Chrome OS is an operating system designed primarily for running web applications.
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Chromium OS on an EEPROM
I have a HP Mini that runs Splashtop OS as an instant-on OS and Windows 7 as the main OS. I've updated Splashtop through Windows 7 before, so I know it runs on an EEPROM or some other sort of flash ...
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ChromeOS CLI terminal app?
I assume ChromeOS has a CLI terminal application. Does it open up in a browser tab, or is it an independent window? Does anyone have any screenshots handy?
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Experimenting with Virtualization
I want to try Google OS. For that purpose I am planning to install virtualization software. I have the option to use VMWare Palyer or VirtualBox. I am absolute beginner, and even though I understand ...
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In the chromebook era, should I fear keyloggers?
Suppose we go to a cyber cafe that uses chromebooks. Since the OS is designed to make difficult to install software keyloggers (by tampering the OS), and it is also difficult to instal hardware ...
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Where can I find a Google Chrome OS ISO image?
Where can I get a Google Chrome OS .ISO file? I know I could install ubuntu and build from source but I don't want to do that. Are there any ISO's available?
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Does Office 365 work properly on Ubuntu & Chrome OS?
And so maybe I can finally get rid of Windows in our office.
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How do you determine the MAC address on a CR-48?
You get a CR-48 in the mail. You want to use it but the wireless network only allows access to specified MAC addresses. How do you determine the MAC address?
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ChromeOS: kill a hung ssh session
I have a hung crosh terminal. I was in a ssh session and the wireless connection dropped. The screen froze. Normally, I open an other one, ssh into the remote machine again, and kill the sshd, and ...
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How do I paste into the “crosh” terminal in a Chromebook?
I pressed Ctrl + Alt + t while having Chrome open to open a terminal in my Chromebook. How do I paste content into this terminal copied from another tab in Chrome?
I have tried Ctrl + v to no avail. ...
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Replacement AC adapter for my CR-48?
I managed to lose the AC adapter on my Google CR-48. Yeah, already, I know. I have a couple more places to check, but does anyone know where I could find a compatible AC adapter?
19.5v 2.0a is not ...
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Chromebook offline activities
I read something about the announcement of Chromebook from Google and it seems that is heavily cloud-based OS, but I didn't understood if it works also offline.
Which activities can be done without ...
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How can I drag the browser window under Chrome OS back on-screen?
I am running Chrome OS in a virtual machine. For some reason, the browser has gone to the bottom right corner and there is no way I can drag it back. Because of this problem, the whole user account ...
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What are the differences between ChromeOS and Jolicloud?
Jolicloud seems to be the first Cloud OS.
How does it compare to Chrome OS? What's the difference between them? Just mixed local/cloud vs absolutely cloud?
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where could I download the latest build of chrome os
Because when I search it on google. I only see the gdgt website with a download link for the first chrome os that has been release. Do you know where I can download a modified version of chrome os?
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How to mount a .img as a hard drive?
I'm trying to install ChromiumOS from the Vanilla build. To install to hard drive, it is recommended to just dd it to a flash drive and copy the files from the finished flash drive to identical ...
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Cannot format my USB Flash Drive after installing Vanilla Chrome OS
I recently installed Chromium OS (Hexxeh's vanilla build) on my 16 GB flash drive.
Later on, when I tried to format it, it was showing a total space of 1 GB. I tried deleting partitions in disk ...
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Automatically lock screen of Chromebook when lid is closed
Can a Chromebook be configured to automatically lock the screen when I close the lid?
There is a discussion in If someone steals my chromebook while it's off, will him be able to see my cached data? ...
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Structure of Chromium OS
I have used Chromium OS built distributed by hexxeh (weird hobby of mine). On Friday I gave a presentation (classroom activity, not some big seminar) in college on "Changing trends in Operating System ...
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Can't find the Google Chrome User Data Directory in Mac OS X 10.7.4 Lion
I need to increase the font in my Inspect Element window in Chrome.
I found a tutorial on how to do it: http://k20e.com/blog/2011/08/18/how-to-set-the-chrome-console-font/.
According to the Chrome ...
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ChromeOS tabs refresh everytime they are opened
If I have two or more tabs open, the tab will refresh every single time that I switch between them, even if I had it open 5 seconds ago. Any ideas on how to stop this?
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Configure VirtualBox to connect to Internet through proxy
I'm currently trying to run Chrome OS in VirtualBox 3.0.1. Windows XP Pro is the host system.
The actual behavior is Chrome OS starts up fine, reaches the login screen.
Once so, when trying to log ...
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How to enable Virtualization Technology in Samsung Chromebox
I need to enable Virtualization Technology (VT) in my Samsung Chromebox (Series 5) from Google IO 2012 because of Android x86 emulator from Intel. I am on Developer BIOS, but I have no clue, how to ...
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What filesystems would Google Chrome OS work with?
When Google releases their Chrome OS, my first prerequisite would be to work with my current files. What filesystems would it work with? (have read-write access). Would it support Windows partitions? ...
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Which Linux distribution is Google Chrome OS based on?
I'm interested to know which Linux distribution the upcoming Google Chrome operating system will be based on. Does anyone know?
