[dba-Tech] A new OS for cheap

[Arthur Fuller]

Oops. Accidentally hit Send. I'm now trying to install it as opposed to
running it off the DVD. It wants a password. Any idea what the password is?

Arthur

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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Arthur