Google.Chrome.OS.VMDK.2009{ExtraTorrent}-0b5c3n3

Google.Chrome.OS.VMDK.2009{ExtraTorrent}-0b5c3n3









Title: Google Chrome OS Beta (VMWare Image)
Format: VMDK
Web Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS
Type/Genre: OS
Platform: Google OS (based on Linux platform)

Description:

Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. Announced on July 7, 2009, Chrome OS is set to have a publicly available stable release during the second half of 2010. The operating system is based on Linux and targets specifically designed hardware. The user interface takes a minimalist approach, resembling that of the Chrome web browser. Because the browser will be the only application residing on the device, Google Chrome OS is aimed at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet

Install Notes:

Download free vmware player from http://www.vmware.com. Install and open vmdk file and run.

login username: chronos
pass: BLANK[no pass]

alternate login username: markchromes
alternate login pass: markchromes

This also works with "VirtualBox-3.0.12-54655-Win". Just load image to hard drive and start machine. Set OS as Linux. This OS is almost instant on, very fast. VirtualBox is free, can be found all over the web. Go ahead and title the OS whatever you’d like. For the operating system, choose Linux, with Ubuntu as the version (other setups could potentially work, but this is the only one we’ve gotten working). Choose how much memory to allocate to this virtual machine. This will be dependent on how much memory you have in your computer. The more, the better, but if you choose too much your real computer will become unstable/very slow. Here’s the tricky part (fortunately it isn’t very tricky). You don’t want to create a new hard disk, instead, you want to use an existing hard disk. Don’t choose one from the drop down menu either — you’re going to want to hit the folder icon just to the right of that to enter the ‘virtual media manager’. Hit the ‘Add’ button. Now you have to find the Chrome OS image you downloaded earlier. This is probably on your desktop or in your downloads folder. Once you’ve found it, hit ‘Open’. Hit ‘Select’ once you reach the next window. Almost there. Make sure ‘use existing hard disk’ is checked. Hit next. Hit ‘Finish’. You’re done! Hit Start. Hopefully the screen will go black, but only for a little while (this could be anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute or so, depending on how fast your computer is). Once you’re in, you’ll see a splash screen for ‘Chromium’ (which is what Google calls dev builds of Chrome). To login, you’ll need to enter a valid Google Account ID. Your standard Gmail account should work, but as we said before, this build of ChromeOS came from bittorrent, so you may want to use a throw away account. You’re in. Now time to explore. To be honest, everything looks quite similar to Google’s Chrome browser, but there are a few key differences. Note the battery life indicator and options menu in the far upper right. Also try playing around with the ‘New Window’ functions — you’ll find that it’s difficult (if not impossible) to navigate between multiple windows. And be wary of the Bookmarks manager. As far as I can tell, there’s no easy way to get out of it — you’ll have to manually create a new bookmark, which will kick you back into the browser mode once you click it. To use Sudo or similar functions you'll have to use one of the listed above shared user passwords.