Google Chrome OS Now Downloadable

by Jay Garrett on October 28, 2009

I use Google Chrome as my default browser pretty much these days along with Firefox but this nearly slipped past me.

Chrome OS is now available for download albeit in beta.

Here’s the official announcement:

New Chrome OS 0.4.223 beta is available now!

Chrome OS is a brand new free operating system built around the revolutionary Google Chrome browser.

The project aim is to provide a lightweight Linux distribution for the best web browsing experience.

Featured software in Chrome OS:
GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
Google Chrome 4.0.223 web browser
Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager New!
OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
GIMP 2.6 image editor
Flash Player 10.0 plugin
and much more!

System requirements of Chrome OS:
Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
RAM: min. 256 MB
Hard disk: min. 1 GB
Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cards

Are you already ahead of me and tested it out? Let me know how it works out for you

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nicholassimon November 9, 2009 at 6:19 pm: If you are interested in alternative operating systems be sure to check out Haiku OS. The Alpha version has just been released, it is compatible with BeOS and is something to look out for in the future. Requires just a 2GB partition or can be run off a USB flash drive. Read more about it here:

http://ninjarabbits.blogspot.com/2009/11/download-haiku-os-alpha-1-release.html

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