Chromium OS goes on a diet, slim enough for a 1GB drive

Posted by | 11/30/2009 | 2 Comments

chromiumdietChromium OS, the open source base for Google’s Chrome OS, is now available in a “diet” form that can run from a 1GB USB drive. This means darn near anyone with a flash drive and PC can give the OS a try. Even more remarkable, not only have no features been cut from this version, but there’s improved wifi support since it’s based on a newer build. Kudos to hexxah for trimming the fat and kicking out any excuse I had for not trying it (except laziness).

Via Engadget

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  • Frank

    wow, didn’t know that Chrome OS is that fat for being, mh, ehm, an extended browser? Funny.

  • CLC

    Man it’s slow right now….. Start up time is fast; but the rest is sooo slow. Even waking up is slow.

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