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Dec 02, 2009

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The Human's Guide to Running Google Chrome OS - Google - Lifehacker

"Two weeks ago Google released the source code of their upcoming Chrome OS operating system, and thanks to some fast and hard-working developers, you don't have to be a coder to try it out.

While Google's official word is that you have to build Chromium OS from source to try it out on your computer, several developers have released installable builds that save you the trouble. Let's take a look at how to take Chromium OS out for a spin without typing make or build." via lifehacker.com

I have been interested in Chrome OS for quite a while. Every time I find a new article about it, I will read it and bookmark it if has something new that I didn't know about. I haven't had the chance to test it out since I am not software coder, but lucky for us normal people that like playing with new toys and other techno things, sever developers went out and did it for us. Please Lifehacker -The Human's Guide to Running Google Chrome OS - Google.

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Milan Svec says...

Dec 02, 2009

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Google Chrome OS story 4

English Google (lightly corrected) translation see below

Na obrazku:

obsah adresare chrome://filebrowse/home/chronos/../../../media s pripojenymi externimi disky.

Overeno. Google Chrome OS ovlada jakekoliv externi vymenitelne pameti, ke kterym ma pristup pres USB.

Soucasne jsem v ramci testu pripojil do rozbocovace (hub) 4 ruzne externi pameti.

4GB flash memory Pretec

16 GB Turbo SDHC card A DATA v Itec USB ctecce (removable card reader)

Sony Ericsson K790i vnitrni pamet (internal memory)

1 GB Olympus xD card v Olympus SP550UZ foto kamere

Chrome OS vsechno bez potizi okamzite prijmul a ukazoval v oknech Content Browser.

Nezavisle se obsah vnitrnich i vnejsich pameti zjisti i takto.

Staci kdykoliv do adresniho radku zadat

chrome://filebrowse/

pak podle nalady home/ pripadne jeste chronos/ a hlavne media/ obsahujici adresare pro externi pameti a jejich soubory.

Prohlizet lze obema smery.

Kamkoliv lze ukladat, odkudkoliv lze soubory vybirat.

Pro priklad jsem obsah sejmuteho displeje ulozil na flashku a z ni jsem ho vlozil do Gmailu k tomuto textu.

Zajima mne jeste pripojeni nejakeho vetsiho externiho USB hard disku. Bude i to.

Pro pripomenuti - porad se pohybujeme na netbooku za par korun, s uplne prvni verzi systemu uverejneneho pred deseti dny, umisteneho zdarma na USB karte a s zadnymi instalovanymi programy.

Z Chrome OS na ASUS Eee 701 - Milan Svec

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In the picture:

directory for chrome: / / filebrowse / home / Chronos / .. / .. / .. / media with connected external drives.

Verified. Google Chrome OS manages any external removable memory accessible via USB.

At the same time I‘ve connected 4 different external memories into the hub.

4 gigabytes flash memory Pretec, Turbo 16 gigabyte SDHC card A DATA in an Itec USB removable card reader, Sony Ericsson K790i internal memory and 1 gigabyte Olympus xD card in Olympus SP550UZ camera

Chrome OS has taken everything immediately and showed in separate Content Browser windows.

You can get contents of internal and external memory another way too. All you need is enter in the address bar:

chrome: / / filebrowse /

then go to home/ then to chronos/ and then to the media /

The last is the directory containing the external memories and their files.

You can browse them in both ways. Wherever you can store your files or take them from anywhere.

For example, I’ve saved the captured display content to the flash Pretec memory and then inserted it to this text into Gmail from that memory.

Now I'm interested in connecting a larger external USB hard drive. We’ll see soon.

To recap – we’re still talking about a very cheap netbook with the very first version of a new, ten days ago published OS, placed free on a USB card and without any installed programs.

From Chrome OS on ASUS Eee 701 - Milan Svec

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Dec 02, 2009

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Google Chrome OS Story 3

Alien.

Mobil Sony Ericsson K790i, USB kabel, netbook ASUS Eee 701 a Chrome OS se maji radi.

Jen tak mne napadlo, zkusit k ASUSu (porad Eee 701 a porad jeste jenom s 512 MB RAM, 2GB uz budou brzy) pripojit neco do USB.

