Google OPerating System ::Chrome OS:: Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Abbasi1986 … It's been rumored for years, and here it is: ChromeOS, a new computer operating system from Google, distinct from its… Re: Don't want Chrome OS on your Chromebook? OK says Google. Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by Chromatix … which turned me off Chromebooks was the need to keep ChromeOS installed alongside your chosen system, eating up disk space which…, the whole cloud storage thing is the major turnoff of ChromeOS for me; that and the idea of the whole desktop… Problem while using win32diskimager to create bootable USB Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Q8iEnG …? I'm following this guide in here: [Click Here](http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/lime.php) Thanks :-) Don't want Chrome OS on your Chromebook? OK says Google. Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by happygeek … a dual-boot Chromebook, or inspired to get rid of ChromeOS following this news? If so, let us know how you… Re: Free operating system running Windows applications Programming Software Development by rproffitt … in the majority of host machines for our apps. -> ChromeOS is useful for many reasons. For example I can buy… 80 dollar laptops (refurb) and if I install ChromeOS and if that works that's a nice Chromebook for… cheap. So there's a reason for ChromeOS since a lot of folk could live on a Chromebook… Re: Java heap size issue Hardware and Software by rproffitt … since I didn't find current distros for Linux and ChromeOS. Yes those laptops are about a decade old but the… we did this, we loaded up either a Linux or ChromeOS if we didn't have a Windows for the machine… Re: does mac get viruses??? Hardware and Software macOS by sDJh … computer! Don't discuss whether you have Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS or any system that comes up in the future running… Re: Death to the Desktop! Long Live the Cloud! Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by bogdan5844 … 3G dongle for that -) I cannot do it with a ChromeOS-like machine. With a regular OS I can do many… Re: Installation Programming by rproffitt Hi Howard. Installing can vary as laptops could be running a number of OSes from Linux, Windows, BSD, ChromeOS, Android and what else? For some OSes folk install an Antivirus suite that adds another failure vector. All that aside, I find myself checking error logs and messages. Are you writing there was no errors? Re: Windows installation from Mars Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by rproffitt … want to change how this works, take another look at ChromeOS and Chromebooks. You can send a Chromebook into a grinder… Re: Get the device name Programming Web Development by rproffitt device name is not in the API as I know it. Even https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/exploring-device-detection-for-better-user-experiences-in-2020/ doesn't know it. Now from memory there are ChromeOS devices that register with Google but I'm going to call that proprietary and private to Google's own world. Not something we can use at large. Re: Google OPerating System ::Chrome OS:: Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by kaninelupus Yawn!! Re: Problem while using win32diskimager to create bootable USB Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by caperjack hi,have no info other than there is help link on the site you are using to make the usb install ,http://crosqa.hexxeh.net/ Re: Problem while using win32diskimager to create bootable USB Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by caperjack always like trying things like this so i downloaded the same as you did and ran it and it copied the file to the usb no problem ,one this i will say is to go to windows diskmanger and format the usb drive before trying to copy the image ,berhaps oops spoke to soon it did fuggup my usbdrive ,it was 8gig now only .99gig lol won't try that again ,… Re: Problem while using win32diskimager to create bootable USB Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by caperjack i used this program to get back my full disk space ,interesting thing ,all the coments on this fix ,tried to install ghromeos on there drives http://erlern.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/repair-unallocated-space-from-usb-flash-drive/ Re: Problem while using win32diskimager to create bootable USB Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Q8iEnG @caperjack: yeah I know I tried it, and it messed up my flash too. Strange though. Re: Don't want Chrome OS on your Chromebook? OK says Google. Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by iamthwee I was toying with the idea before, I thought hmmm, these chrome books are cheap, reasonable spec and has an ssd drive. But for whatever reason, I think I looked at the hacks required, and decided against it, even though I'm quite familiar with hacks and linux. Got myself a smallish notebook wiped it and put lubuntu on. Less hacking. I don't know, …