When I got a look at Freescale’s tablet reference design the other day, it was running a modified Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It seemed reasonably responsive and it was capable of playing HD ...

Bootable USB keys have the same layout, except that kernel B and rootfs B are minimal-size, and partition 1 is limited to 720M. The total USB image size is around 1.5G. When the USB image is installed ...

We got Google’s Chrome OS up and running alongside Android on a Pixel phone. This is possible thanks to a special build of Chromium OS — the open-source version of Chrome OS — made for running in a ...

Splashtop on Tuesday released a new version of its instant-on OS that is based on the Chromium browser and could shorten PC boot times to just a few seconds. The latest version of the Splashtop OS, ...

Chromium OS hacker Hexxeh has been working on porting the open source version of Google’s Chrome operating system to run on the $35 Raspberry Pi computer. While it’s still a work in progress, an ...

Nicely done! Congrats, sir, for going through (and documenting) all the steps to make it happen. For those who ask "Why?" Because is a good enough reason. A thoughtful write-up for Ars about what you ...

Chrome OS systems are meant to be lightweight systems that don't aim at the home desktop, but make suitable parallel systems. MediaTek and Rockchip are two of the most popular chipset makers from ...

While devices running CloudReady OS aren’t true Chromebooks, they offer an attractive option for enterprise use. Here’s how to deploy and manage CloudReady devices at your organization. Whether you’ve ...

Chromebook lovers everywhere were excited when Google showed Chrome OS working on Android. Sadly, that won’t be going anywhere. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some ...