenly started created a bunch of disks that don't exists and was asking me to format them. Chromium would not boot when I tried to reboot from the USB. The drive was no longer recognized when rebooted back into Windows..
Not happy having a USB ruined.- run diskpart from a cmd as admin
run list disks
select disk (number)
cleanbe very very careful with this but will get you to a point you can format the usb again
- Doesn't work. I made the image file OK but Etcher creates loads of discs on the USB drive and none of my computers could boot from it. Either a bug in Etcher and there is no way of checking the img file is valid.
- Make sure you are downloading the Camd64 file and not the CARMOS file, which is for ARM processors.
- What is ARM processor?
- Can I install on HDD partition, making dual boot with W10?
- is it another way to install on linux without etcher , why you dont give the fdisk from the usb after install that will help us , i am sure it is possible to install without etcher
- Hello Jean Michel,I don't know if you found out how, but on the web page referenced in the article (arnoldthebat.co.uk) it shows three methods to prepare this usb thumbdrive, none of which require etcher.io. If you have Windows, here's what is given:Use 7zip to extract IMG file from the downloaded file.
Use Win32 Image Writer, then select the IMG file and select the USB device from the menu.
Click on “Write”.
Boot from USB stickIf you're using another operating system (you did not specify which one you're using, be it Mac OS, Windows or Linux), then you'll find the methods on that page as well.Hope this help!
- My pc said that there is nothing on the usb. Can someone help me troubleshoot?
- Excellent. Not necessary to use chrome book recovery utility. Chrome os works excellently from my pen drive in my Acer laptop 5742G. Thanks a lot.
- Can i make a Chrome OS bootable USB that will work on a Win XP PC?
- I installed Chrome OS but when i choose it to load it gives 'white loading screen with image Chromium OS' please HELP
- I see Google Play on the last screenshot.
No Google Play support on these builds!?
How? - I would be happy when Google Desktop comes out of the OS! They have already shown their talent in the open source operating system for mobile devices, now completely stop laptop, desktop OS.
http://hpprintersupportnumbers.co.uk/ - THIS IS A TRAP!
My usb drive was broke, because of this tutorial.- Mine too. i just gets corrupted.
- It's okay, it turned into GPT, Make it MBR again.
- I had to run Etcher in admin mode for it to detect my USB drive on my 64-bit, Windows 10 machine.
- Thanks a lot! Wonderful useful post with all links!
- I fully installed Ubuntu onto my 32Gb USB pendrive which has 2 equal sized partitions, 1st is Ext4 with Ubuntu on and 2nd is Fat32 (pendrive default). I used VirtualBox on my Linux Mint PC to run installation because my PC has only 2 usb ports and 1 gets blocked whenever I insert 32Gb (it is quite wide). I later booted into USB and everything worked fine. Installed apps remained installed after reboot and 'Install UBUNTU' app doesn't appear on the screen.
Note: this is a drive with MBR partition and system boots in Legacy Mode.
Warning: Proprietary drivers aren't installed during installation because that would make OS device specific. Using open-drivers make sure it will be fine with (almost) every device. - I nearly used this but did some research and found its loaded with bloatware and a bit coin mining tool so passed !
- Great way to spread a virus by having every cheap greedy user blindly follow your instructions. A vetted clean Chromium OS is from CloudReady. It's a clean uninfected version used by educational institutions. And it works on any old PC.
- I SO agree..and use the chrome recovery tool to make the bootable USB from the local image. 10000x easier. It's what I recommend, and what I do to ant pre-7 machines I get in for refurbing and donating.
- Does it work on Win XP PC?
- I try USB boot with version 999.999.333309.213456 and username and password doesn't work. When I type 'chronos' '@gmail' is automaticly added and always standig a message 'Network not connected and offline login fail'.
- Do you want to install Chrome OS on your hard disk,alongside your existing operating system? See this..
[Broken Link Removed] - though it really was slow and temperamental it made my whole day. I can't wait for the full version i will be the first one to buy a chrome netbook. I can see the concept unfolding just from the start. It's going to be amazing. So simple its too cool. SIGN ME UP!
- When you boot chrome off a thumb drive, do files, web browsing history, etc. show up on the computer hard drive or does the thumb drive act as a separate 'hard drive' and nothing spills over to the main computer hard drive?thanks
- i'm downloading torrent and it may work. i'm using internet from my cell phone through pc suite. how to connect to net in chrome os from
phone? - can i run this ox without internet?pls tell us in the link [email protected]
- No, you need the tubes to run this OS.
- I'll be happy when google comes out with a desktop os! they've already shown their talents in open source operating systems for mobile devices, now laptops, next stop a full on desktop os.
- I have an 8GB SDHC Card. It has only 1 Primary Partition (tried to Format in FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) with 7,6GB. Tried to Format with DISKPART, also used the CLEAN Command. I have copied all files (.img and win32diskimager) to: 'C:/Imager'. Now, the Software always says 'Not enough Space on Disk'. I already read the Comments on this page referencing on that problem. Do i need a Linux File System on my SD Card or what could be my Problem?
- Now, i have installed it on a 4GB USB Drive. Its working on my Asus 1101 ha. It also likes my WiFi Adapter. But its running really slow. Maybe my USB Drive is USB 1.0, i don't know. Might there be any other configurations to be done?
- Worked like a charm on first try.
I have an HP nx9420 laptop
It just doesn't like my wireless adapter.
wired worked immediatelyjust a bit sluggish.
can't wait for the definite versiongreat article - I have a 8 gig flash drive and after reformatting on a friends computer it works fine on theirs (Windows 7)
But now it doesn't work in any of my USB ports (Windows Vista)
The ports work fine and can read other USB flash drives and mice just fine. I don't wanna just give this flash drive away to them and it wasn't the other issues found in these comments about it being reduced to 900 mb. I tried that tool at http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197
and it did nothing. why won't it read on my sony vaio? It shows up in the task bar to 'safely remove' but no pop-up window that you usually get when initially plugging a USB flash drive in. and it doesn't show up in 'my computer'. HELP!- Hi CalebIt could be that when the flash drive was formatted on win 7
it also assigned a drive letter. On your pc check your drives have you got any other drive letters that are not in use.
If so use this command in a dos prompt or simply
copy and paste the text into notepad and save as (all files) the file as deletedrivemaps.cmd then double click the filenet use e: /delete
net use f: /delete
net use g: /delete
net use h: /delete
net use i: /delete
net use j: /delete
net use k: /delete
net use l: /delete
net use m: /delete
net use n: /delete
net use o: /deletehope this hels
- Great watching top gear on the bbc iplayer. Running from a 4gb stick on an Asus f3f centrino duo. The laptop was heading for the bin as the motherboard won't recognise the hard drive.
This os runs great from the stick perfect for the kidsthanks - crap!!
it doesnt work for any of my computers i really was looking fwd to it
_sad face_- I had the same problem, I couldn't run it (from USB) on HP mini 311 or Dell 10V or my MacBookPro. VirtualBox ran it on all systems.
- hey .. you should try hiding old comments becuz other wise you have a hug webpagelove the webpage by the way geeky fun is the best!!!
- Hey can I know how to shut down the os if running on a computer...Google tells that u can just put down the lid of a laptop but what about computers... Please Help and thats weired that google didn't make a shut down button......Please Help...
Thanks...- Power off the computer!
- (ctrl) + (alt) + (t)then writesudo shutdown -h now(enter)
- Great idea, but 3 Gig image size? C'mon guys, get real.
If this is the future in OS's, we have a lot to worry about.
A 600meg CD image of Knoppix can do 10 times what ChromeOS can do, and it doesn't rely on some airy fairy Cloud to operate.
A big WTF. o.O- Rob,
Remember you made this comment. A year or so from now you'll be eating some humble pie.
