Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with VirtualBox (Linux/OSX)

Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V... by RexRollman on Friday September 02, 2011 @03:55PM (#2955374)

Personally speaking, I would love to see Google release an offical, downloadable ChromeOS images that could be used with VMWare or Virtualbox. Something like that could be a real boon for some users.

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Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V... by mdaniel on Saturday September 03, 2011 @12:55PM (#2957596)

FWIW, my copy of Parallels 6 has a "Download Chrome OS" in its File menu. Last time I tried it, after some delay I was met with a functional copy of Chrome OS (I don't even recall having to answer any questions).

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Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V... by fierarul on Friday September 02, 2011 @04:02PM (#2955394)

The magic in ChromeOS is the hardware Google uses from the Chromebooks. There is an unofficial site with images for Chromium(?)OS but it doesn't look pretty.

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Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V... by rdl on Friday September 02, 2011 @04:54PM (#2955550)

What is the magic beyond SSD (and good acpi/power management integration), trusted boot (using a TPM), and OpenGL?

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Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V... by fierarul on Saturday September 03, 2011 @01:25AM (#2956569)

Beyond that I hope they have some better fonts on the Chromebooks.

I can't imagine what would one do with a ChromeOS VM when you have native Chrome builds available. Once the novelty factor wears out (and it does, pretty quickly), there is nothing to be done except delete the vm.

Otoh, I see the value in a secure device like the Chromebook and I think this is what ChromeOS is selling, not just the actual OS.

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