Nahodne jsem zacal s mobilem Sony Ericsson (K790i).

Jake bylo moje prekvapeni, kdyz po par vterinach od potvrzeni (prenos souboru) na menu mobilu se v pravem dolnim rohu na displeji ASUSu objevilo okno "Content Browser" a v nem adresar mobilu!!!

Zadny driver, zadny extra SW, jenom Chrome OS na SD karte.

Zavetril jsem a hned jsem mel soubory na pametove karte mobilu pred sebou.

Neuveritelne.

Cvicne jsem otevrel posledni fotku a hned byla na displeji ASUSu.

Pak uz bylo jenom otazkou chvilky ulozit ji do (systemem uz pripraveneho) adresare Download, poslat ji na web do Google Picasa, tam ji otocit na vysku a pripojit ji k tomuhle textu.

Jasne, hned jem testoval dal.

QTEK 8310 to zatim nevzalo.

(Vzpomnel jsem si proc. Musel bych ozivit prislusny program pro nabizeni obsahu pameti do USB vystupu, ktery tam ted nemam.)

Digitalni fotokameru Olympus SP550UZ a jeji kartu prijmul Chrome OS hned.

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Nov 30, 2009

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Google Chrome OS story 2

Tak Google Chrome OS chodi jeste lepe, nez jsem cekal.

Zadny instalovany software, minimalni hardware a dela to, co potreba. Tech 512 MB RAM pri vic otevrenych zalozkach ale nebude stacit. Dalsi nutny krok proto bude predelat RAM na 2GB.

Z Chrome OS na webu pisu a ukladam (Google Docs), posilam (z Gmail do Posterous), prohlizim a stahuju (Chrome browser), rozesilam (Posterous, Facebook, Twitter) a komunikuju (Facebook, Twitter). O hesla se stara taky z webu zabezpecene LastPass. Zacina to byt zajimave.

Zpatky na start.

Jak dostat Chrome OS bezpecne do netbooku.

Po experimentech s virtualnimi disky jsem presel k jeho umisteni nejprve na USB flash memory a nyni uz vyhradne na SDHC card (Kingston), ktera nikde neprekazi. Obe pameti potrebuji pro zacatek 4GB (mensi nestaci) a musi byt prazdne. Neni nutne ani formatovat, staci smazat puvodni obsah.

Navod pro instalaci systemu je napr. tady:

http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/tips/Chromium-OS-on-ASUS-eee-PC-via-USB-in-three-easy-steps/

Par poznamek.

Pro prvni prihlaseni do systemu je nutne mit uz predem svuj Gmail ucet (= emailovou adresu: cokoliv@gmail.com).

Pro instalaci na SD kartu je uzitecna jakakoliv lacina USB ctecka. SW pro nahrani na kartu nebo flashku je WinImage (verze 8.50). Stazeny a rozbaleny soubor s Chrome OS ma priponu vmdk. Je potreba opravdu jenom zvolit "Restore Virtual Disk Image on physical drive", potvrdit pismeno, pod kterym je karta (flashka) a pak potvrdit soubor vmdk s OS. WinImage se postara a po par minutach je Chrome na karte.

Karta se vlozi na sve misto do netbooku. Na netbooku musi byt predem zapnute WiFi a netbook musi byt pripojeny sitovym kabelem do ADSL modemu. Jine varianty spojeni na internet (GPRS, BT) jsem nezkousel.

Pred prvnim spustenim systemu je potreba pripravit BIOS netbooku na to, ze system se bude cist z karty.

Po zapnuti netbooku start tlacitkem je potreba stihnout prislusnou klavesou (tady F2) spustit BIOS. Tam se v BOOT SETUP UTILITY nastavi jako prvni Hard Disk Drive pro bootovani ctecka karet (USB Card Reader), totez i pro BOOT DEVICE PRIORITY. F10 zajisti ulozeni .

System se nacte z karty, po 23 vterinach si rekne o jmeno a heslo. Jako jmeno staci psat jen text pred @, system po Enter doplni @gmail. Po Enter po vlozeni hesla (stejne jako pro ucet Gmail) je po par vterinach hlavni nabidka systemu na displeji.