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How to play mkv files on ChromeOS?
How can I play MKV files on ChromeOS?
I have a lot of videos in MKV format on my local network available over NFS/SMB? How can I get them to play, without transcoding, on a ChromeOS machine?
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How will Chrome OS provide music?
I don't have many desktop apps installed; one of the few I have is Spotify.
How will Chrome OS provide music for its users?
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Setup Chrome OS (Hexxeh) in VMWare Player without network
I downloaded Chrome OS Vanilla in vmx format. When I run Chrome OS in VMWare , on chrome the startup screen the third option is for setting up the network since my virtual machine is not connected to ...
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Chromium OS partitions won't appear on GParted
I dual boot Chromium OS with Windows 7 on an Asus U36 PC. To do this I simply installed a Chromium OS build from chromeos.hexxeh.net into a USB, then I copied C-STATE and C-ROOT to my hard drive, ...
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USB bootable of Chromium OS
Anyone has a USB bootable of Chromium OS? When do you think it would be released? Does anyone have a review about it already?
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Running Python from a USB stick on Chrome OS
I have been thinking about running using Python on my chrome book. Is it possible to run Python form a USB key on my Chromebook?
If so what would the steps be?
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Install Chromium OS to SECOND internal drive on EEE 901?
I am trying to install the Chromium OS on an EEE PC 901, and I have succeeded in using Image Writer for Windows 0.2r23 to copy the IMG file to an SDHC card.
Since the OS speed is limited by slow card ...
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How I can try Google Chrome OS?
I currently have a Windows Server 2008 R2 on my computer.
I want to try Chrome OS. Can I install it offline?
The last time I tried to install it but it doesn't work for me because I use Broadband ...
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Compile C/C++ on Chrome OS
with the release of the newest Chromebook and Chromebox (where the latter is an interesting choice for a family PC for people who don't need apps like photoshop etc.), I wanted to check out a ...
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Change resolution with Chrome_OS VMware Appliance?
I just downloaded the VMWare appliance for Chrome OS.i686-0.4.223. There seems to be no way to change the screen resolution from 800x600. VMWare tells me that the VMWare Tools are out of date.
I ...
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Chrome OS is not loading on an Inspiron B130
When attempting to load Chrome OS from a USB stick on my Inspiron B130 the Chromium logo comes up and then disappears to a black screen. After pressing Alt-Right I can login to the terminal and ...
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What CR-48 firmware lets you install Linux?
This would be to remove Chrome OS and replace it with Ubuntu. Right now I am dual booting, but it uses CRos Kernel.
Luigi seems to no longer be around.
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Reboot Chrome OS running in VMWare
Downloaded the Chrome OS VmWare image today and was taking it for a test drive. I don't know how to shutdown or issue a reboot for this OS. Anyway to drop to a terminal window in Chrome OS?
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Remove key from known_hosts file in ChromeOS
With the very limited ChromeOS crosh shell, how do I remove a host key from my known_hosts file in ChromeOS.
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What parts of Ubuntu are left in ChromeOS?
I read that ChromeOS was built on the Ubuntu kernel. So how much of the Ubuntu is left? Is X still available? What about a package manager?
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If someone steals my chromebook while it's off, will him be able to see my cached data?
Does Chrome OS encrypts everything under my account? Does it save unencrypted data to the disk?
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Keyboard Selection in Chrome OS
I'm using the chromebook from acer, the C7, which I bought here in Holland. Ever since I'm on Web Applications or on Super User with the chromebook, I'm having trouble writing short cuts like:I'm or ...
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Is it possible to get Skype video calls working in Chrome OS?
Is it possible to get Skype video calls working in Chrome OS?
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How to burn .img linux file to DVD?
I would like to install Chrome os ( vanilla http://chromeos.hexxeh.net ) on my old Toshiba laptop. I tried to burn the .img file to my USB. But My toshiba doesn't have any USB option in Startup Bios. ...
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What is the difference between Chromium OS Lime and Vanilla Builds?
AFAIK, Hexxeh is the only public, stable build server for Chromium OS, but he offers two builds, Vanilla and Lime.
The only explanation for this duality that I can find on his site is that Lime ...
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How do you masquerade a hard drive partition as a removable disk?
I am trying to install Chromium OS on my Windows computer as a secondary OS. I have already used Chrome OS on a live USB before by using Win32DiskImager which writes an image to a removable device.
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how to create VMDK file in Virtualbox for adding USB as a new OS?
I have a USB who have a OS inside on them. now i want to create VMDK file to use them in virtualbox.
i read many article but never found that how i can use them. in a article i found the way that:-
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How to install chrome os flow in virtual box
I tried installing chrome os flow which I got from here: http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/
Into the virtual box.
First, I extracted the tar.gz file and added an existing hard disk to the virtual box and ...
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Will the OLPC XO-1 be able to run Chrome OS?
Maybe too early for a definitive answer, but since Chrome OS is open source now, somebody might have an idea of minimum hardware requirements.
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Google chrome constantly refreshes every second to home page
Google chrome keeps refreshing the page to Google.com (my home page). Even when I get a chance to go to a different site before it restarts it will redirect me from the new page back to the home ...