:)
- After some problems with a U3 flash drive, which I had to reformat etc, etc, I got this working fine on an Aspire 100 netbook. WiFi is fine once I broadcast my SSID, and then entered WPA password.Only problem is - not being a Linux man - where do I find my hard drive for setting Downloads location?PS: Don't think I'll be using this as default OS for a while! I'm fine with Win7 Home Premium for now! But it's fun to play with.
- (I should have said this is running on an Aspire One (Model ZG5) netbook, not Aspire 100!)On the subject of USB drive, I used an 8gb drive. According to Win7 Disk Management, the imagewriter divided this into 3 950mb partitions, and 4gb+ of unallocated space. I can see and delete the 2nd and 3rd partitions (although, presumably, doing so would corrupt Chrome), but I cannot use them in Windows, and cannot assign drive letters. (I presume this is because they are Linux partitions.) I also cannot create a partition in the unallocated space. I also cannot see the USB drive in Partition Wizard to see what that can do! From what I read in another post at http://www.lancelhoff.com/multi-partition-a-usb-flash-drive-in-windows/ this may be a restriction that Windows that does not allow partitioning of removable media. There is a workaround posted at the link above, which I might try!
- Workaround above doesn't work. The Lexar program (BootIt) doesn't even see the removable drive, again, presumably, because the drive is not useable in Windows once the Chrome image has been written to it.
- Really want to try this! What types of internet connections will it work with at this stage? Hear people have problems with wifi. What about 3g modems? Those of you that got it to work, was it only with wired connections?
- Definatly the OS of the future for netbooks !!! Even the XP run like a 90 year-old granpa in the marathon :) .. And you have the chance to have a blue screen . I use Ubuntu 9.10 on my netbook and run 100x times faster than the XP !!! I definatly give my vote to this OS . Well done Google you shut the mouth of Bill Gates and his useless Windows 7. Power to free OS !!!! Also very nice post !!!
- Can you build the latest version of Chrome /Chromium OS and update/upload to torrent, rapidshare, megaupload etc? Please?
- test, ignore this comment!
- Very exciting, but before I try: is there any chance this will work with my internal 3g modem on my Aspire one? That is my only Internet connection right now. I guess I would have to be very lucky to make that work since people don't even get wifi to work? Anybody knows anything about this? The app that came with the pre-installed win xp for the 3g modem is called globetrotter connect. Thanks.
- I can see the utility of this OS for running the likes of a cheap sub-PC-type machine like the old Psion Organisers or such like, but i'm not sure about running it on a netbook - seems like an exercise in 'how to disable as many of your netbook's features as possible, leaving you with just the very basics so you spent all that money for nothing'.Jorge, well done! One question: I need to change the network TCPIP settings as I run static IP, how would I do this? Presumably bring up a command window and.. what? Need to set ip, subnet mask, gateway and DNS. Please help!
- I have tried booting from USB on Dell Mini 10v, HP Mini 311 and now my MacBook Pro 13'. I have had to resort to VirtualBox and VMware Fusion. I was able to load Android too!
- I have an article about running Chrome OS in VirtualBox. You can view it by visiting http://it-nthusiast.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-os-on-virtualbox.html . Thank you!
- Is the Chrome OS running directly on you computer much faster than on a virtual machine?
- Hej! nice work, only one sad thing that it not so good on ho thin client. I would like that kind on thinstation :)
- F*k.. my 8gb thumbdrive is now rendered useless and it is showing only 900mb as useable space.I've tried Camron and Manmadehuman solution and it does not work in giving back my 8gb! FU**K..CAN YOU PLEASE PUT A DISCLAIMER AND HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEM OF THE THUMBDRIVE!
- I've just starting playing with this OS tonight. So far I've had it running on a laptop Lenovo T400, laptop Dell Inspiron 1720, laptop ASUS eee pc 1101HA and finally an older stationary pc. All of them ran ChromeOS and boottime was around 30/35 seconds including bios time (fastest is the Lenovo). This from an USB stick. Not bad at all. Wireless networking does'nt seem to work but I can live with that for at while. Then again I did not try hard to make it work.. Looking so much forward to get it on a SSD drive.
Thanx for the torrent. - ..I mean chronos and password..*sigh*
- I feel kinda retarded right now. I'm a tech that can't log in to this! I type in chromium and @gmail.com goes at the end automatically and when I put password in as the password and hit enter it just gives me the 'Network not connected and offline login fail'. What am I doing wrong?
- Thanks for the information that you have provided. I also got some information about the Installation of Crome with Virtual Box from
http://www.techarena.in/guide/18379-installing-google-chrome-os-virtualbox.htm - thanks for sharing info.very helpfull.
- i tried this stuff but when i reboot all i find is blank screen i waited for 5 min but nothing came on.. and i came back to my xp
- SOME BUDDY HELP ME OUT!!!
I TRIED ALL THIS STUFF BUT DINT WORK AND WHEN I FORMATTED MY PEN DRIVE MY 8 GB PEN DRIVE BECAME 949 MB PEN DRIVE.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT OF THIS>>>
PLS.. - I also installed in a VirtualBox. It is fairly straight-forward as Jorge pointed out. I have tried it booted off a pen drive too. But, I already have a browser on my laptop and Linux boots there in 8 seconds! (^: BTW, newer Linux distros boot in 5 seconds.I can see non-technical computer use of Google Chromium OS with a handheld device or a green netbook non-techie. However, I cannot imagine using this OS personally (except, perhaps, to contribute to the OS, itself). Local disk storage and non-browser applications are absolutely essential to software developers. I guess that I am atypical for this type of OS.What about computer games that are not cloud-based? There are 1000s of Linux and Windows games now that people use. Wait for browser-based equivalents running on the cloud?Another potential roadblock: cloud-based storage. There is a (perhaps a somewhat irrational) fear of storing the 'family jewels' on a cloud, however protected it may seem to be. Data examples of concern are corporate proprietary/strategic data, address/contact books, and family/personal information. I suppose one could keep this type of data on a local pen drive or portable USB hard drive if you are traveling but how would I access a spreadsheet, for example? Package OpenOffice as the configured application for specific file types (DOC, ODT, XLS, ODS, etc.) in Chrome? Maybe I answered my own questions about data protection. (:For me, I'll try to keep an open mind on cloud appliances.
- Thank you very much for this. I've got an Acer Aspire One A150 and it works very well, and is fast too! Thank you.
- Still a lot of work to be done. Google is starting to fall down the trap Microsoft fell into in thinking people will follow enmass if they have enough incentive and if they don't - then sideline the buggers.Googles paypacket rests on people going online Microsofts paypacket rests on people buying their offline products. This is another attempt by Google to step into Microsofts castle but most people who use a netbook don't use it solely for online services and the cloud and Google are irrelevent in that respect.
- I don't think people are picking up on the fact you need a good broadband connection to use this software. The point of a netbook is its extreme portability; I use my netbook in the depths of the countryside where a weak GPRS signal often has to suffice. I also use offline software like OpenOffice and will store browsed information for later use when there is no signal. To my mind the 'everything is in the cloud' concept has a fatal flaw, in that a netbook has to be able to run 'standalone'.
- a netbook is a small and inexpensive laptop intended for very casual use such as web browsing and simple office tasks.
- I downloaded it and installed on USB drive. But when I reboot and try to boot from the pen drive, it says 'Boot Error'.. Do I need to try writing again?
- Creating a pen drive image on a POSIX system (Unix, Linux, or Mac)Keep in mind, that the output of `dd` should be a path at the device level. If not, you can get all sorts of boot errors.Case in point: Recently, I sleepily specified of=/dev/sdb1 (first volume on device /dev/sdb, a pen drive). The dd utility happily wrote a boot image into that volume. I was supposed to specify of=/dev/sdb in order to copy the disk iamge (IMG) to the entire device. Lol@myself.
