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Post by alexham36 on Jun 2, 2016 13:12:50 GMT
I think the time has come to remove WinXP and try something else. Will Google Chrome OS work on ordinary PC? Has anyone tried it?
Thanks,
Alex
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Post by vikingken on Jun 2, 2016 13:33:27 GMT
Google Chrome is a web browser and not an operating system. It works with Windows and Linux, but not without an operating system of some sort.
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Post by merchant42 on Jun 2, 2016 17:26:04 GMT
Chrome OS
Chrome OS is an operating system designed by Google and based upon the Linux kernel. Google announced the project in July 2009, conceiving it as an operating system in which both applications and user data reside in the cloud: hence Chrome OS primarily runs web applications.
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Post by vikingken on Jun 2, 2016 18:34:41 GMT
Sorry about that, I Googled Chrome and got the usual crap about the browser. When I added OS I got a different load of crap. I think you would probably be better off by installing another lightweight Linux OS. Mikk would be the best one to advise on it, I have retired and I'm thinking of taking up full time dementia.
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Post by alexham36 on Jun 2, 2016 19:27:41 GMT
Thanks for that Merchant 42. I read a glowing report on Google Notebooks, hence the interest.
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Post by alexham36 on Jun 2, 2016 19:30:21 GMT
Sorry about that, I Googled Chrome and got the usual crap about the browser. When I added OS I got a different load of crap. I think you would probably be better off by installing another lightweight Linux OS. Mikk would be the best one to advise on it, I have retired and I'm thinking of taking up full time dementia. |
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Post by vikingken on Jun 3, 2016 0:15:59 GMT
I didn't actually mean a mini OS Alex, just one of the smaller less complicated ones. You dont have to go for the biggest one in the box, there are plenty of Linux to choose from and probably someone like Mikk could give you some choices. A lot depends on what you want to do with it. I love my Fire HD8, but I wouldn't want it for every day working computer. Everyone has a different agenda. |
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Post by mikkh on Jun 7, 2016 6:50:15 GMT
Google don't make it freely available, obviously they want to sell you the hardware too. But because both the browser and OS are based on the open source Chromium, you can get something similar www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/software/how-install-chromeos-on-old-laptop-3636672/Unless there's a way to get a pepper based flash working on this (like Chrome uses) it's already limited use is further handicapped by using the last official Adobe flash Linux release - which was years ago and won't work on a lot of sites. If you're looking for a project to keep you busy for a while, go for it - I wouldn't bother myself. Linux alternatives? Well you already use Puppy which is the logical choice for older hardware, but mainstream Linux ceased to be a 'lite' alternative to Windows a long time ago. It needs/uses just as many resources as Windows 7 to run fluidly and I'm struggling to think of a suitable mainstream Linux. Probably be a Debian clone like Parsix or Kali or a Slackware clone such as Vector or Zenwalk Don't worry about the forensic stuff in Kali, it's a full OS and you can ignore that (extra) part of it - get the light version www.kali.org/downloads/Others to try: vectorlinux.com/news/VectorLinux-Light-7.1-1I used this a lot when I had inferior hardware sourceforge.net/projects/antix-linux/files/Testing/antiX-16/Worth a look at |
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Post by alexham36 on Jun 8, 2016 16:36:39 GMT
Thanks for that Mikkh. I downloaded ChromeOS from chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk and used Win32 Image Writer to write it to a 32GB USB, but it would not boot. It got as far as "booting the kernel" and no further. I had to go into Puppy and use GParted to remove the partitions on the USB and recover it for other uses. What a waste of time, but it was an experience. What tempted me to try this was an article in "Which" about Chromebooks. I have been using GMail infrequently for a long time, but never looked at what was available beyond email. Now that I have looked, I think that practically all the "Apps" are available when I am in Gmail. They are OK, but not a patch on Puppy and PCLinuxOS - KDE is as good as Windows10. |
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