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Where to Download Chrome OS
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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This post is based off of the “Download Chrome OS” link that is on the top of this page. I thought that it would be useful to add it to the blog as well. If there is anything I’ve left out, let me know. I keep the page updated as things change.
At this point, there are already several different flavors of Chrome OS available. It all depends on what kind of system you plan on installing it on, and we can give you a run down on what you need to know.
Chromium
Google’s open source project for all things Chrome is called Chromium. It is from here where the rest of these folks got the source code to build an image for the operating system that you can then put onto a computer. If you have Linux and a 64-bit machine you can do this yourself. Or you can download one of the following prepackaged builds.
Chrome OS Flow
UK Student Hexxeh has put together a nicely packaged build that is small, works with a good variety of machines and auto-updates. There is also a wiki that offers some good community contributions.
ChromeOS-Blog
Our partnership site ChromeOS-Blog has a release of Chrome OS that came out in April. Download info and instructions are available at the site.
Dell
Doug Anson of the Dell Linux team keeps putting out new builds of Chrome OS for the hardware specs of the Dell Mini series of netbooks. You can get his latest May build and readme from here.
64-bit Chrome OS
There is a version of Chrome OS that has been developed which supports 64-bit hardware called ChromiumOS64. You can download ChromiumOS64 here. Warning: this file is over a gigabyte.
64-Bit Chrome OS Build Released
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
I just discovered that there is a project that has gotten a build of Chrome OS in 64-bit off the ground. Called ChromiumOS64, it was developed because the largely 32-bit Intel Atom for netbook processors are the intention by Google for running Chrome OS. The author of ChromiumOS64, Teo En Ming, has also added Xen virtualization to ChromiumOS64 so you are capable of running a VM of whatever OS you want to on top of Chrome OS. Pretty cool idea.
There are instructions on how to use this build on Teo’s website, and they look pretty straightforward. There are even instructions on how to put the build on a USB drive. Too bad I don’t have 64 bit hardware, I would like to run Windows in a VM and use Chrome as well.
But it looks like ChromiumOS64 has been popular. The site was updated yesterday stating that the bandwidth limit has been reached from the hosting provider. Good thing there is a link to another copy. Warning: this file is over a gigabyte.
Do you think that Chrome OS should only be for netbooks? Or does running it with another more technically proficient OS sound tantalizing?
Comment and tell us what you think. Or you can join the conversation at the forum.
