[dba-Tech] A new OS for cheap

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Fri May 22 19:52:34 CDT 2015


I created a VM for it and once it was running, tried to install it using
the icon

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> For all those old laptops, tablets and desktops far past their prime, here
> is a new OS from Google and Ubuntu called Chromixium.
>
> Its requirements are extremely modest:
>
> Summary
>
>     1GB USB device or DVD-R/RW
>     1GHZ 32 bit Processor, Intel/AMD (dual core preferred)
>     512MB RAM (1GB preferred)
>     4GB hard disk space (8GB prefered)
>     Video graphics capable of 800x600 resolution (1024x600 or better
> preferred)
>     Wired (ethernet) or wireless (WiFi) Internet access
>     A computer that is capable of booting from a DVD or USB
>
> On the above hardware this OS is very fast. (I have been running in on a
> 32 bit Virtual disk and it very fast...considering.)
>
>
> http://itsfoss.com/chromixiumos-released/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=http_itsfosscom_chromixiumos_released
>
> ...and...
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromixium/?source=typ_redirect
>
> ...and,,,
>
> http://chromixium.wikidot.com/minimum-requirements
>
> ...and direct from the source...
>
> http://chromixium.org/about
>
> PS For installing Chromixium on a VD of your choice see the the following
> link:
> http://chromixium.wikidot.com/testing-chromixium-in-a-virtual-machine
> and enter the password “user” and the installer will open. I currently
> have setup the configuration to 1 processor, 1 GB of RAM and 20GB hard
> drive space and though slowest it still runs very stably. Note, that it is
> as you would suspect, Google-centric but other apps can be downloaded. (It
> even runs MS 365 without issue. ;-))
>
> Jim
>
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Arthur


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