- Anyone else experiencing a slow trackpad? I have tweaked it using the OS properties and it is still slow.
- Hi Its Sunny (Google Chrome OS private beta tester) . The trackpad issue is due to a bug, we are working on it.
Cheersfor details contact me at - sunnyguha(at)neversaydie(dot)co(dot)in
- How do OS updates work with Chrome OS? Is there a way to update a build that lives on a USB drive? If I replace the disk image, are all my personal settings saved i the cloud? For example, there's supposedly a change to the source that will support WiFi on the EeePC1000. If I install a build from that source, what will I have and what will I lose? There must be *some* way to update the OS, but perhaps it hasn't been implemented yet. ..doug
- Oops. I should have searched the comments for 'updates' before posting that. Found my answer.
- I have tried two different images, both from Hexxeh. (chromiumos.tar.gz and ChromeOS-Cherry.tar.gz)
I hope I'm not posting to the wrong area using these images.
So far, I haven't had any unexpected problems that aren't covered somewhere on the net.
I have a Dell Mini-10 (not the 10v) Using the latest build, ChromeOS-Cherry, I am able to connect to my wireless with my built-in Broadcom 4312 card. It takes several minutes to acquire my AP, but that has already been discussed.
It doesn't load any drivers for my Intel GMA500 graphics, but does display at 1024x768 with no problem.
My native resolution, using GMA500 drivers, is 1366x768.
I don't know if the video driver issue is causing this, but everything I do with the mouse and keyboard is in slow motion.
If I type in a URL into the browser, I have to wait a couple seconds for my characters to appear in the address bar.
Using the terminal, my typed characters appear onscreen 2-3 seconds after I typed them.
Clicking various GUI elements also have the same delayed effect as the above input from the keyboard.
I'm having fun exploring this latest cutting edge OS. :) - Does anybody know how to change the keyboard layout? I assume that it would require building my own disk image, since the system is read-only after install.Gta san andreas ios free install. Chill S.A.X. By Esteban Orlando (Royalty Free Music). Chill S.A.X.Can anyone confirm this?
- Trying on an Asus EeePC 1000HE. Entering username 'chronos' auto-expands to '[email protected]' but login fails (Incorrect username or password). No WiFi, but hardwire Ethernet seems to work. No mouse/touchpad, at least on the login screen. Can't get past that due to the login problem. But I'm not giving up yet! Using 999.999.33309.213456 build.
- Got it working now. I was using a build from another site. This one works fine, except for wifi.
- Actually I did. I downloaded chrome-os-0.4.22.8-bootable-usb-gdgt.zip from http://chrometecha.blogspot.com/2009/11/install-chrome-os-to-usb.html. That was wrong =) After downloading the zip from site site it worked like a charm.
- I tried 'installing it' twice now, testing also on an Acer Aspire One with the same result. My desktop computer just displayed a black screen =/ I am doing something wrong, aint I?
- Hi, thanks for the guide!
I tried to boot my usbdevice on my Asus Eee PC but It gets stuck showing 'chromium os' on a blue background, no login fields. Is it a hardware problem perhaps? Any idea of how to get past it?- Im having the same problem, what was your solution?
- it does not recognize my network adapter
- I have one hell of a question for the guy who put up the torrent.
How do you compress an image file of roughly 3 GB into a zipped file of roughly 300 MB.
Are the setup files that highly compressible types or is it some secret compression technique that you used for it. - Good article and worth comments.
As you said 'I did all that work just to log into a freakin’ browser?â€', which is very true. For some people it could be annoying, techies like me.
I was expecting more than just a browsers with Chrome OS. Honestly it Chrome OS disappoints me, I rather choose linux OS for my netbook than Chrome OS. - useful and good post. For installing Chrome OS in Virtual Box check out this link
- Abhishek you are quite fast in the web. Any way you've chosen a best place to publish your site url.
- Its needs a media player, music and video is a huge part of waht alot of people do with their computers, laptops etcThis is the same
- I used the Vmware Image, now the OS boots, and logins, but No internet access, how to configure that, I can use a direct ip of a proxy, but dont know where to put in the configurations :(
- @Xander installer was fine on w7 for me, think it might need to be readable by windows though, try formating the flash drive as fat32 first.
- Typing this from Chrome OS running off my flash drive on my Dell 9400/E1705.
Ethernet works, WiFi works (Intel 4965AGN), sound works. =) - Can't get the installer running in Win7 (Home Premium OEM). Tried compatibility modes (vista,xp) and as Admin.. nada.Any thoughts?
- Thanks for posting this! My Asus EEEPC 900A booted up fine. After I entered the key for my wireless router, it's connected smoothly to the internet every time.
- One question: how can we trust that when we type our Google credentials into an image that you made that you're not sniffing them and sending them to Russian spam bots?
- @SL
Trust is always something given, it cannot be demanded or proven. Trust is a choice *you* make.It can, however, be avoided - if necessary create a new google account just for use with this image & don't bother reading the emails ever. ;-) - ps: any particular reason it was Russion spam bots, or was that just an example?
- Hello Jorge,Thanks a ton. My dead netbook just came back to life :-)It works perfectly on Asus EEE PC.Do you intend to update the version, if yes, where can I check for the updates.Thanks Again!Imi
- I have successfully compiled the ChromeOS and then converted the image to vdi and used it in my VirtualBox.
So, it works like a live CD.
And no installation is needed - It just comes up.
And there is nothing other than the browser!
So, I don't know why it should occupy so much space, just to bring up the browser.If ChromeOS is having nothing other than the browser, then we can have the same browser on any other OS.
What is there other than browser in Chrome OS!?I don't see any development tools such as a terminal, compiler, etc.
In that case, how to use this OS for development?-Narendra - I just tried it and was somewhat unimpressed. I don't see the utility of this project when there are plenty of full-blown Linux OS's that can run off of a flash drive, unless they are trying to compete with Splashtop-like features on laptops where you don't have to boot into the real os but still do basic web surfing. If you can only use it when you are connected to the internet, what's the point, if they cannot expand it beyond a simple cloud OS then I don't see this being a very successful venture. However, Google may give the open source community valuable publicity and help the average user see Linux in a more favorable light. What would be really cool is if they could make this distro bootable to small devices like phones and tablets (like the nokia n810) and provide a full featured web experience without high resource usage.
- I take it all back; I am using ChromiumOS on my wife's Asus eee 904hd and it is awesome, I can actually stand to use the thing; it does all you really need from a netbook.
- it worked on my nokia 8gb card. But after i formatted,it shows only 980mb! Chrome OS eat my space.
Any how to recover.?
thnks - Installed per directions worked fine on my new 1005ha but the wireless doesn't work, so there is basically nothing I can do with it. Installed onto an 8gb SDHC card.Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance! - Jorge, this works great off a thumb drive on my ASUS EeePC 900. I ran the chromeos-installer but it doesn't boot of the SSD once I'm done. Am I missing a step setting a partition active or something? Odd that it would work great off USB but not off SSD..
- Thanks for the great support Jorge! It was interesting to get a preview of Chrome OS so soon :)
- Wireless on Asus EEE PC 901 failed =(
- I'll test it for my Netbook but also the Dell version.
Click hereand post back with the results.Cheers - Yes so great but now my usb drive is useless. I can't formate the whole 8gbs only 900mbs.
