Google Chromebook, anyone try it?

[Ivan Rancati]

On a related note: yesterday I tried an installer (CloudReady) that creates a Chromebook bootable USB stick.

Worth a try for an old laptop. Booting from the usb stick gives a feel for the Chrome OS; there is also an option to install Chromebook on the laptop's hard disk, permanently converting it in a Chromebook (this will erase all content on the hard disk).

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/chro...mmunity%29

The process (at least from a linux box) was easy

• Download the zipped boot image
• unpack the zip file (I used jar)
• copy the boot image to the usb stick with dd