Hackers Dual-Boot Chrome OS With Ubuntu Linux on CR-48

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 16, 2010 @12:09PM from the this-sounds-delicious dept.

jbrodkin writes "Google's Chrome OS makes Web surfing an incredibly pleasant and secure experience, but most of the knocks against it relate to what it can't do — namely, nearly everything traditional desktop operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux can. The easiest solution might be dual-booting, allowing users to choose either Chrome OS or a Linux distro at startup. Google's Chromium project site is now hosting instructions for booting Ubuntu Linux alongside Chrome OS. The process is cumbersome but indicates that dual-booting Chrome OS should be possible — and hopefully a bit simpler — once Google releases commercially available netbooks in mid-2011."

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Re:This is hacking now? by pitchpipe · 2010-12-16 12:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

ChromeOS: because saying WeKnowEveryThingYouAreDoingOS is just a little too cumbersome.

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