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Flint OS – Chromium OS Based System for ARM

65 points by type0 10y ago

ant6n 10y ago
Reading through the website, I'm having trouble understanding the difference between Flint OS and Chrome OS.
- fixmycode 10y ago
  I'd say it seems to be a distribution of Chromium OS. The fact is you can't just download and install Chrome OS into anything you want, just a Chromebook. This project seems to fix that.
  - mtzaldo 10y ago
    You can try https://www.neverware.com/freedownload/ https://www.neverware.com/freedownload/. It is chromium for x86...
    - ddeck 10y ago
      I'm not sure who Neverware are, but https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/ https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/ has daily x86 builds for the open source Chromium* project * https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
kstenerud 10y ago
Accelerated scrolling so that you can't accurately scroll anymore. Locking part of the screen after scrolling partway so that only a tiny portion of it scrolls with scrunched up text. It's everything wrong with modern website design. PLEASE stop doing this! U/X is about ease of access to information; not flashy tricks.
- turblety 10y ago
  This! As soon as I try to scroll on a site and it overrides my browsers method I'm gone. There's no excuse. It's not necessary and just frustrates users.
- vorticalbox 10y ago
  Woking fine for me :/
- squarefoot 10y ago
  +1, that page is plainly unusable; I hope their OS doesn't follow the same philosophy.
jefurii 10y ago
Is it related to GalliumOS? I run that on a Chromebook and works great. That said, the top nav element on the site takes up half the screen on my phone and won't go away. Super annoying.
- tmikaeld 10y ago
  GalliumOS is x86, this is ARM
  - aruggirello 10y ago
    Actually, this is multiplatform. They mention both ARM and x86.
- navs 10y ago
  Out of curiosity, what are the hardware specs of your Chromebook? I'm running GalliumOS on a Lenovo Chromebook 11e and I'm having a bad time. Admittedly, this machine is low spec.
  - reynhout 10y ago
    Which 11e? GLIMMER or ULTIMA? What issues are you having?
RubyPinch 10y ago
having "[...] open source [...]" in your tag line, for a closed source project, is a bit disingenuous. "Project A has beneficial aspect X, we forked project A's work and removed X, but we just thought we should mention that it used to have aspect X, which is cool!" ick.
aruggirello 10y ago
Looks much like RemixOS. Would it work in a VM?
taohansen 10y ago
Can someone point out the differences between this and CloudReady? First flush this looks like duplication of effort or making a competitor because.
- eat_veggies 10y ago
  I don't think cloud ready has arm support but I'm not sure why they made a whole new thing instead of just contributing to cloud ready.
aq3cn 10y ago
> Runs on powerful x86 full-fledged laptops, on single-board-computers like the Raspberry Pi and of course anything in between > Love Android apps? Great! We are building support into Flint OS. > Flint OS now works perfectly on most x86 and ARM based hardware platforms. We are particularly interested in making Flint OS run on single-board-computer (SBC) solutions based on ARM architecture, such as the Raspberry Pi, SBCs with RK3288 and RK3399 chips. With this, we breathe new life into the arena for the touch-enabled interactive terminals. Our clients include dual-screen smart POS machines, interactive classroom whiteboards, connected shopping mall wayfinders, smart vending machines and automated digital signages just to name a few. We provide the best user experience with minimal maintenance and development cost. > Flint OS loves the Raspberry Pi and STEM education. We have created a comprehensive set of JavaScript APIs to interface with the Raspberry Pi hardware and peripherals, providing young users to understand programming and electronics by the most intuitive JavaScript language. Sounds good. I will try it when it will have support for Android apps in future. I highly doubt that Google will bring Android or ChromeOS for Raspberry Pi.
- Nexxxeh 10y ago
  https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/android-raspberry-pi/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/android-raspberry-pi/
- leke 10y ago
  So it doesn't run on 64bit processors?
  - jokr004 10y ago
    You can run 32bit code on x86-64 processors, although that's not an ideal solution but you could definitely run it.
frik 10y ago
Is it open source? Or closed source like RemixOS/etc (the other ChromiumOS builds) Actually it would be great, if a community project provides binary builds (and source in case of modifications) of Chromium (browser) and ChromiumOS. Building the source takes 16+GB ram and several CPU hours. Sadly, Google doesn't provide the builds (binaries).