- Here is a link to another .img file that Dell assembled for the Dell Mini 10v:
- I think I broke it.Yesterday it worked fine (alebit slow and a bit clunky, due to it running off a stick), but today it refuses to work properly at all. First attempt would only load the calculator gadget in full screen and wouldn't allow me access to the browser - every other attempt and it can't seem to get my resolution right, like it's running in 'Safe Mode' or with the wrong drivers.My major gripe with it is probably the panel system - I never much like the blocking of pop-ups in Chrome and this seems to be an extension of that. As a developer, the little screen space you get would be very restricting, however I can understand that this is supposed to be point. Similarly, are all smaller apps going to run in panels? Should they be kept open down the bottom all the time? Won't that get busy? Why aren't there shortcuts on the main screen? Are we going to get shortcut keys?Still, it's over a year away now. I'm sure they're come up with something.
- When I Click write after I choose the img and the usb drive letter I get the error 8 and doesn't proceed further. Please help!!
- You need to run the 'clean' command from DISKPART - I had the same problem until I followed those steps. Unfortunately you can only do this in Vista and Se7en, as XP won't pick up removable drives in DISKPART.
- It's not help. Also I tried 0.1 Win32 Disk Image - it's not work too. I tried other programs that can write IMG to USB? but nothing, only Error 8. I try write to 8GB USB if it's does meter.
- I did it! When I copy it to just c:[folder for win32di] it start work.
- Thanks, it works!
- I used chrome os in the virtual box ... The notepad,Contacts and To-do lists are working perfectly..any problem in compiled image?
- My Targa 1016 netbook booted ok from a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB but somehow it doesn't seem to recognize the keyboard? I'm stuck on the login screen..
Any clues on how to deal with this?
Thanks for the great tutorial and image file. - I've loaded Chrome onto an 8gb thumb drive, and it runs pretty well, but Chrome would have fit on a 4 gb drive and now my 8gb shows up as 'needs to be formatted' in windows explorer. Is there any way to use one drive as bootable chrome and flash storage? Otherwise it's bye bye to Chrome for me.Chrome currently runs too quietly on my speakers(and the headphone jack just turns of the speakers but doesn't play anything in the headphones). Is there volume control in Chrome?It'd be nice to have a guide to all the neat 'extra' things it can do, like the process and file browsers, and a guide to what it can't do (like apparently it can download files but not use/play/open them) would also be usefull. Do these exist anywhere?
- 'If you do not see this page and you get a browser page that says it could not find the page requested, then unfortunately luck is not on your side. It means that Chromium OS doesn’t like your network adapter.'Not necessarily - it might just be missing your WEP/WPA passkey. I entered mine and it's been fine since - eee900.
- how to change the boot options? my screen gets garbled when booting, how can I change the vga modes?(something like vga=791)
- Thanks! Just what I was looking for. Wasn't sure if this would work well on the 701. This is just what I wanted to hear. Works like a charm!
- Ran it from an sd card on an eee pc t91mt; wifi worked (as well as, interestingly, the battery monitor), but the OS was very slow.
- I am running CHrome OS on my EEE901 now, but i can't get a wifi connection.
Ethernet works fine, but anyone an idea to make the wifi works?Thanks- Lauwie: Wifi is working on my Eee 900A so it may be your wireless router that's incompatible. Try a different wireless network if possible.
- What do you mean?
I just can't get my wifi on.. I can't see any wireless network. And my network is oke with ubuntu..
I have the RT2860 or something like that..
Anyone an idea?- Sorry, what I said earlier does not make sense. Chrome apparently supports the radio in the 900A but not 901. I thought they may be the same radio, and since it works with 900A, thought the problem might be with your router. At least you can give thanks that the ethernet works so you can take Chrome for a test drive.
- It is in the very early stages of development, so there is still a lot of stuff that doesn’t work. In fact, it may not work for you at all.
- I am fascinated, but I cannot help but fear that Google/Chrome is the next big bully. Dos --> Windows --> Googlemysilentscream
- Does majority of linux commands works with this OS?
- I got my Compaq F700 to work. WiFi seems to work fine. I needed to enter my network pass key and then I had internet. Running off a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB which is a little slow, but visiting all my web sites was easy and works fine. I was surprised to find when rebooting to Chrome all my passwords were saved and my history was retained. I'm sure this wouldn't happen with a CD/DVD version.
Thanks guys - I have a 2G pen drive and the program says is has no space ?
it is formated .what could it be ?thanksk - I am using an 8GB flash drive (empty/Formated) and when I try to write to Flash Drive, it tells me that there is not enough room on Drive. Using Vista 32-bit system. Should I try on my XP?
- How are OS updates going to be released? Is there a URL to check?
- I tried a the USB boot on my HP Mini 311 and it would not work, I saw it access the boot drive but no go. I installed VirtualBox and downloaded the Vbox image (below) and it came right up with no issues. Thanks Jorge!geeklad.com/downloads/chromiumos.torrent
- Thanks for the great write-up and tutorial. Downloading the USB image now. Can anyone confirm if the ChromeOS 'likes' the Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN wireless network adaptor? Thanks in advance.
- No ChromeOS (ChromiumOS) doesn't like this wifi card - i am working to enable this.
- thank you. anything i can do to help?
- I download the file, wrote it to the USB drive as a bootable device, but now when I try to boot, I get a 'no operating system found' error. I checked and rewrote the img file to the USB using the instructions from above. what am I missing..other than maybe the ability to cognitively think this through.
- Any fix for the 'network adapter not recognized' issues?
- Trying it out on my Asus EEE 901 and I find it actually makes browsing a better experience for me when compared to firefox under eeeXubuntu. Everything just loads quicker even though far from perfect.Two questions: 1. Will this work if I put it on an SD card an 2. will this work on a intel based mac?
- Joseph, were you able to get WiFi working on your 901? It seems as though the wifi card may not be supported.
- heya guys,
i just wondering, since Chrome OS is basically a web browser based OS.How secure and safe would it be? Since, we boot Chrome OS direct from a USB drive WITHOUT our Antivirus, Firewall and other protection softwares we usually install in our PC/Laptop running.thanks - .have you tested the Chrome OS USB on many computers???are you SURE that it don't create problems to the PC's file system and data?.
- Thank you for the guide, I used it to try Chrome OS (or is it Chromium OS?) on a Dell Mini 10 (1011). You can read the issues I had with it here.Quick breakdown of the facts: no luck with wireless either (Dell 1397 adapter, so it would have been futile to try it on my D630 since it has the same one), 'jumpy' usage, a couple of bugs and the CPU meter reports bollocks. And it's REALLY up in the cloud. No connection = you're totally .I don't see it as the future of OS. As a OS-on-a-stick, yes, but as the primary OS, without internet access, your machine is just a nice furniture piece or decorative item, depending if you have a desktop or a laptop.
- Luck was not on my side. I definitely look forward to a build that will run on my Samsung N120, but for now, that is one Netbook for which this does not work. Bummer.. Was so excited when the login screen popped up..
- (apologies for being a moron.. didn't know where to find network settings, but found them and am now surfing using Chromium and elated about it.. elated, I say)
- Worked flawlessly on my Acer Aspire 100 using an Ativa 4GB USB drive.. wireless worked too using WEP. Too cool!
- Great post! I've recommended it to my friends as well..I'm wondering though, do you know how I should go by keeping this OS up to date with future builds? Or is the automatic update already implemented?
- THANKS, BUT CHROME OS DONT RUN ON MY MACHINE.
NOW, I WANT TO FORMAT MY 4GB USB DRIVE, BUT IT SAYS IT'S ONLY 900MB AVALIABLE TO FORMAT.
THAT MEANS THAT MY 4GB HAVE BCOMING A 1GB USB DRIVE? HOW I FIX THIS? FORMATTING JUST RECOGNIZE 1GB - Ok,I figured it out.
- What do i do with the .ovf file?
- Ok,Im trying the tutorial again.
- Followed all the steps but wont work, is there any way to do this to a Hard Drive?
