Topic: chromeos

Tyler is Getting a Chrome OS Cr-48!

Guess what Tyler is getting for Christmas?

12 December 2010
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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 – […]

21 November 2010
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Download the default ChromeOS wallpaper and view the default screensaver

Who wants a bit of ChromeOS default art to brighten their day? You? Click on in.

18 November 2010
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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 […]

3 November 2010
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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 […]

25 September 2010
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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 […]

29 November 2009
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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

19 November 2009
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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 […]

19 November 2009
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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 […]

19 November 2009
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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. […]

19 November 2009
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ChromeOS To Be Demoed In 2 Days Time…

It’s a slow news day and this is mildly exciting so here’s the deal: Google ChromeOS will be “demoed” in 2 days time. This is, once again, according to TechCrunch. Although now retreating on their […]

17 November 2009
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Google ChromeOS To Become Available Next Week (Apparently!)

TechCrunch are reporting that ChromeOS could be launched within a week – albeit for a limited set of devices (mainly netbooks). This isn’t a crazy supposition given Google themselves had announced plans for an early version to […]

13 November 2009
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The Face Of Google ChromeOS?

Following my earlier post that Google Chrome OS will be Debian based (just like Ubuntu – tangible link ahoy!) I thought I’d take a peek at the available build of Google Chrome for Google Chrome […]

13 October 2009
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ChromeOS to be based on Debian

It’s already well known that Google HQ use a custom version of Ubuntu as one of their OSes, and it seems that Google’s forthcoming Chrome Operating System will be no different – running atop a […]

13 October 2009