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That was me. Happy to answer further questions here, though I don't want to turn HN into Reddit. (No, I'm afraid I don't know when or if you're going to get on

by jlees 16y ago

That was me. Happy to answer further questions here, though I don't want to turn HN into Reddit. (No, I'm afraid I don't know when or if you're going to get one.)

lwhi 16y ago
Is the trial likely to extend to other countries?
- jlees 16y ago
  The devices we have right now will all be given out to US pilots.
  - lwhi 16y ago
    (* applies for citizenship / enrols in flight-training programme)
RexRollman 16y ago
Does Chrome OS use X11 at all? If so, is there a window manager or is Chrome itself serving that function?
- jlees 16y ago
  There is a window manager. You can dig into the code via chromium.org if you want to understand the details :)
Sephr 16y ago
Do you at least know if whether or not you signed up using the "basic" form or advanced form matters for the early shipments? I signed up about half an hour after the form was live and then found the advanced form and signed up using that instead. Judging by reports from other Cr-48 recipients, I should have signed up using the "basic" form. Can you confirm this?
- jlees 16y ago
  I know nothing about the distribution side, sorry.
crocowhile 16y ago
Why don't you let people install ChromeOS on existing netbook? It's linux based, it should work on any netbook. Also, most of those machines have the same hardware anyway.
- nswanberg 16y ago
  Try these instructions: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide#TOC-Getting-your-image-running-on-a-com http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide#TOC-Gett... Linked from that page is a list of hardware known to be compatible with Chrome OS: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/getting-dev-hardware/dev-hardware-list http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/getting-dev-hardware/dev... Have fun!
  - crocowhile 16y ago
    Thank you. That's interesting. However, mine was more a policy question. ChromeOS is not thought to be just another OS you can download and install. It will be mainly bound to new devices. I don't understand why.
    - lincolnq 16y ago
      Presumably it's like OS X -- it's a lot harder to make an OS that runs on any old hardware than it is if you know the hardware ahead of time.
      - jlees 16y ago
        Absolutely. Also, there are plenty of great open source developers contributing to the Chromium project to help get the OS working on multiple platforms. If you have an Eee or Dell Mini, for example, there are builds for those freely available.

by jlees 16y ago

That was me. Happy to answer further questions here, though I don't want to turn HN into Reddit. (No, I'm afraid I don't know when or if you're going to get one.)

lwhi 16y ago

Is the trial likely to extend to other countries?

jlees 16y ago
The devices we have right now will all be given out to US pilots.
- lwhi 16y ago
  (* applies for citizenship / enrols in flight-training programme)

RexRollman 16y ago

Does Chrome OS use X11 at all? If so, is there a window manager or is Chrome itself serving that function?

jlees 16y ago
There is a window manager. You can dig into the code via chromium.org if you want to understand the details :)

Sephr 16y ago

Do you at least know if whether or not you signed up using the "basic" form or advanced form matters for the early shipments? I signed up about half an hour after the form was live and then found the advanced form and signed up using that instead. Judging by reports from other Cr-48 recipients, I should have signed up using the "basic" form. Can you confirm this?

jlees 16y ago
I know nothing about the distribution side, sorry.

crocowhile 16y ago

Why don't you let people install ChromeOS on existing netbook? It's linux based, it should work on any netbook. Also, most of those machines have the same hardware anyway.

nswanberg 16y ago
Try these instructions: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide#TOC-Getting-your-image-running-on-a-com http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide#TOC-Gett... Linked from that page is a list of hardware known to be compatible with Chrome OS: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/getting-dev-hardware/dev-hardware-list http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/getting-dev-hardware/dev... Have fun!
- crocowhile 16y ago
  Thank you. That's interesting. However, mine was more a policy question. ChromeOS is not thought to be just another OS you can download and install. It will be mainly bound to new devices. I don't understand why.
  - lincolnq 16y ago
    Presumably it's like OS X -- it's a lot harder to make an OS that runs on any old hardware than it is if you know the hardware ahead of time.
    - jlees 16y ago
      Absolutely. Also, there are plenty of great open source developers contributing to the Chromium project to help get the OS working on multiple platforms. If you have an Eee or Dell Mini, for example, there are builds for those freely available.