- On my MSI Wind there was no working trackpad or wifi. where am i supposed to put my music and pictures etc.
- Yes, I run ChromeOS on my PC ASUS M4N78 Pro from boot USB drive.
- tested, didn't work with my thinkpad x200 and x61 wireless network
- I get as far as selecting to boot from the USB flash drive on my Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz Dual-Core CPU, with NVIDIA® ION 330, but it doesn't boot. The flash drive blinks a bit on a regular basis, but that's all. Should it work on the above machine?
- Tried it on ASUS 1008HA and it came straight up :) Only snag is I ordered a Norwegian version and the keyboard is chaotic with Chrome OS.Pity the ION 330 system doesn't work. Might be something to do with the ASRock's special boot system.
- Can anybody know how to use this on Bootcamp? is it possible?
- I have just been lazy to get the Google Chrome OS and run it on a Virtual Machine, besides I wanted to really test if outside the Virtual Environment. Great post.
- it does recognizes my wireless adapter and connects to my network, but it doesn't browse the web.
no problem with ethernet.
Btw it's pretty slow, I tried it with an eeepc 704 and verbatim 4gb thumbdrive - no wireless adapter, right ?
- Im assuming this is the USB image used. Can you still login using google account pass?
- 'If you want to do the same on Ubuntu, use a client like BitTornado, Transmission or kTorrent to download the files, then use the following terminal command to mount it:
sudo dd f=’/directory/where/you/put/chrome_os.img’ of=/dev/sdb
Assuming your USB drive is mounted as /dev/sdb
(check System -> Administration -> Drive Utility)'- I get the error 'unrecognized operand
`f=/home/xxx/Downloads/chrome_os.img'when typing in that command.
- Tried it, it's cool and easy.
But is there option to shutdown? - does anyone know if this same process would work with a cd rom? i.e. would installing chrome and everything work because I assume you could choose the optical drive as easily as the thumb drive in the boot menu
- How would I burn this image to a USB using Ubuntu?
- o I did this with a 4GB flash drive, decided I wanted it off of my flash drive and formatted it. When the format was complete, I was left with a 949MB flash drive. WTF?! Does anyone know how to fix this?
- you may need to delete all the partitions on the drive and recreate the primary partition.Go do disk management in windows. Should be in 'right click' on my computer and select manage. it is one of the options there.
- Thanks for your help, but I already fixed it using this tool: pendriveapps.com/lexar-usb-flip-the-removable-media-bit-tool/
I figured it was a partition issue but I couldn't fix the problem in Disk Management.
- I understand the market for this OS, and also understand that this is an early build that contains quite of extraneous code that will not be in the final build.But there is something I just can't wrap my head around.
With as simplistic as this OS is, how can the image possibly be ~3GB?I mean you can get an XP install down under 1GB quite easily. Comparing the feature sets between XP and ChromeOS is nothing short of a comedic exercise. On top of that, a large part of ChromeOS is supposed to be stored in the cloud right? So why is it so large?
Can we really expect ChromeOS to shrink by well over 300% by release?- The one I'm downloading is around 300MB, what are you downloading?
- Alternately I found using the VMware image last week that just logging in to Chromium OS with my Google name and password automatically logged me into Gmail and iGoogle.
- Does Chrome OS include a POP3/Imap email client, and can you save downloaded files to a USB memory stick?
- No, it's all Gmail or webmail, no apps other than web apps.
- How fast is it? I tried the virtual Chrome OS and it was very slow.Can it be viewed in full screen? I have a resolution of 1440 x 900. Would it configure accordingly?
- Press CTRL+ALT+T to bring up the terminal then run xrandr -s widthxheight to change resolution, for you it would be:
xrandr -s 1440x900
- Would love to try there, does anyone else have anything other than torrent though? It doesn't seem to be working for me.
- Great post, Jorge!Would you be so kind as to post the steps you performed to generate your Chrome OS image? It'd be helpful to build our own.
- Great tutorial, tried it on my desktop. No problems. I haven't tried it on my laptop, which is a little older.
- If you want to do the same on Ubuntu, use a client like BitTornado, Transmission or kTorrent to download the files, then use the following terminal command to mount it:sudo dd f='/directory/where/you/put/chrome_os.img' of=/dev/sdbAssuming your USB drive is mounted as /dev/sdb (check System -> Administration -> Drive Utility)
- Can I shove it on a partition of my external drive using that? (just, of course, replacing the code as needed and then making the partition bootable). Oh and should it not need to go root directory as opposed to within a directory (eg: /media/drive/folder1/folder2/chromeos
- How can I get this to run on VirtualBox?
- Hmm - how long should it take to write to the USB drive? The progress bar isn't going anywhere, and the drive keeps blinking - about 10 minutes by now.
- So how is it any different from a web browser ?
- It's not a browser for start. It's an OS that runs through the Cloud. Online storage.@OP, can this be put in a cd/dvd for bootable as well?
- It absolutely is a browser. It is an OS that runs through the cloud, but that's because everything in the OS is a simple web app. The whole thing is the Chrome browser, running on top of a customized Linux build, where everything else is locked down so that all you can use is the browser.
- re: JK III
> So how is it any different from a web browser ?This can boot up your computer ;-)Or in simpler terms - This doesn't need you to have Windows*
(*or Linux or MacOS or Dos or ..)
- I corrupted my flash drive. oops.
- You didn't corrupt it, diskimager changed the format and added a partition. Go to command prompt and type:
DISKPART
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
CLEAN (just to be sure)
EXIT
EXITIt is now ready to reformat.- i corrupted my disk then i followed procedure of diskpart and cleaning it but after when i tried to format it, error comes 'windows was unable to reformat it'
- THANKYOU SOOOOO MUCH, i thought my 4 gig usb was gone, and it was my favourite one as well
- Very helpful, I had followed another guide and managed to get it all running, but they didn't mention the username and password! Pretty essential stuff. Got it working, but it is jumpy as you mentioned. Fun to try is all.
- sign in with your google account
- WOW. Thanks guys. Excellent article just as always. I'll certainly try it!
Welcome to the Chrome channel. Google's operating system started off in December 2010 as being little more than all Chrome, all the time. Updates made since then have given Chrome OS users better file format support, faster navigation, revised menus, dramatically improved offline abilities, and a traditional-looking desktop.
But if you loathe the Chrome browser, it's still highly unlikely that you'll enjoy this operating system. On the other hand, if you love Chrome, then Chrome OS is a big heaping helping of Chrome with some extra Chrome on the side and more Chrome for dessert.
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Like Chrome the browser, Chrome-the-OS has a freely available open-source sibling, called Chromium OS. If you like coding and developing, this is likely going to be your best bet for exploring what makes Chrome OS tick.
Please note that because of the similarities between the Chrome-the-browser and the Chrome OS, parts of the Chrome review have been reproduced here where applicable.
Installation
Installation is not an issue for the Chrome OS since it comes preinstalled. There is a simple setup procedure, however. When you start up your system, it's recommended that you sign in using a Google account. You're not required to, and if you'd prefer, you can opt for the Guest mode.
Installation is not an issue for the Chrome OS since it comes preinstalled. There is a simple setup procedure, however. When you start up your system, it's recommended that you sign in using a Google account. You're not required to, and if you'd prefer, you can opt for the Guest mode.
Guest mode in Chrome OS cleverly uses the Chrome browser's trackless browsing mode, called Incognito. Incognito prevents guest users from leaving any traces of their session, as well as keeping them from making any changes to your apps and other settings.
After choosing your log-in method, you're asked to read through and accept the EULA. This will only appear for the initial log-in; it won't show up for subsequent uses and users. Next, you can take a photo of yourself with the Webcam, use a provided icon, or use your current Google account avatar. Gone from previous versions is the mandated Webcam photo. It took our avatar about 30 seconds to synchronize our existing account avatar from the cloud.
