7 ms·

Google Chrome OS available as free VMWare download

69 points by iamelgringo 17y ago

marltod 17y ago
There has to be a way to get a command prompt. It might be commented out in this build, has anyone looked through the source? http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
- tsandall 17y ago
  There doesn't appear to be any sort of "usage" notes yet, however http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshooting/developer-faq http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshoot... has a list of keyboard shortcuts. CTRL-ALT-T should give you a shell.
Shana 17y ago
now I need to find another computer to stick it on to test...great...
- bhousel 17y ago
  Don't you know what VMWare is?
  - Shana 17y ago
    older computers, new at this, and would rather learn all this stuff the hard way. I do know what vmware is, I don't want to screw up what I have
    - stevejohnson 17y ago
      How could running Chrome OS in a VM "screw up" anything you have?
      - Nekojoe 17y ago
        I use virtual machines and am happy with them. However to be fair to the grandparent poster there have been issues with USB devices and VMWare. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Vista64bitBlueScreensWithINTERNALPOWERERRORImmediatelyAfterInstallingVMWarePlayer.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Vista64bitBlueScreensWithINTER...
      - maw 17y ago
        Running an OS in a VM per se is unlikely to. But if the host system has poor package management and the virtualization software proves problematic (some of them install files all over the place, including kernel extensions), restoring the host system to its previous state can be difficult. It's not an unreasonable concern.
    - elblanco 17y ago
      That's the point of VMWare, so you can virtualize another system inside of your primary one, in effect "sandboxing" the guest OS so you don't screw anything up.
  - andreyf 17y ago
    There's no need to give an attitude [1], she might not be the only one with this question. Just explain what VMWare is: it's a way to run a virtual machine inside of your main box, so that you don't need another computer to test operating systems out on. And linky: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ 1. Remember the guidelines: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation.
    - bhousel 17y ago
      That was me being civil :) Consider: If OP was trolling, I was trying not to feed them. If OP was serious, I was trying to point in right direction. Either way, I was trying not to waste much time doing it. Edit: Wow, there's a great way to tank someone's comment score. Show up late to the thread and accuse them of being rude. Thanks for that. Judging from the upvotes, most people seem to think that your lesson on civility is the most insightful part of the thread. sigh
      - andreyf 17y ago
        Re: edit: hah, sorry about that - I certainly wan't out for your karma. But the community response is encouraging: it's important to value politeness in an anonymous forum, as that's the most endangered requirement for constructive conversation.
- ntoshev 17y ago
  No you don't: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
bhousel 17y ago
Here's instructions and links to get the image. They have released images for VMWare and VirtualBox too. Download requires a gdgt login. http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Chrome-OS-VMWare-image/ http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Ch...
- sant0sk1 17y ago
  > Download requires a gdgt login. Guh. Who's gonna take one for the team and free those downloads from captivity?
  - deleted 17y ago
    [deleted]
  - revorad 17y ago
    Here's the VirtualBox image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vdi.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vdi.z... and here's the VMWare one: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vmdk.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vmdk.... EDIT: Looks like you lot broke my dropbox public folder: "Hi Hrishi, This email is an automated notification from Dropbox that your Public links have been temporarily suspended on account of generating excessive traffic. Your Dropbox will continue to function completely normally with the exception of Public links. If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a line at support@dropbox.com. - The Dropbox Team" I'm taking down the files now. If anyone from dropbox is reading can you please reactivate my public links? Thanks.
    - brown9-2 17y ago
      The VirtualBox image just hangs at a black screen for me (using Virtual Box 3.0.4) - anyone else have this problem?
      - revorad 17y ago
        Yes me too actually. The techcrunch article said it could take a few minutes, but I've been waiting for a while now. I don't have Vmware, so I guess I'll build from source tonight.
deleted 17y ago
[deleted]
jrnkntl 17y ago
I have the same problem as some commenters on this link point out: http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Chrome-OS-VMWare-image/ http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Ch... Doesn't work for me on VirtualBox on OSX. I cannot login to the OS, saying there's no internet access/no offline login available.
- bhousel 17y ago
  I was getting that too. I rebooted, then left it at the login screen for about 20 minutes, then came back and now it's working.
  - ja27 17y ago
    Never did get logged in. I left it running (VMWare) for 2 hours, tried a few ways of fiddling with the network connection.
truebosko 17y ago
TechCrunch is also linking to a virtualbox image of the Chrome OS: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5170843/chromeos-image-999.999.32309.211410-a1.vmdk.bz2 http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5170843/chromeos-image-999.9...
- jrockway 17y ago
  VirtualBox can read (and write to) VMWare images, FWIW.
voidpointer 17y ago
Works good in VMWare Fusion 3. Does anybody know how to change the screen resolution?
teilo 17y ago
Not much to see here. It's the Chrome broswer, filling your screen, and nothing else. Can't change screen resolution. Can't change keyboard layout. Can't even find those "cards" they showed in the demos.
pkulak 17y ago
Here's a torrent with no login: http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5172101/Chrome_OS_Image_for_VMWare.5172101.TPB.torrent http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5172101/Chrome_OS_Image_for...
petercooper 17y ago
Beware.. the login box only allows 29 characters as a username and the throw away account I created is longer than that! (No thanks to the "googlemail.com" requirement in the UK..) So make sure your full Google username is shorter than that.
usmathe 17y ago
how to install it?

