If you don't already know, ChromeOS is an open source operating system by Google based on Linux. It is designed for simplicity and for people who do most of their computing through a web browser. This may by limiting for some, but I admire the simplicity that I would recommend it to the parents.
wget https://github.com/downloads/dz0ny/lightdm-login-chromeos/lightdm-login-chromiumos_1.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i lightdm-login-chromiumos_1.0_amd64.deb
Now, log out of Ubuntu and choose ChromeOS at the log in screen. You will be taken through a set up process and will have to log in with your Google credentials. There are some minor limitations that you can find on the project page, but it certainly gives you an idea of the look and feel of ChromeOS.
Have fun!
For more information on the project, or to learn how to install it in a virtual machine, check out the github project page https://github.com/dz0ny/lightdm-login-chromeos
Install lightdm-login-chromeos by opening up terminal and enter the following commands (if it doesn't work, go to the project page for the latest version):
wget https://github.com/downloads/dz0ny/lightdm-login-chromeos/lightdm-login-chromiumos_1.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i lightdm-login-chromiumos_1.0_amd64.deb
Now, log out of Ubuntu and choose ChromeOS at the log in screen. You will be taken through a set up process and will have to log in with your Google credentials. There are some minor limitations that you can find on the project page, but it certainly gives you an idea of the look and feel of ChromeOS.
Have fun!
For more information on the project, or to learn how to install it in a virtual machine, check out the github project page https://github.com/dz0ny/lightdm-login-chromeos
There's a misspelling in your second terminal command---it says "chromiumos_1.0_amd64.db" instead of "amd64.deb".
ReplyDelete*Corrected* Thanks for the catch!
DeleteHas anyone tried this in mint?
ReplyDeletechrome os dosent show up in my login screen but i can run it from the terminal tho
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