Chrome then takes anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds to synchronize your Google settings, if any, and then the computer is ready to be used. There's no doubt that the EULA is annoying, but we've never seen another new, unused operating system start so quickly.
Interface
Google has clearly spent some serious time developing the new interface. It looks and feels like a personal computer, finally, where before it was little more than a full-screen browser. There's an actual desktop that looks a bit cribbed from Windows 7, with Chrome-the-browser pinned to the far left of the Launcher, and other apps pinned right next to it.
Google has clearly spent some serious time developing the new interface. It looks and feels like a personal computer, finally, where before it was little more than a full-screen browser. There's an actual desktop that looks a bit cribbed from Windows 7, with Chrome-the-browser pinned to the far left of the Launcher, and other apps pinned right next to it.
The desktop itself shows only your background by default, but a Tic-Tac-Toe-style icon on the Launcher reveals all your installed apps over the desktop background. When you install an app, it'll appear here. The lower-right corner shows the time, Internet connection status, battery status, and shows your Google account avatar to indicate who's logged in. Click the avatar to show shutdown options and reveal more information and settings.
You can customize the background with one of several dozen options, or upload your own image. However, it must be either locally stored or in your Google Drive -- it won't pull in an image from a service like Facebook.
All the Settings have been moved to open in their own tabs, but you probably knew this from using Chrome-the-browser. Changes made in the browser tend to be reflected in Chrome OS about a month or so later.
The look of Chrome has changed remarkably little since its surprise debut in September 2008. Tabs are on top, the location bar -- which Google likes to call the Omnibar -- dominates the minimalist design, and the browser has few visible control buttons besides Back, Forward, and a combined Stop/Reload button.
On Chrome OS, the upper-right corner of the browser hosts a square icon and an X. The X is to close the browser window. Drag the box down to minimize the browser, drag it to the edges to 'snap' it to the side and make it half the width of your screen, or click it to switch from windowed mode to full-screen mode. The window snap is another cue taken from Windows 7, but it's a clever and intuitive one, and works well in Chrome.
The interface's strongest point is also its weakness. What works well in the browser works well here, but the faults of one are reflected in the other, too. Some controls, such as page zoom, are readily available from the 'wrench' options menu. Others, such as the extension manager, are hidden away under a Tools submenu. Hiding essentials like that remains an odd design choice to make. As is true about every aspect of this operating system, updates are much more likely to tweak the layout and design of the interface.
Chrome's extensions are fairly limited in how they can alter the browser's interface. Unlike Firefox, which gives add-on makers a lot of leeway to change the browser's look, Chrome mandates that extensions appear only as icons to the right of the location bar. The benefit maintains a uniform look in the browser, but it definitely restricts how much the browser can be customized.
Even with its limitations, the browser interface design has remained a contemporary exemplar of how to minimize the browser's screen footprint while remaining easy to use and versatile. The new desktop, on the other hand, finally brings to Chrome OS a sense of familiarity that is essential for any new PC experience.
Features
Chrome OS isn't quite as reliant on the Internet as it was before, but it's still reasonably crippled without it. This is a vehicle, first and foremost, for leading a Web-based existence. As such, what Chrome OS does is create a space where Web-based applications can function and thrive. The operating system itself doesn't do much -- it's a browser.
Chrome OS isn't quite as reliant on the Internet as it was before, but it's still reasonably crippled without it. This is a vehicle, first and foremost, for leading a Web-based existence. As such, what Chrome OS does is create a space where Web-based applications can function and thrive. The operating system itself doesn't do much -- it's a browser.
However, it's a heavily modded browser, and it achieves its main goal of getting you on the Web as fast as possible. This comes from both the solid-state drive (SSD) on your Chromebook or Chromebox, and the various optimizations that Google has been building into Chrome. This is where the second bit of genius in the Chrome OS comes in: because everything is Web-based, you can log in to any installation of the operating system and instantly have all of your apps, settings, and other personalizations at your fingertips. That's still an incredible feat.
It's an important one, too, as Chrome OS improves with each regular iteration of the operating system. In Chrome OS's first year, it updated eight times. Things that were buggy originally, such as touch pad support on the demo hardware Cr-48, started to work properly. Many Chrome-safe extensions that wouldn't install on the Chrome OS beta, but would on the browser, now work in Chrome OS. It's currently on a six-week update cycle.
Google has also leveraged its successes in other departments to benefit the Chrome OS. Google+ Hangouts, for example, come as a preinstalled app so you have video conferencing as an option right off the bat. Google's notorious for not always having good integration between its services, so this -- and solid Google Play integration for Books, Movies, and Music -- are welcome improvements.
Also welcome is Google's decision to expand everybody's Google Drive to 100GB when it detects a Chromebook associated with your account. The $250 price for the latest Samsung Chromebooks is nearly worth it for that upgrade alone.
The Chrome OS has a usable file-browsing system, accessible via Control-M or under the Tools submenu of the Options wrench. When you take a screenshot using the Ctrl-Next Window button, for example, you'll find it saved locally via the File Browser. It now supports a wide range of popular file formats, including PDF, PPT, DOC, ZIP, XLS and RAR, and the newer Microsoft proprietary versions of those formats like PPTX.
Famously, Google has killed the Caps Lock key and replaced it with a dedicated Search key. Tap it and a new tab will open, with the cursor ready in the location bar. What's less well-known is that you can remap the Search key to Caps Lock, and that Google makes it easy to do through the Settings menu under System, then Modifier keys. Here you can modify the bindings of the Control and Alt keys as well. But also missing is a dedicated Delete key to remove characters to the right of the cursor.
The default settings for the hot keys are among the best things about the Chrome OS. Hold down Ctrl and Alt with the question mark key to bring up a color-coded map of combinations that you can use. The map and colors change depending on which key -- Shift, Control, or Alt -- you're pressing.
Google is to be commended for building an operating system that goes from sleep to fully functional in what feels like a second. There's simply no lag time, and the updates have fixed previous lagginess in logging in and out. Your Chromebook or Chromebox may just be the fastest PC you've used when it comes to booting, shutting down, and logging in and out.
Two other low-profile but well-executed features in Chrome are autoupdating and translation. Chrome automatically updates when a new version comes out. This makes it harder to revert back to an older version, but it's highly unlikely that you'll want to downgrade this build of Chrome since this is the stable build and not the beta or developer's version. You can toggle the build among the three under About Chrome. The second feature, automatic translation of Web pages, is available to other browsers as a Google add-on, but because it comes from Google, it's baked directly into Chrome.
Already mentioned a little bit, the biggest OS hang-up in the operating system is offline support despite the improvements. Chrome OS will support the core Google apps of Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs offline, but for most of your other apps, you'll be left in the dark. That might not be an issue on the Chromebox, Google's answer to the Mac Mini, but for the portable Chromebooks, prepare for a severely hamstrung experience. Anyone outside of the cloud crowd likely won't be comfortable with it.
You can print with Google Cloud Print, accessible via the common printing hot-key combo of Control-P. Google has anticipated the problems that still plague cloud printing, and so it offers instructions on how to do it. Still, most people will probably find the process way too fiddly because what's simple to print off a basic Windows 7 Netbook will take effort to set up properly from a Chromebook. Cloud Print does now come with access to FedEx stores in the United States, which is a nice improvement for remote printing.
Google says that security will not be a big concern in Chrome OS and that it's the most secure operating system ever shipped. There are some toggles via about:flags and the Settings menu that will allow you to restrict content that requires plug-ins. Cookies, image management, JavaScript, plug-ins, pop-ups, location information, and notifications can be adjusted from the Content Settings button. This includes toggling specific plug-ins, such as the built-in Adobe Flash plug-in and the Chrome PDF reader.