69 points by iamelgringo 17y ago

There has to be a way to get a command prompt. It might be commented out in this build, has anyone looked through the source? http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

tsandall 17y ago
There doesn't appear to be any sort of "usage" notes yet, however http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshooting/developer-faq http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshoot... has a list of keyboard shortcuts. CTRL-ALT-T should give you a shell.

Shana 17y ago

now I need to find another computer to stick it on to test...great...

bhousel 17y ago
Don't you know what VMWare is?
- Shana 17y ago
  older computers, new at this, and would rather learn all this stuff the hard way. I do know what vmware is, I don't want to screw up what I have
  - stevejohnson 17y ago
    How could running Chrome OS in a VM "screw up" anything you have?
    - Nekojoe 17y ago
      I use virtual machines and am happy with them. However to be fair to the grandparent poster there have been issues with USB devices and VMWare. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Vista64bitBlueScreensWithINTERNALPOWERERRORImmediatelyAfterInstallingVMWarePlayer.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Vista64bitBlueScreensWithINTER...
    - maw 17y ago
      Running an OS in a VM per se is unlikely to. But if the host system has poor package management and the virtualization software proves problematic (some of them install files all over the place, including kernel extensions), restoring the host system to its previous state can be difficult. It's not an unreasonable concern.
  - elblanco 17y ago
    That's the point of VMWare, so you can virtualize another system inside of your primary one, in effect "sandboxing" the guest OS so you don't screw anything up.
- andreyf 17y ago
  There's no need to give an attitude [1], she might not be the only one with this question. Just explain what VMWare is: it's a way to run a virtual machine inside of your main box, so that you don't need another computer to test operating systems out on. And linky: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ 1. Remember the guidelines: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation.
  - bhousel 17y ago
    That was me being civil :) Consider: If OP was trolling, I was trying not to feed them. If OP was serious, I was trying to point in right direction. Either way, I was trying not to waste much time doing it. Edit: Wow, there's a great way to tank someone's comment score. Show up late to the thread and accuse them of being rude. Thanks for that. Judging from the upvotes, most people seem to think that your lesson on civility is the most insightful part of the thread. sigh
    - andreyf 17y ago
      Re: edit: hah, sorry about that - I certainly wan't out for your karma. But the community response is encouraging: it's important to value politeness in an anonymous forum, as that's the most endangered requirement for constructive conversation.
ntoshev 17y ago
No you don't: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

bhousel 17y ago

Here's instructions and links to get the image. They have released images for VMWare and VirtualBox too. Download requires a gdgt login. http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Chrome-OS-VMWare-image/ http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Ch...

sant0sk1 17y ago
> Download requires a gdgt login. Guh. Who's gonna take one for the team and free those downloads from captivity?
- deleted 17y ago
  [deleted]
- revorad 17y ago
  Here's the VirtualBox image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vdi.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vdi.z... and here's the VMWare one: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vmdk.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/136177/chrome-os-0.4.22.8-gdgt.vmdk.... EDIT: Looks like you lot broke my dropbox public folder: "Hi Hrishi, This email is an automated notification from Dropbox that your Public links have been temporarily suspended on account of generating excessive traffic. Your Dropbox will continue to function completely normally with the exception of Public links. If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a line at support@dropbox.com. - The Dropbox Team" I'm taking down the files now. If anyone from dropbox is reading can you please reactivate my public links? Thanks.
  - brown9-2 17y ago
    The VirtualBox image just hangs at a black screen for me (using Virtual Box 3.0.4) - anyone else have this problem?
    - revorad 17y ago
      Yes me too actually. The techcrunch article said it could take a few minutes, but I've been waiting for a while now. I don't have Vmware, so I guess I'll build from source tonight.

deleted 17y ago

[deleted]

jrnkntl 17y ago

I have the same problem as some commenters on this link point out: http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Chrome-OS-VMWare-image/ http://discuss.gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/general/Download-Ch... Doesn't work for me on VirtualBox on OSX. I cannot login to the OS, saying there's no internet access/no offline login available.

bhousel 17y ago
I was getting that too. I rebooted, then left it at the login screen for about 20 minutes, then came back and now it's working.
- ja27 17y ago
  Never did get logged in. I left it running (VMWare) for 2 hours, tried a few ways of fiddling with the network connection.

truebosko 17y ago

TechCrunch is also linking to a virtualbox image of the Chrome OS: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5170843/chromeos-image-999.999.32309.211410-a1.vmdk.bz2 http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5170843/chromeos-image-999.9...

jrockway 17y ago
VirtualBox can read (and write to) VMWare images, FWIW.

voidpointer 17y ago

Works good in VMWare Fusion 3. Does anybody know how to change the screen resolution?

teilo 17y ago

Not much to see here. It's the Chrome broswer, filling your screen, and nothing else. Can't change screen resolution. Can't change keyboard layout. Can't even find those "cards" they showed in the demos.

pkulak 17y ago

Here's a torrent with no login: http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5172101/Chrome_OS_Image_for_VMWare.5172101.TPB.torrent http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5172101/Chrome_OS_Image_for...

petercooper 17y ago

Beware.. the login box only allows 29 characters as a username and the throw away account I created is longer than that! (No thanks to the "googlemail.com" requirement in the UK..) So make sure your full Google username is shorter than that.

usmathe 17y ago

how to install it?