Chrome OS currently is based off of Ubuntu karmic (development branch) according to the cat /etc/issue in this build, but that doesn't mean that google is actually using ubuntu, it means whoever packaged and built it is using ubuntu as a base, thus the nature of the beast, it can be built using a "platform" OS.
For those of you running Chrome OS, CRTL-ALT-T opens a terminal, found that out in their blog. -DK On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > What is google chrome OS based on? Did they make their own OS from scratch? > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm running it under VMWare Workstation... it's very bare... it's Chrome >> (Chromium) on a kernel basically, the interesting part is there's an option >> to actually change the default browser, it doesn't work yet obviously... >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> no >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Have you tried the VM? >>> > >>> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> I'm building in on my laptop, but running into a few snags... >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Topher Craig < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Anyone tried building Chromium OS yet now that it's open source? >>> >>> I'll probably be trying this soon, try to install it on a netbook, >>> also on a >>> >>> desktop with older hardware. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>> > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>> > -Roger Penrose >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > LinuxUsers mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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