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New Chromium Build from Dell Out

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News

In late November, the Linux support team over at Dell were one of the first folks to release a custom build of Chromium, set up with the Dell Mini line of netbooks in mind. Now, they have released a new version:

I have posted a new ChromiumOS for Mini10v.

DISCLAIMER: This image is totally UNSUPPORTED with no WARRANTY – USE
AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Updates in the Jan09 Image:
• Smaller!  188MB download now (compressed, I believe you can use a
4GB USB key now)
• Re-built off of latest git tree
• Added script to simplify installing the wl wireless driver – /etc/
install_wl.sh
• Seems to also work OK with the Mini 9 and Latitude 2100
•  “chronos” user password has been set to “dell” (no quotes)
• See the README-Jan09.txt for more details/instructions

Note that this image *requires* a wired connection for your initial
login. You must use a valid gmail account.

Current Issues:
• Still having delays in wifi connectivity for the Broadcom wifi
driver
• DNS name resolution is slow for the Broadcom wifi driver
• Touchscreen in the Latitude 2100 is not calibrated correctly
• Mini 10v touchpad is very twitchy

Regards,

Doug

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Tags: Chrome OS, Dell, Google, Latitude 2100, Mini 10v, Mini 9