65 points by type0 10y ago

ant6n 10y ago

Reading through the website, I'm having trouble understanding the difference between Flint OS and Chrome OS.

fixmycode 10y ago
I'd say it seems to be a distribution of Chromium OS. The fact is you can't just download and install Chrome OS into anything you want, just a Chromebook. This project seems to fix that.
- mtzaldo 10y ago
  You can try https://www.neverware.com/freedownload/ https://www.neverware.com/freedownload/. It is chromium for x86...
  - ddeck 10y ago
    I'm not sure who Neverware are, but https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/ https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/ has daily x86 builds for the open source Chromium* project * https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

kstenerud 10y ago

Accelerated scrolling so that you can't accurately scroll anymore. Locking part of the screen after scrolling partway so that only a tiny portion of it scrolls with scrunched up text. It's everything wrong with modern website design. PLEASE stop doing this! U/X is about ease of access to information; not flashy tricks.

turblety 10y ago
This! As soon as I try to scroll on a site and it overrides my browsers method I'm gone. There's no excuse. It's not necessary and just frustrates users.
vorticalbox 10y ago
Woking fine for me :/
squarefoot 10y ago
+1, that page is plainly unusable; I hope their OS doesn't follow the same philosophy.

jefurii 10y ago

Is it related to GalliumOS? I run that on a Chromebook and works great. That said, the top nav element on the site takes up half the screen on my phone and won't go away. Super annoying.

tmikaeld 10y ago
GalliumOS is x86, this is ARM
- aruggirello 10y ago
  Actually, this is multiplatform. They mention both ARM and x86.
navs 10y ago
Out of curiosity, what are the hardware specs of your Chromebook? I'm running GalliumOS on a Lenovo Chromebook 11e and I'm having a bad time. Admittedly, this machine is low spec.
- reynhout 10y ago
  Which 11e? GLIMMER or ULTIMA? What issues are you having?

RubyPinch 10y ago

having "[...] open source [...]" in your tag line, for a closed source project, is a bit disingenuous. "Project A has beneficial aspect X, we forked project A's work and removed X, but we just thought we should mention that it used to have aspect X, which is cool!" ick.

aruggirello 10y ago

Looks much like RemixOS. Would it work in a VM?

taohansen 10y ago

Can someone point out the differences between this and CloudReady? First flush this looks like duplication of effort or making a competitor because.

eat_veggies 10y ago
I don't think cloud ready has arm support but I'm not sure why they made a whole new thing instead of just contributing to cloud ready.

aq3cn 10y ago

> Runs on powerful x86 full-fledged laptops, on single-board-computers like the Raspberry Pi and of course anything in between > Love Android apps? Great! We are building support into Flint OS. > Flint OS now works perfectly on most x86 and ARM based hardware platforms. We are particularly interested in making Flint OS run on single-board-computer (SBC) solutions based on ARM architecture, such as the Raspberry Pi, SBCs with RK3288 and RK3399 chips. With this, we breathe new life into the arena for the touch-enabled interactive terminals. Our clients include dual-screen smart POS machines, interactive classroom whiteboards, connected shopping mall wayfinders, smart vending machines and automated digital signages just to name a few. We provide the best user experience with minimal maintenance and development cost. > Flint OS loves the Raspberry Pi and STEM education. We have created a comprehensive set of JavaScript APIs to interface with the Raspberry Pi hardware and peripherals, providing young users to understand programming and electronics by the most intuitive JavaScript language. Sounds good. I will try it when it will have support for Android apps in future. I highly doubt that Google will bring Android or ChromeOS for Raspberry Pi.

Nexxxeh 10y ago
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/android-raspberry-pi/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/android-raspberry-pi/
leke 10y ago
So it doesn't run on 64bit processors?
- jokr004 10y ago
  You can run 32bit code on x86-64 processors, although that's not an ideal solution but you could definitely run it.

frik 10y ago

Is it open source? Or closed source like RemixOS/etc (the other ChromiumOS builds) Actually it would be great, if a community project provides binary builds (and source in case of modifications) of Chromium (browser) and ChromiumOS. Building the source takes 16+GB ram and several CPU hours. Sadly, Google doesn't provide the builds (binaries).