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Tag Archives: chromeos
[How to] Convert Ubuntu into ChromeOS (kinda)
Whether the hype surrounding Google’s soon-to-launch ChromeBooks has left you wanting a piece of the action, or whether you’d just rather have a “quickboot” interface for Ubuntu that gets you on the web in seconds, the following ‘conversion’ guide may prove useful.
Download the default user avatars for Chrome OS
Do you use a ‘picture’ for your user account? Most don’t, but I find that it makes using Ubuntu a weeny bit more personable at log-in time.
Ubuntu ships with a healthy heap of choices, but if they don’t do it for you the following avatars, bound for Chrome OS and uncovered by the folks over at Chrome OS Story, just might.
Hands on with the CR-48
Well I’ve been spending the last couple hours getting acquainted with my CR-48, and it’s definitely been a fun experience.
I was extremely excited as I dug into the box with the cutesy illustration of a rocket powered mouse wheel to get at the computer.
Ubuntu, the Lion, the Cloud, and the Behemoth
Which direction are the four major players taking? Is the cloud really the next step? Was porridge the best choice for breakfast this morning?
Find out all this and more with Tyler’s exciting editorial after the jump.
Ubuntu running on a Chrome CR-48 notebook [video]
Ubuntu. On a Google CR-48.
Get Chromium on Ubuntu To Play mp4, H.264, MP3 & view PDF files natively
Google ChromeOS will do many wonderful things – the free and open-source version ‘Chromium OS’ sadly won’t. Many of these ‘features’ can, given the nature of what Chrome/iumOS is, be enabled easily in both – including in the current browser versions of Chrome/ium. Mp3 playback Wondering whether ChromeOS will be able to play back music [...]
Google Chrome OS enters Beta
Those rumours of a Google branded Chrome OS toting netbook launching last this month are beginning to look a touch more credible with our friends over at Chrome Story noting that the OS has entered Beta. Circumstantial evidence rather than solid, but it’s nice to finally see some visible traction on the ChromeOS development cycle.
Download and use the new Chrome OS fonts in Ubuntu
Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS ships with a new default font set that provides near-identical replacements for commonly used Microsoft fonts online. Replacing the previously used ‘Liberation’ font set are ‘Tinos’ – a Serif font akin to Times new Roman; ‘Arimo’ – a sans-serif font similar to Arial and, for fixed-width usage, Chrome OS uses ‘Cousine’ [...]
Get The ChromeOS Application Menu In Ubuntu [Working Again]
Google ChromeOS has the ‘application menu’ in the browser: – You can, actually, get this in Google Chrome or Chromium. First you need to edit the command you start Chrome/ium with. Right click the menu in the top left hand corner. CHoose ‘edit menus’. Find your Chrome/ium launcher in the ‘Internet’ side pane. Click it [...]
Want to build ChromeOS? Google says you’ll need Ubuntu!
The open-source version of ChromeOS is now available, and those interested in building it can only do so using a familiar OS to most of us… Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk
Canonical ‘contracting engineering’ to Google
Canonical (the commercial funder/creator of Ubuntu) are contributing ‘engineering’ to Google (for ChromeOS, presumably) under contract. The official statement posted on the Canonical blog reads as follows. Congratulations to Google on the open sourcing of Google Chrome OS When Chrome OS was announced in June we saw this as a positive development, bringing choice to [...]
See The ChromeOS Interface In More Detail [video]
Google have just posted a UI concept video of ChromeOS and it has to be said that there are very few differences between this and the product we saw today (which is not a finished product), so this video fills in the gaps and shows up the direction Google aim to take ChromeOS in. Article [...]
OMG! CHROMEOS LIVE BLOG!
Google will, today, be showing off their initial version of Google Chrome OS. Here we inform you, live, of the updates and revelations regarding one of the most highly anticipated operating systems this millenium decade. — 18.02: People are late, event will begin in a few minutes.. 18:04: A slide on screen! 18:06: There will [...]