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On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 20:53 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > On 08/07/11 19:39, Simon Waters wrote: > > On 08/07/11 17:06, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Anyone using chrome OS, I now have it installed at the lighthouse on > >> one of the computers (shuttle pc + 512 mb ram) it seems to work quite well. > >> > >> looks like it is actually based on suse as its built with SuSe Studio. > >> IIRC this is RPM based and using YaST for management of software etc > > Google Chrome OS is a Gentoo derived distro using Portage > > > > You can't install it on general purpose hardware, you can only install > > Chromium OS, which lacks the auto-updating, and what I regard as the > > other key selling points of Chromium OS. > > > > Don't know what you have there, but it doesn't sound like Google's > > Chrome OS. > > > > > > > > > ok i just went to the getchrome.eu site and downloaded an iso > > > http://getchrome.eu/ > > ok either way its faster then ubuntu > > paul > > > > > -- > Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) > http://www.zleap.net > > > 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day > > > Anyone care to explain this difference between Chrome OS (the one above isn't made by Google) and Chromium OS (the one made by Google)? I've played around with Chromium OS before. IIRC it was just a stripped down system "in the cloud" running the Chromium browser. Cheers Gibbs -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq