Comments on: Distro Review: Chromium OS (Flow, by Hexxeh)

By: linuxlover1012

linuxlover1012 — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:55:56 +0000

you should try chrome os vanilla it is the same os that is on the cr-48

By: TWIL

TWIL — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:36:03 +0000

well, remember that it’s not final yet, and I believe “Flow” might be very outdated at this point. I’ve been running Chrome OS on the Cr-48 I received for a couple of days now, and while it’s not blazing fast, given the hardware that it’s on, it’s very usable.

By: Broad

Broad — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:30:28 +0000

I write this from Chromium OS now. It is the worst OS ever.

- 10 times slower then Windows XP.
- buggy as hell (well, i dont get error messages, but no sound or mouse cursor not working from time to time hurt…)
- I can’t run most of google apps like google docs or gmail. I get errors
- Its really slow
- only english language to set. Only english keyboard layouts.

Maybe in Virtual Machine it works better… But what point it is of using Chromium OS in virtual machine? Just use chrome browser then!

I’m starting to love Microsoft…

By: Hexxeh’s Chromium OS Flow Reviewed | Pertamaxxx

Hexxeh’s Chromium OS Flow Reviewed | Pertamaxxx — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:10:50 +0000

[...] codenamed Flow is provided by the folks over at Hexxeh , which is reviewed in this video by This Week In Linux in a VirtualBox environment. The build was already released in February 2010, so the Chromium [...]

By: JaredClark

JaredClark — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:31:26 +0000

Just download Windows Image Writer (https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer) and the Chromium OS – Flow.img (http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/download.php?release=Flow&type=usb)
Tell Windows Image Writer where the .img file is, and press WRITE. Then, on startup press F8 and choose your USB Disk!

By: TWIL

TWIL — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:12:58 +0000

@plumtreed I could see ChromeOS being useful in the long term. There are always going to be people who don’t need a full desktop OS on their system because they just do internet-based things.

By: plumtreed

plumtreed — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:10:16 +0000

Thanks for the review and, against the trend, I think this is going to be very handy!
I use web based accounting, gmail docs/spreadsheets and gmail, all linked directly and without a browser.

At present I am using Peppermint Ice because of it’s speed and rock solid efficiency. A comparison may show that Chromium OS Flow is just ‘overkill’ because it is nice to use the other things tied to a more complete OS.

Google is striving towards a Cloud printing arrangement which may give it more practicality?

….but, this Peppermint Ice is outstanding and is not easily topped!

By: Xavier Sythe

Xavier Sythe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:26:43 +0000

Kodingen, (Code editor) Jcut,(Video editor) Pixlr (Photo editor) Google Docs, EyeOS’ apps and the Aviary Suite make up the bulk of necessary applications. The only thing Chromium OS needs is a integrated file manager. (Manage downloads and files on external storage devices)

By: Hexxeh's Chromium OS Flow Reviewed | Linux Netbook Video

Hexxeh's Chromium OS Flow Reviewed | Linux Netbook Video — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:40:52 +0000

[...] build codenamed Flow is provided by the folks over at Hexxeh, which is reviewed in this video by This Week In Linux in a VirtualBox environment. The build was already released in February 2010, so the Chromium code [...]

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