Can I download Chrome OS to the raspberry pi?

[jn3579]

Can I download Chrome OS to the raspberry pi?

[jbeale]

Short answer: no.

Slightly longer: not in any format of interest to an end-user.

"Hexxeh" was working on porting Chrome OS to the Raspberry Pi. He got as far as getting it to boot: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/chro ... pberry-pi/
but AFAIK it was never very usable. The latest news is he has stopped work on it. http://blog.hexxeh.net/welcome-to-2013

If you're still determined to try it, check out http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/qu ... -chrome-os

[masterluke]

Sure you can download it.. just don't try to run it.

[mrpi64]

Someone could try to build a port for the Pi using code from the Chromium OS perhaps.

[coachgodzup]

Hi everybody,

have anyone tried this build already?

http://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/chromium-os/

There are some build for ARM devices, too.

[moocow1452]

With the new Driver, would it be possible to make a better port?

[pluggy]

What's wrong with the chromium browser, which is in the Rasbdian respository ?

OK, the icon isn't quite as sexy......

[fruitoftheloom]

What's wrong with the chromium browser, which is in the Rasbdian respository ?

OK, the icon isn't quite as sexy......

chromium browser does not equate to chrome / chromium OS

[fruitoftheloom]

With the new Driver, would it be possible to make a better port?

Chrome / Chromium OS is built for ARMv7 or x86, the Pi is ARMv6 so like Android would take a lot of work to be usable..

[pluggy]

What's wrong with the chromium browser, which is in the Rasbdian respository ?

OK, the icon isn't quite as sexy......

chromium browser does not equate to chrome / chromium OS

Ignore the bloke in Barnoldswick, he can't read.....

[fruitoftheloom]

What's wrong with the chromium browser, which is in the Rasbdian respository ?

OK, the icon isn't quite as sexy......

chromium browser does not equate to chrome / chromium OS

Ignore the bloke in Barnoldswick, he can't read.....

Do not understand, all I was pointing out this thread reads Chrome OS, you posted about a Browser....where is Barnoldswick ?

[pluggy]

I didn't see the OS bit, I read it as Chrome (implied the browser).

https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=53.916573 ... 4&t=m&z=14

[moocow1452]

With the new Driver, would it be possible to make a better port?

Chrome / Chromium OS is built for ARMv7 or x86, the Pi is ARMv6 so like Android would take a lot of work to be usable..

Guys in the Chromium OS Dev Mailing list implied that it could be done with a reset compile, especially since Hexxeh did a lot of the work beforehand if one was willing to fish it out of the git history, so it might be a step easier or is that work still irrelevant?

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.or ... vxDVg0y_A4

[ghans]

It should be relevant , but without someone to actually
continue Hexxeh's efforts the discussion is moot ..


ghans

[DougieLawson]

What does GNU/Linux with Chromium give you that GNU/Linux with Raspbian doesn't? It's the same question as GNU/Linux with Android and mostly a waste of time.

[fruitoftheloom]

Like Android, Chromium OS would not be classified as running on a Certified Device, so even if could get it to install some of the Google Chrome OS Features may not be available, not everything Google release is open source.....