Ted se jeste na druhe ikone vpravo nahore musi zapnout WiFi, vybrat misto pripojeni a zadat potrebne heslo pro WiFi pristup. Pak uz staci odpojit ze sitove zasuvky kabel k modemu a odebrat se do oblibeneho kresla. Netbook za par tisic, system a software (vcetne neustaleho zalohovani napsaneho textu ) zdarma a vsechno po ruce.

Uz se tesim na dalsi verze. Doufam, ze budou porad takhle jednoduche a rychle.

Z Google Chrome OS na ASUS Eee 701 zdravi Milan Svec.

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Nov 30, 2009

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Chrome OS story Nr. 1

Tohle, co pisu, uz vznika na Google Chrome OS. Online, na internetu, pres WiFi spojene do ADSL, na Google dokumentech.

OS Chrome mam instalovany na SDHC 4GB karte. Ta karta je zasunuta v netbooku ASUS Eee 701 s minimalni nerozsirenou RAM 512 MB.

Na siti jsem po pul minute od zapnuti ASUSu (23 vterin do otevreni, pak jmeno a heslo).

Z ASUSu nic necouha, tudiz zadna USB flashka tu neprekazi. Pisu vleze v kresle, ASUS na kolenou a snazim se zvyknout si na anglickou klavesnici.

Takze pro zacatek. Chrome OS chodi a da se zkouset i v tom minimu, ktere je k dispozici.

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Nov 24, 2009

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Google Chrome OS. In a Nutshell.

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"Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. (...) Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems."

This will basically make the desktop obsolete. Sounds great.

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Nov 23, 2009

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What is Google Chrome OS?

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Nov 20, 2009

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All about Google Chrome OS

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Nov 20, 2009

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Running Google Chrome OS from gdgt.com's virtual image

First off you will need VMware Player for Windows, VMware Fusion for
MAC or virtualBox in order to use gdgt.com's virtual image which you
can get here: http://bit.ly/2id0vH

So here is what I did to setup my VM. Keep in mind these steps are for
VMware Workstation 6.5.

1) I Created a new VM
2) Selected Custom
3) Hardware Capability Workstation 6.5
4) I will install the operating system later
5) Linux
6) Other Linux 2.6.x kernel
7) Called it Google Chrome OS
8) Gave it two processors
9) 1024 MB ram
10) Selected bridge networking
11) SCSI Adapter: LSI Logic
12) Use Existing Virtual Disk
13) Browsed to the vmdk file
14) I opted to convert it to Workstation 6.5
15) Checked Power on this virtual machine after creation
16) Clicked Finish
17) First login attempt failed
18) Changed the VM Ware network adapter settings and checked Replicate
physical network connection state
19) rebooted
20) Logged in just fine
21) Pressed CTRL+ALT+T to open a terminal window
22) typed in xrandr -s 1280x720, hit enter to change my screen resolution (command references): http://bit.ly/6t93cH
23) typed exit

Everything is working good (so far)!

My System specs:

Shuttle SG31G2
Intel 2.4GHz C2Q Q6600 8MB 775 Quad Core Processor
4GB DDR2 800 PC-6400 Dual Channel 240-Pin Memory
Windows XP SP3

While you are in the terminal window you can run the following to shutdown or reboot the machine.

sudo /sbin/shutdown -P now
or
sudo /sbin/reboot -f
the password is: chronos

Click here to download:

Running_Google_Chrome_OS_form_.zip (187 KB)

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Nov 20, 2009

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Do we really need a New OS?

Â I am currently preparing a short post on interoperability but decided to make a diversion today following the release of details regarding Google's new operating system, Chrome OS. Basically, the question in the title says it all, do we need a new OS? We already have Windows (in its various flavours) which is widely used in schools across the country. We also have MAC OS, which has recently been updated and there are the various distibutions of Linux. Add to these the multitude of operating systems for mobile phones and handheld devices (iphone, Windows Mobile, Android...) and you can see that there are a whole welter of operating systems out there being used and most are incompatible with each other. So do we really need another OS? Â