Google gave the world a first look at the Chrome OS. Chromium OS is so simple. The OS adds features such as a battery life indicator and window management. A big advantage to Chrome is that the cloud-based model has the potential for extremely fast computing, including a boot time as short as three seconds.
Linux based OS that will run on both x86 and ARM based systems. It is going to be based on the Chrome browser and will be initially targeted at low-powered netbooks, with support for higher end systems.
To Install Linux based Chrome OS you’ll need to use a virtual machine for Chrome OS. It can be run on almost any computer. Google announced the availability of the Chrome OS / Chromium OS.
Download the 200Mb torrent file which comes in the .BZ2 format from here and then extract in on your computer using programs like winrar. Once extracted the total setup file is a Chrome OS Image vmdk file of 712mb size. Next download Virtual Box based on your PC configuration which is a free software useful for running a virual machine on your computer. Install Virtual Box and read the following instructions to complete this process, because in this case we have to install two things, first the main Virtual Box software followed by the OS Software, so don’t think that once you have installed Virtual Box the job is done. Next you will be asked to register for a Sun Online Account since the Virtual Box is a service from Sun.
Next, once the installation is completed you will find a screen like the following one. Click on New > Next > and follow the On screen options. You will be asked to give a name for the Virtual Machine which you can give as Chrome OS. Next you will be asked to set how much RAM you would like to allot from your total physical RAM, though by default there would be a number given to you which you can proceed.
Next you will be asked to create a Virtual Hard Disk in which you have a option to create a new Hard Drive for booting up or else use existing Hard Drive. Now select the 2nd option and then click on the Home Folder option you find in it. You will get a new window on your screen called as Virtual Media Manager, in this click on the Add button. Next browse the file you had earlier downloaded from the torrents website and select it.
Next click on the Select button to proceed and then again recheck if you had selected the option of Use existing hard disk. Click on Next & Finish.
Next on the main screen you need to click on the Start Button which will start running the Chrome OS and it will take few seconds to a minutes time to start off.
Once the start button is clicked, you will find a Welcome Page as shown below.
In order to continue you need to login with your Google Account Logins ie your Gmail Account, as earlier mentioned try out with a temporary gmail account to be safe. Thats it you are now into the new Operating System by Google. We will write another article on how the OS looks from inside and what special features it offers you with. Since this is not a totally self bootable operating system you wont be able to find most features which you find in Windows or OSX.
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