The hits keep on coming from Jonathan Frederickson, the TechCrunch reader who turned our initial revelation of a “chromeos” folder on the Chromium build site into a full-on walk through. Today, he’s doing what Google won’t: Making the early Chrome OS build available for download.
Frederickson has placed the files he downloaded a few days ago on a Rapidshare account for anyone to access. You can find them here.
Will Google be pleased about this? Probably not, considering they removed the files from the Chromium folder shortly after our post. But whatever, it’s open source, yo.
As a reminder, you’ll only be able to install this if you have Linux.
As a bonus, Frederickson also posted a couple screenshots of what the Chrome OS browser build looks like themed. Find those below.
Wow… lets get this put on some netbooks pronto.
why? its just linux. but
/cue google fanboy like you
“zomg it has a google logo, *skeet*”
correction: barebones linux that can only operate 1 application, the shittiest browser of all, google chrome. (which is designed by fisher price)
“Sh*ttest browser of all”?
OMG… are you….. bill gates??
This is just the browser. Let’s get this browser onto some ARM based OS like Android and have it run on $100 Laptops.
Minimalism rules.
huh? Today it has been finally released
You want facts? “what if your browser was your operating system. new OS no kernel, no all…. BIOS was redesigned?”
It’s like they made a mobile OS and applied in a computer
See the Chrome’s detailed review: http://bit.ly/google-chrome-os-best-or-worst-judge-it
yes, let’s get him loads of rapidshare points so he can buy a new house.
zang!
Hosted it on my Dropbox as well in case you’re opposed to the idea of giving me rapidshare points and/or want a potentially faster download.
yea, lets unleash a product a company didnt want released so that tons of bloggers can bash it for having bugs and things missing when in fact it wasnt intended for the public in the first place
done.
LOL. Love it, MG.
Mg..
MG FTW
Installing/Using/compiling it requires some technical knowledge, so I don’t think it’ll happen. The “bashing” people are just the ones dicking around on twitter and not techies.
Actually, no. No it doesn’t. It’s a DEB installer, so the installation is pretty much point-and-click unless you feel like using the command line.
I think you should change your post title! This isn’t a download of Chrome OS, but the Chrome Browser in Chrome OS.
So… what do you think Chrome OS will be, other than Chrome Browser front and center?
Install Ubuntu to try it: http://www.ubuntu.com
No way !
YA WAI
The first is very nice.
I love the Chrome Browser.
Interesting. Although, not gonna lie, I expected a little bit more in the desktop area of things.
but then again, this is a pre-pre-pre-release.
yep very, very early. it will evolve.
It’s being released next month, why do you think it’s early.
The fact manufacturers might not ship it pre-installed for a few months does not mean it’s early..
WTF are you smoking? It’s being released in the second half of 2010.
You’re both right. Google said they would start releasing the source in November, so that the anyman Open Source Developer can get his/her hands dirty and help out. Google’s deadline for getting the “final” (beta) release out the door is second half of 2010.
But doesn’t this hint that there will now evolve a ton of “black” versions which are forks derived from this unofficial release.
What is bad for Google is their legal department will have to work overtime to control the use of the Google brand in connection this release oversight.
there isn’t anything to stop forgers from doing this now, you could slap a google logo into the windows background just as easily
Also, what stops any upstart netbook/nettop manufacture from creating $50-$100 devices marketing it as having “Google Chrome OS”.
This thing is really lightweight at under 12MB. So many device possibilities here.
These screenshots… OMG, I feel like it’s 1995!
Seconded. Gahhh, can’t any of them be decent looking?
It’s not meant for public consumption yet. Give it a year, it will be much better when they’re ready to show it off.
They’re the same as the themes for Chrome. If you don’t like them, you can always make your own.
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-create-and-install-your-own-custom-themes-in-google-chrome/
sweet
Installation instructions?
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-unstable_4.0.222.6-r28902_i386.deb
then what. seems just another windowmanager.
Can we run this side-by-side with Google Chrome browser? Or can we only have one installed at a time?
Considering Chrome itself hasn’t actually been released on Linux… you’re fine. Chromium and Chrome can both exist on the same computer.
Now I can’t be sure what will happen when the official Chrome for Linux comes out.
Actually, I’m running the official Chrome for Linux. It’s officially still in “unstable” alpha stage but runs as well as Chromium. I rarely have problems with it.
Actually, I AM running the official Google Chrome for Linux. It’s “unstable” alpha, but is actually pretty stable.
Actually, I AM running the official Google Chrome for Linux. It’s “unstable” alpha, but is actually pretty stable.
Its still having a few problems with TC comment posts however
Looking at what Google has done so far and the way they like to staff projects… the fact that this was leaked so easily… I don’t think Microsoft has anything to worry about on this front.
