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Preplexed  
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 More options Mar 13 2012, 12:23 pm
From: Preplexed <prepl...@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:23:43 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Mar 13 2012 12:23 pm
Subject: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop
I not sure if it help most people or just me

Chrome is ace browser and I use it on many machine with Linux.

Not to distract from the value of Linux has it brill, but could Chrome
not apply the same structure and allow folk to install the OS onto a
desk top as well as the browser as it is I use Chrome mostly these
days for my day to day stuff so would love to perhaps dual boot Linux
and Chrome

Any one else agree?


 
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Olof Johansson  
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 More options Mar 13 2012, 12:32 pm
From: Olof Johansson <ol...@chromium.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:32:17 -0700
Local: Tues, Mar 13 2012 12:32 pm
Subject: Re: [cros-discuss] Chrome dual boot or os on desktop
Hi,

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Preplexed <prepl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I not sure if it help most people or just me

> Chrome is ace browser and I use it on many machine with Linux.

> Not to distract from the value of Linux has it brill, but could Chrome
> not apply the same structure and allow folk to install the OS onto a
> desk top as well as the browser as it is I use Chrome mostly these
> days for my day to day stuff so would love to perhaps dual boot Linux
> and Chrome

> Any one else agree?

It sure could! Seems like an awesome feature.

Unfortunately no one is working on it right now, but if you feel
strongly about it why don't you have a go at implementing it yourself?
We're an open project and it's not hard to contribute changes.

-Olof


 
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DennisLfromGA  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 2:16 pm
From: DennisLfromGA <denny.lockh...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:16:17 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop
Well I may be misunderstanding the whole issue but I believe a dude by
the moniker of 'Hexxeh' has created Chromum builds for just this
purpose. You can take a look
 for yourself here - http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/lime.php .

On Mar 13, 12:23 pm, Preplexed <prepl...@googlemail.com> wrote:


 
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Steve Pirk  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 2:26 pm
From: Steve Pirk <pirks...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:26:33 -0700
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: [cros-discuss] Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop

I think Preplexed is talking about double clicking on a desktop icon and
launching ChromeOS, much like you would run a virtual machine.

Put a little bucket in a checkout line full of these usb sticks, and you
have lowered the entry point for people that are curious. A lot of people
are probably a bit leery about booting off of a usb stick. It is also not
as fast. Many old desktops I run into do not boot off of a usb disk.

Did I get that right Olaf?

-- steve <http://pirk.com>

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DennisLfromGA  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 3:21 pm
From: DennisLfromGA <denny.lockh...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:21:55 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop
In that line of thinking then it is possible.
I have a number of OS'es that run in VirtualBox on my Ubuntu 10.10
machine to include - Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8 Customer Preview,
and last but not least Chromium Vanilla. One could create a desktop
icon with a launcher that invoked 'VBoxManage startvm “ChromeOS"' or
whatever name they used for the vm.

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Steve Pirk  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 3:45 pm
From: Steve Pirk <pirks...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:45:49 -0700
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 3:45 pm
Subject: Re: [cros-discuss] Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop

Prebuilt vbox image. An even better idea, nice.
Ok, so which one of us is going to start working on it? ;-)

-- steve <http://pirk.com>

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DennisLfromGA  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 4:01 pm
From: DennisLfromGA <denny.lockh...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:01:58 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 4:01 pm
Subject: Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop
Actually 'Hexxeh' is way ahead of us on this one, which is what I was
alluding to in my first post. He has pre-built VirtualBox VDI files of
ChromiumOS Vanilla daily "bleeding edge" builds. There's a blog link
here http://goo.gl/Ct37V that speaks of them and the actual links are
on his page here http://goo.gl/UOQT .
Hope this helps...

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Steve Pirk  
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 More options Mar 14 2012, 5:32 pm
From: Steve Pirk <pirks...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:32:34 -0700
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 5:32 pm
Subject: Re: [cros-discuss] Re: Chrome dual boot or os on desktop

Wow, Hexxeh has been busy! I did not know the bleeding edge builds were
offed as vdi files. Shiny!

Thanks for the links. I might have to try it on a couple of spare machines.

-- steve <http://pirk.com>

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