Chromium OS

[takumidesh]

Has anyone tried the new chrome os? i put it ona bootable jump drive and have it on my EEE right now, but i can't connect to my wifi, has anyone tried any hardware intense flash with it yet? for a completely cloud based OS i was wondering how well web apps will really work.

[j4ke002]

At 12/8/09 01:18 PM, takumidesh wrote: Has anyone tried the new chrome os? i put it ona bootable jump drive and have it on my EEE right now, but i can't connect to my wifi, has anyone tried any hardware intense flash with it yet? for a completely cloud based OS i was wondering how well web apps will really work.

Wow my head just started spinning faster than the warp drive in the thingimijig

[takumidesh]

At 12/8/09 01:19 PM, j4ke002 wrote:

Wow my head just started spinning faster than the warp drive in the thingimijig

lulwut?

[RiuTenshin]

Sounds like a new type of metal like diamondillium or diamoandium.

[takumidesh]

so it is safe to assume, that none of you have tried it yet?

[RiuTenshin]

At 12/8/09 01:25 PM, takumidesh wrote: so it is safe to assume, that none of you have tried it yet?

Nope. I've never even heard of it. Any links?

[takumidesh]

well it's in a kind of pre-beta right now, you have to compile the source yourself and you can only run it of a bootable device (usb key, bootable disc, external hardrive) so if your up for that then yeah ill give you a link.

[RiuTenshin]

At 12/8/09 01:35 PM, takumidesh wrote: well it's in a kind of pre-beta right now, you have to compile the source yourself and you can only run it of a bootable device (usb key, bootable disc, external hardrive) so if your up for that then yeah ill give you a link.

I have no knowledge whatsoever on compiling my own source. Thanks anyway.

[ArmouredGRIFFON]

Can you please just, post the link? Or do I have to google it?

[takumidesh]

At 12/8/09 03:17 PM, ArmouredGRIFFON wrote: Can you please just, post the link? Or do I have to google it?

i have found an image file for a pre compiled one im downloading now to make sure its legit then i will post the link

[Purplefunk]

It's a google based OS.

Here.

[takumidesh]

At 12/8/09 03:29 PM, Purplefunk wrote: It's a google based OS.

Here.

i know what it is, i have it on my EEE, im just looking for an image and not the source code and i have found it on gdgt
http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/downloa d/

[Purplefunk]

At 12/8/09 03:32 PM, takumidesh wrote:

At 12/8/09 03:29 PM, Purplefunk wrote: It's a google based OS.

Here.

i know what it is, i have it on my EEE, im just looking for an image and not the source code and i have found it on gdgt
http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/downloa d/

BITCH I WUZENT TALKIN TA YEW.

[takumidesh]

At 12/8/09 03:35 PM, Purplefunk wrote:

BITCH I WUZENT TALKIN TA YEW.

OK JEEZ..

[Peaceblossom]

At 12/8/09 03:29 PM, Purplefunk wrote: It's a google based OS.

Here.

That's possibly the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I'm excited, and I think I might try this out.

When I came here, I basically thought the topic-started was just fucking with us all, and being intentionally unhelpful for his own kicks. But for people who haven't found a link yet, I believe this site explains it. It should have the source code available, but I would think you need to be a power-user of sorts in order to figure this shit out.

This site contains design documents, architecture overviews, testing information, and more to help you learn to build and work with the Chromium source code.

[Sweeper128]

Pretty useless without the WiFi. Since the compiled version is based off Ubuntu, cab you open a terminal and poke about until you activate your WiFi?

[takumidesh]

At 12/8/09 03:38 PM, Peaceblossom wrote:

At 12/8/09 03:29 PM, Purplefunk wrote: It's a google based OS.

Here.

That's possibly the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I'm excited, and I think I might try this out.

When I came here, I basically thought the topic-started was just fucking with us all, and being intentionally unhelpful for his own kicks. But for people who haven't found a link yet, I believe this site explains it. It should have the source code available, but I would think you need to be a power-user of sorts in order to figure this shit out.

This site contains design documents, architecture overviews, testing information, and more to help you learn to build and work with the Chromium source code.

it is beautiful, i have it on my netbook and it runs amazing. you log on with your google acc, and everything is synced, no need to log into anything, it takes 4 seconds to boot up with an SSHD, and its uber quick once your doing stuff.

[ArmouredGRIFFON]

But can it play Empire Total War.

[Jinx-Studios]

Infotational imagry that is tasty for your brain.

COS sounds like it would be good for someone who just does media and the web, but it doesn't look like it'll carry on much more than that.

So, would I like to come live in Google's browser for the rest of my life?

NO.

I just don't see Flash becoming an internet application.

[gumOnShoe]

At 12/8/09 03:53 PM, ArmouredGRIFFON wrote: But can it play Empire Total War.

No, because not everything revolves around video games.

[Jon-86]

Google might be good and all that. But I prefer to be in control of my data. I will keep my information out of the cloud thank you very much. I just dont trust them blindly like most people do.

Also the "cloud" paradigm is best suited for services not operating systems. I don't think it will be practical until everyone has free high-speed internet access and why would all the big ISPs want to give up their income?

[ArmouredGRIFFON]

At 12/8/09 04:03 PM, gumOnShoe wrote:

At 12/8/09 03:53 PM, ArmouredGRIFFON wrote: But can it play Empire Total War.

No, because not everything revolves around video games.

Well I would like an OS which my wanting to play Empire Total War.

[Cred-Injuries]

Pfft, to me, Chromium OS is a load of Bollocks. So what if everything stays signed in with Google, you can just get Firefox to save all your passwords. You can't play (barely) any good games on it, not to mention all the data collecting Google will do. Sure it looks pretty and all, but Windows 7 is prettier. Heck, Ubuntu is probably better than Chromium OS

[nosemonster]

sounds like the troll of the future has a new toy to play with...

[HellboundNinja]

Sounds like way to much work considering I all ready have an OS that usually works(Vista). As much as iI dislike windows I do feel they got it pretty much right in terms of usable consumer based product. Even thought I gave up IE for FireFox its not a big deal cause Firefox is jsut a more user friendly version of IE to me. And from what ive seen anything in Beta is never user friendly...specially considering you cant even run it off your computer...you gotta use an external device.

[matrix5565]

I've been playing with it today and kind of cool, but it would be cooler if it didn't freeze every 15 minutes (or to be more specific, slow down to the point it's unusable - memory leak?). Also, it won't run well on my desktop because they don't support nVidia cards yet.

[JKMonkey]

how can they make an OS out of a metallic element?