Google’s main weapon is Android, but given how teams are structured at Google, I think there is an impedance mismatch with GoogleOS. Done right, GoogleOS would leverage Android with unified APIs (similar to Apple). However I think they are going the HTML5 route with is somewhat of a waste of time and fragments the development community. I believe HTML5 is important, but keep the browser as a browser. Microsoft already made that mistake, not need to repeat it.
You never know if MSFT really has nothing to worry about from Google in the OS front. Big corporations compete in really insane ways… for example, GOOG could have instructed an engineer to purposely leave a year old version of the chromium folder into the nightly build (they must know techcrunch has an auto-chrome source code downloader) and then have them remove it the next night to generate buzz and spread the word that Google has something to hide, to make MSFT think that GOOG is much further behind than they really are.
It might seem a bit far, but think about it, it would work really well. And they are in to make money. Marketing PR stunt.
Buzzwords – check
Pro Microsoft reference – check
Bashing open web standards – check
Overall value – 0
You sound like an ad or really shortsighted. Once Google convinces manufacturers to bundle the OS with new PCs/netbooks they “win”. Simple as that.
HML 5 will not keep the browser from being a browser. Unfortunately.
Microsoft has done a great job at establishing OEM pricing for Windows 7 to make threats of other OS’es making market gain a non factor. I know giant OEMs are rumored to be paying $15 an install for XP, so 7 is a bit above this (rumor is $35-$50).
Windows 7 is my favorite OS of all time, I think there is room for alternatives, but 7 is just such an onslaught of quality and power.
LOL, whatever. 7 is Vista in nicer looking clothes. Same old garbage behind the scenes (drive letters, registry, fragmenting file system etc)
WRONG, Windows 7 uses a new kernel to xp and vista, vista and xp share a kernel but microsoft rebuild the kernel from the ground for win 7, win 7 has no of the crap vista has, win 7 is faster that xp and vista. do some resurch before you slag somthing off.
Chrome history: How to take a s[creenshot]? Funny
Frederickson is the sh*t!! Techcrunch, you should definitely hire him. Also, the major Google blogs, blogoscoped and Google System haven’t mentioned the early Chrome OS build.
Haha, I’m not really the journalist type. This was sorta just… well, nobody else was doing it. XD
I’ll keep the blog open for other Google-related stuff, but the chances I’ll end up with something like this again are next to none.
I don’t expect Google to really say much about it, honestly. It’s not really something they’re ready to unveil yet.
It’s open source. I’m sure Google won’t be too bothered about the release.
I find myself wishing I’d grabbed that chrome-linux zip file in the chromeos folder.
I have that
Though it’s only build 28838.
I have a torrent here:
http://torrage.com/torrent/8014BEC15A376B914FCD0911FB10C57A221413BC.torrent
But the extra 450 unpacked megabytes is only the debugging symbols and when extracted with binutils strip, it shrinks back down to 12mb.
Frederickson needs to move out of his mom’s basement and get a life…
Since you obviously can’t tell from my picture, I’m 16.
I guess I should too, I’m 14
Don’t worry I’m happy you grabbed XD. I just can’t wait for the full release. though less since I got my windows 7 copy, makes boot times a lot faster. making dual booting with a direct to browser chrome os less usefull
yeah lay off
Tom, the saying goes: “The foot you step on today may be the but you have to kiss tomorrow”.
I work on Chrome Os, and I can tell you that interface wise its very boring. It is really just chrome inside of linux. The product is made for OEMs to lower the price of windows, not for real users.
Its sad
Just to reiterate what only one of the commenters has actually said, this is not the Chrome OS. It’s the browser!
And in fact, recent versions of the browser are available to the public via Google’s developer site.
Why is this post even still here?
Install it and you’ll see why the post is still there. It’s not just the basic Chrome browser, it’s a specific version of the browser designed for Chrome OS.
Oh wow. PC World picked this up. They’re also announcing that Google will be hosting a Chrome OS event tomorrow.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173692/google_to_host_chrome_os_event_tomorrow.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173631/first_look_at_googles_chrome_browser_within_the_chrome_os.html
yeah i have something on this shortly. known about it for a few days.
I would suggest correcting the post as this seems more like a Google OS Browser build and not Google Chrome OS.
http://www.megaleecher.net/Download_Google_Chrome_OS
Wow… it’s so fast. And I can actually watch videos without the skipping and jumping. I’ve found my default linux browser
wow..
is google chrome really open source or just the chromium project?
wait……..
chrome os in mobile
WTF, MG. Nice job with the link-whoring title yet again.
This is not an OS, it’s a browser.
#fail
That really cool stuff. Now I’m can not stop myself to downloading and have experience with the Chrome OS
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I haven’t tried it yet but 11 MB does seem a little small for an OS. Isn’t Chrome itself bigger than that?
My mistake, not an OS, just an Ubuntu package.
Hi everyone!
I just recorded a short video demo of that thing. You can find it at http://chromeos-blog.com .
ChromeOS-Blog.com