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Google is basing most of its claim of a secure operating system on a new feature in Chrome OS called 'verified boot.' Chrome OS will check its own integrity when booting, and if it detects any changes, it will allow you to restore a last-known good configuration.
Performance
The following benchmarks are of the original version of the Chrome OS that shipped on the Cr-48. There have been significant improvements since then, and CNET will update the results below as soon as possible.
The following benchmarks are of the original version of the Chrome OS that shipped on the Cr-48. There have been significant improvements since then, and CNET will update the results below as soon as possible.
Benchmarking the first beta of the Chrome OS proved to be a bit tricky. It's hard to measure the impact of various essential programs, such as a productivity suite or media player, on the operating system because they exist largely in the cloud. However, because the operating system is also the browser, we were able to run browser benchmark tests against it and compare them against the same version of Google Chrome, but running on a Windows 7 laptop.
These tests are admittedly not a direct apples-with-apples comparison. Google has not yet released the specifications of the Cr-48, saying only that it's running an Intel Atom processor. The Windows 7 x86 laptop we used is a high-powered Lenovo T400 laptop, running on an Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 at 2.53GHz, with 3GB of RAM. However, they do provide a snapshot of what the Cr-48 with Chrome OS is capable of at this time, and we can expect these numbers to improve as Google continues to upgrade both the Chrome OS and Chrome browser. The two laptops were running nearly identical versions of the Chrome browser. Tested in December 2010, the Cr-48 was running Chrome v8.0.552.341, whereas the Lenovo was running Chrome v8.0.552.215. (By comparison, the version of Chrome OS available in early June 2012 is 12.0.742.77.)
What we can see from these tests is that the hardware will have a massive impact on the performance of both the browser and the operating system. This isn't news, but the fact that the Cr-48's version of the Chrome browser was so dramatically affected in all three tests tells us that what hardware future computer makers choose to support Chrome OS on will almost definitely change how well the public receives it.
We were also a bit surprised that the full cold-boot and log-on procedure, not counting the time it took to type in the log-on password, averaged to nearly 30 seconds. Some Windows 7 computers have, anecdotally, been found to boot up cold in similar times. As mentioned earlier, this time had been cut in half by early June 2011.
Of course, the real time-saving feature of the Chrome OS is the resume from wake, which is practically instantaneous. As long as the computer isn't shut down, it will wake extremely quickly.
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Conclusion
Although Chrome OS does update regularly, the current iteration is more usable than where the operating system was even six months ago. The quirkiness of a PC without the traditional touches of a PC desktop have been replaced by something recognizable and usable. As long as Google continues to support the project, Chrome OS will keep improving. One day, and perhaps sooner rather than later, it might even be ready for all.
Although Chrome OS does update regularly, the current iteration is more usable than where the operating system was even six months ago. The quirkiness of a PC without the traditional touches of a PC desktop have been replaced by something recognizable and usable. As long as Google continues to support the project, Chrome OS will keep improving. One day, and perhaps sooner rather than later, it might even be ready for all.
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Welcome to the Chrome channel. Google's operating system started off in December 2010 as being little more than all Chrome, all the time. Updates made since then have given Chrome OS users better file format support, faster navigation, revised menus, dramatically improved offline abilities, and a traditional-looking desktop.
But if you loathe the Chrome browser, it's still highly unlikely that you'll enjoy this operating system. On the other hand, if you love Chrome, then Chrome OS is a big heaping helping of Chrome with some extra Chrome on the side and more Chrome for dessert.
Like Chrome the browser, Chrome-the-OS has a freely available open-source sibling, called Chromium OS. If you like coding and developing, this is likely going to be your best bet for exploring what makes Chrome OS tick.
Please note that because of the similarities between the Chrome-the-browser and the Chrome OS, parts of the Chrome review have been reproduced here where applicable.
Installation
Installation is not an issue for the Chrome OS since it comes preinstalled. There is a simple setup procedure, however. When you start up your system, it's recommended that you sign in using a Google account. You're not required to, and if you'd prefer, you can opt for the Guest mode.
Installation is not an issue for the Chrome OS since it comes preinstalled. There is a simple setup procedure, however. When you start up your system, it's recommended that you sign in using a Google account. You're not required to, and if you'd prefer, you can opt for the Guest mode.
Guest mode in Chrome OS cleverly uses the Chrome browser's trackless browsing mode, called Incognito. Incognito prevents guest users from leaving any traces of their session, as well as keeping them from making any changes to your apps and other settings.
After choosing your log-in method, you're asked to read through and accept the EULA. This will only appear for the initial log-in; it won't show up for subsequent uses and users. Next, you can take a photo of yourself with the Webcam, use a provided icon, or use your current Google account avatar. Gone from previous versions is the mandated Webcam photo. It took our avatar about 30 seconds to synchronize our existing account avatar from the cloud.
Chrome then takes anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds to synchronize your Google settings, if any, and then the computer is ready to be used. There's no doubt that the EULA is annoying, but we've never seen another new, unused operating system start so quickly.
Interface
Google has clearly spent some serious time developing the new interface. It looks and feels like a personal computer, finally, where before it was little more than a full-screen browser. There's an actual desktop that looks a bit cribbed from Windows 7, with Chrome-the-browser pinned to the far left of the Launcher, and other apps pinned right next to it.
Google has clearly spent some serious time developing the new interface. It looks and feels like a personal computer, finally, where before it was little more than a full-screen browser. There's an actual desktop that looks a bit cribbed from Windows 7, with Chrome-the-browser pinned to the far left of the Launcher, and other apps pinned right next to it.
The desktop itself shows only your background by default, but a Tic-Tac-Toe-style icon on the Launcher reveals all your installed apps over the desktop background. When you install an app, it'll appear here. The lower-right corner shows the time, Internet connection status, battery status, and shows your Google account avatar to indicate who's logged in. Click the avatar to show shutdown options and reveal more information and settings.
You can customize the background with one of several dozen options, or upload your own image. However, it must be either locally stored or in your Google Drive -- it won't pull in an image from a service like Facebook.
All the Settings have been moved to open in their own tabs, but you probably knew this from using Chrome-the-browser. Changes made in the browser tend to be reflected in Chrome OS about a month or so later.
The look of Chrome has changed remarkably little since its surprise debut in September 2008. Tabs are on top, the location bar -- which Google likes to call the Omnibar -- dominates the minimalist design, and the browser has few visible control buttons besides Back, Forward, and a combined Stop/Reload button.
On Chrome OS, the upper-right corner of the browser hosts a square icon and an X. The X is to close the browser window. Drag the box down to minimize the browser, drag it to the edges to 'snap' it to the side and make it half the width of your screen, or click it to switch from windowed mode to full-screen mode. The window snap is another cue taken from Windows 7, but it's a clever and intuitive one, and works well in Chrome.
The interface's strongest point is also its weakness. What works well in the browser works well here, but the faults of one are reflected in the other, too. Some controls, such as page zoom, are readily available from the 'wrench' options menu. Others, such as the extension manager, are hidden away under a Tools submenu. Hiding essentials like that remains an odd design choice to make. As is true about every aspect of this operating system, updates are much more likely to tweak the layout and design of the interface.
Chrome's extensions are fairly limited in how they can alter the browser's interface. Unlike Firefox, which gives add-on makers a lot of leeway to change the browser's look, Chrome mandates that extensions appear only as icons to the right of the location bar. The benefit maintains a uniform look in the browser, but it definitely restricts how much the browser can be customized.
Even with its limitations, the browser interface design has remained a contemporary exemplar of how to minimize the browser's screen footprint while remaining easy to use and versatile. The new desktop, on the other hand, finally brings to Chrome OS a sense of familiarity that is essential for any new PC experience.
