The operating system of Google Chrome is a website focused on the operating system, each application will be based on the web and launch in a browser. And the OS itself is only a platform to launch the browser. If you want to try Chrome the operating system on your netbook, you can now have the operating system on a USB Chrome allows you to boot and run on your netbook.
The USB version of the operating system was built by Hexxeh Chrome, and is setting up a website that includes Windows, Linux and Mac instructions on how to obtain the image of chromium OS on a USB stick. Chrome the operating system image can be downloaded as a torrent link here or on the mirror by Engadget. And, of course, you have to use a torrent client such as uTorrent to download the file. Tar.gz version of the operating system image Chrome, which is about 300 + MB.
If you do it in Windows, is a bit easier, remove the operating system image from chromiumos.tar.gz downloaded Chrome. Download the Windows version of the author of the image and launch, and then select where the image Chrome OS and USB drive letter to write the image.
Once you’ve done that, then you have then got a bootable USB Chrome OS that can be tasted in your netbook. If you have some problems on boot up, then you have to know more about how to get a USB operating system to boot into a netbook. The instruction on getting Windows 7 to boot from a USB drive here can help.
Please note:
The current version of OS Chrome lack of lots of drivers, which means that parts of your computer may not function when using Chrome OS. For example, WiFi, WiFi will fail as there is no driver yet. Also keep in mind Google is targeting to launch a device with native support in OS Chrome end of 2010.
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