The Cr OS Linux distribution is an interesting blend of the Cinnamon desktop with a special edition of the Chromium Web browser. The approach Cr OS Linux (pronounced “Cros Linux”) takes gives you a ...

Google’s Chrome operating system-based CR-48 notebook computer may be in just a select set of hands so far, but it’s been generating plenty of media attention. Reviews to date have been largely mixed, ...

So you’re one of the 60,000 or so people who managed to get your hands on one of Google’s newfangled Chrome OS notebooks, but it turns out you’re not all that enamored with the Chrome Operating System ...

I was fortunate enough to receive one of the Google Cr-48 “Mario” Chrome OS notebooks to test. My day job is technical writer and sysadmin for Monty Program, the company behind MariaDB, so the two ...

Google’s ‘Net-centric Chrome OS platform challenges conventional notions about what constitutes an operating system. It puts the cloud front and center, eschewing the familiar desktop paradigm and ...

Curious about Chrome OS? Try this: Shut down every application on your PC except for Google Chrome. Maximize the Chrome window. Voila! You’re now looking at an amazing facsimile of Chrome OS. Add a ...

The Chromium OS Vanilla Build by Hexxeh is a no-frills approach to trying out the concept of a browser-based Linux operating system without buying a branded Google Chromebook.It boots from a USB drive ...

Google is slowly starting to add support for running Linux applications on Chromebooks. But as I discovered when I tested Linux apps on the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 recently, it’s still a work in ...