Features
Chrome OS isn't quite as reliant on the Internet as it was before, but it's still reasonably crippled without it. This is a vehicle, first and foremost, for leading a Web-based existence. As such, what Chrome OS does is create a space where Web-based applications can function and thrive. The operating system itself doesn't do much -- it's a browser.
Chrome OS isn't quite as reliant on the Internet as it was before, but it's still reasonably crippled without it. This is a vehicle, first and foremost, for leading a Web-based existence. As such, what Chrome OS does is create a space where Web-based applications can function and thrive. The operating system itself doesn't do much -- it's a browser.
However, it's a heavily modded browser, and it achieves its main goal of getting you on the Web as fast as possible. This comes from both the solid-state drive (SSD) on your Chromebook or Chromebox, and the various optimizations that Google has been building into Chrome. This is where the second bit of genius in the Chrome OS comes in: because everything is Web-based, you can log in to any installation of the operating system and instantly have all of your apps, settings, and other personalizations at your fingertips. That's still an incredible feat.
It's an important one, too, as Chrome OS improves with each regular iteration of the operating system. In Chrome OS's first year, it updated eight times. Things that were buggy originally, such as touch pad support on the demo hardware Cr-48, started to work properly. Many Chrome-safe extensions that wouldn't install on the Chrome OS beta, but would on the browser, now work in Chrome OS. It's currently on a six-week update cycle.
Google has also leveraged its successes in other departments to benefit the Chrome OS. Google+ Hangouts, for example, come as a preinstalled app so you have video conferencing as an option right off the bat. Google's notorious for not always having good integration between its services, so this -- and solid Google Play integration for Books, Movies, and Music -- are welcome improvements.
Also welcome is Google's decision to expand everybody's Google Drive to 100GB when it detects a Chromebook associated with your account. The $250 price for the latest Samsung Chromebooks is nearly worth it for that upgrade alone.
The Chrome OS has a usable file-browsing system, accessible via Control-M or under the Tools submenu of the Options wrench. When you take a screenshot using the Ctrl-Next Window button, for example, you'll find it saved locally via the File Browser. It now supports a wide range of popular file formats, including PDF, PPT, DOC, ZIP, XLS and RAR, and the newer Microsoft proprietary versions of those formats like PPTX.
Famously, Google has killed the Caps Lock key and replaced it with a dedicated Search key. Tap it and a new tab will open, with the cursor ready in the location bar. What's less well-known is that you can remap the Search key to Caps Lock, and that Google makes it easy to do through the Settings menu under System, then Modifier keys. Here you can modify the bindings of the Control and Alt keys as well. But also missing is a dedicated Delete key to remove characters to the right of the cursor.
The default settings for the hot keys are among the best things about the Chrome OS. Hold down Ctrl and Alt with the question mark key to bring up a color-coded map of combinations that you can use. The map and colors change depending on which key -- Shift, Control, or Alt -- you're pressing.
Google is to be commended for building an operating system that goes from sleep to fully functional in what feels like a second. There's simply no lag time, and the updates have fixed previous lagginess in logging in and out. Your Chromebook or Chromebox may just be the fastest PC you've used when it comes to booting, shutting down, and logging in and out.
Two other low-profile but well-executed features in Chrome are autoupdating and translation. Chrome automatically updates when a new version comes out. This makes it harder to revert back to an older version, but it's highly unlikely that you'll want to downgrade this build of Chrome since this is the stable build and not the beta or developer's version. You can toggle the build among the three under About Chrome. The second feature, automatic translation of Web pages, is available to other browsers as a Google add-on, but because it comes from Google, it's baked directly into Chrome.
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Already mentioned a little bit, the biggest OS hang-up in the operating system is offline support despite the improvements. Chrome OS will support the core Google apps of Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs offline, but for most of your other apps, you'll be left in the dark. That might not be an issue on the Chromebox, Google's answer to the Mac Mini, but for the portable Chromebooks, prepare for a severely hamstrung experience. Anyone outside of the cloud crowd likely won't be comfortable with it.
You can print with Google Cloud Print, accessible via the common printing hot-key combo of Control-P. Google has anticipated the problems that still plague cloud printing, and so it offers instructions on how to do it. Still, most people will probably find the process way too fiddly because what's simple to print off a basic Windows 7 Netbook will take effort to set up properly from a Chromebook. Cloud Print does now come with access to FedEx stores in the United States, which is a nice improvement for remote printing.
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Google says that security will not be a big concern in Chrome OS and that it's the most secure operating system ever shipped. There are some toggles via about:flags and the Settings menu that will allow you to restrict content that requires plug-ins. Cookies, image management, JavaScript, plug-ins, pop-ups, location information, and notifications can be adjusted from the Content Settings button. This includes toggling specific plug-ins, such as the built-in Adobe Flash plug-in and the Chrome PDF reader.
Google is basing most of its claim of a secure operating system on a new feature in Chrome OS called 'verified boot.' Chrome OS will check its own integrity when booting, and if it detects any changes, it will allow you to restore a last-known good configuration.
Performance
The following benchmarks are of the original version of the Chrome OS that shipped on the Cr-48. There have been significant improvements since then, and CNET will update the results below as soon as possible.
The following benchmarks are of the original version of the Chrome OS that shipped on the Cr-48. There have been significant improvements since then, and CNET will update the results below as soon as possible.
Benchmarking the first beta of the Chrome OS proved to be a bit tricky. It's hard to measure the impact of various essential programs, such as a productivity suite or media player, on the operating system because they exist largely in the cloud. However, because the operating system is also the browser, we were able to run browser benchmark tests against it and compare them against the same version of Google Chrome, but running on a Windows 7 laptop.
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These tests are admittedly not a direct apples-with-apples comparison. Google has not yet released the specifications of the Cr-48, saying only that it's running an Intel Atom processor. The Windows 7 x86 laptop we used is a high-powered Lenovo T400 laptop, running on an Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 at 2.53GHz, with 3GB of RAM. However, they do provide a snapshot of what the Cr-48 with Chrome OS is capable of at this time, and we can expect these numbers to improve as Google continues to upgrade both the Chrome OS and Chrome browser. The two laptops were running nearly identical versions of the Chrome browser. Tested in December 2010, the Cr-48 was running Chrome v8.0.552.341, whereas the Lenovo was running Chrome v8.0.552.215. (By comparison, the version of Chrome OS available in early June 2012 is 12.0.742.77.)
What we can see from these tests is that the hardware will have a massive impact on the performance of both the browser and the operating system. This isn't news, but the fact that the Cr-48's version of the Chrome browser was so dramatically affected in all three tests tells us that what hardware future computer makers choose to support Chrome OS on will almost definitely change how well the public receives it.
We were also a bit surprised that the full cold-boot and log-on procedure, not counting the time it took to type in the log-on password, averaged to nearly 30 seconds. Some Windows 7 computers have, anecdotally, been found to boot up cold in similar times. As mentioned earlier, this time had been cut in half by early June 2011.
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Of course, the real time-saving feature of the Chrome OS is the resume from wake, which is practically instantaneous. As long as the computer isn't shut down, it will wake extremely quickly.
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Conclusion
Although Chrome OS does update regularly, the current iteration is more usable than where the operating system was even six months ago. The quirkiness of a PC without the traditional touches of a PC desktop have been replaced by something recognizable and usable. As long as Google continues to support the project, Chrome OS will keep improving. One day, and perhaps sooner rather than later, it might even be ready for all.
Although Chrome OS does update regularly, the current iteration is more usable than where the operating system was even six months ago. The quirkiness of a PC without the traditional touches of a PC desktop have been replaced by something recognizable and usable. As long as Google continues to support the project, Chrome OS will keep improving. One day, and perhaps sooner rather than later, it might even be ready for all.