ChromiumOS is supposed to be a lightweight web-centric OS, and this port is giving you just that – albeit in a very convenient way No Chromebook or LiveUSb needed here! What Works So regardless of whether you run it windowed on your Ubuntu desktop or ‘login’ to a window-less desktop session running ChromiumOS full-screen from the Unity Greeter, the features and functions remain the same.ĭisappointed? Don’t be. That means that whilst you can use it in Ubuntu you can’t run your Ubuntu apps in it (at least not yet), nor can you open an app within the ChromiumOS desktop and use it “in” Ubuntu.
Whilst it does make the ChromiumOS desktop in its entirety (that is browser, window manager, app launcher, status bar, notifications, etc) accessible from within Ubuntu it remains separate from Ubuntu. Now, before anyone gets overly excited it’s important to realise what this “port” does and doesn’t allow.
It even lets you login it to a full-blown Chrome desktop straight from the login screen.īut if using it on its own isn’t for you then be sure to try it out in windowed mode, which runs on the Ubuntu desktop: Chromium OS running Windowed in Ubuntu Limitations and Possibilities The lightdm-chromeos-login project, by dz0ny, installs the ChromiumOS desktop and its Aura window manager within Ubuntu.
Ever wanted to play with ChromeOS? A new unofficial ‘hack’ for Ubuntu 64bit lets you do just that – and with a minimum of fuss.
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