Google has debuted a beta version of its Chrome operating system. You can download a live CD here, or the torrent file here. The torrent file is the quicker download.
Warning: This is Linux based!
I will be trying this on Punks’ new computer.
Featured software in Chrome OS:
- GNOME 2.30 desktop environment
- Google Chrome 9.0.576 web browser Updated!
- Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager
- OpenOffice.org 3.2 office suite
- GIMP 2.6 image editor
- Flash Player 10.1 plugin
- Wine Windows emulator 1.2
- Pidgin 2.6 instant messenger
- Dashboard in browser New!
and much more! System requirements of Chrome OS:
- Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
- RAM: min. 256 MB
- Hard disk: min. 1 GB
- Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cards
