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I have used http://shiftedit.net/ and it seems to work pretty well. You can (s)ftp the files down and back and then edit them. I have only used it a few times for some PHP projects, but it has not failed me.

Yeah because what happens is you end up making Ubuntu first in the boot priority, but with the developer switch off it skips any unsigned OS and goes straight into CrOS.

That part is easy. The guide itself, however, is not for the faint of heart. A few tips:

• You will need another computer, possibly a desktop, running Linux already to create the image you'll load on the CR-48
• If you can, absolutely use a USB to Ethernet adapter to transfer the Ubuntu image that you create (it will be 5GB - my WiFi went wonky many times before I was able to complete the transfer successfully)
• Otherwise, use bzip to compress the image. I didn't see this further down in the instructions - it would have saved a lot of pain.

One caveat, CrOS may delete your stateful partition when you go back to it (so your profile, and downloaded files, etc.) But who cares? It's all up on the cloud anyways...

Good luck if you try it! The instructions are very detailed, I didn't have to make more than a couple small guesses with the guide.

Why do so many people have this opinion while the Chromium team has made it pretty clear that they don't mind at all if people try installing alternative OSes.

FWIW: I have Ubuntu installed but still use Chrome OS quite a bit (you can't use the 3g card in Ubuntu - that I know of - for instance... plus Chrome OS is good for 95% of what I do)

Some time ago I was stuck with a GPT protected partition on a flash disk and nothing but windows boxes around when I found this.

You can safely start the format and cancel it after 5% since the file tables will be gone by then. After that, just fire up disk manager and make a new partition like usual.

That's not even "iffy." The Chrome OS team has said "the ability to hack your own device is an intentional design feature of Google Chrome notebooks." Hence, their guide to installing Ubuntu

It sounds like you want to run Windows 7 but I had a fairly painless time following the Chromium team's official guide to installing Ubuntu:

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/cr-48-chrome-notebook-developer-information/how-to-boot-ubuntu-on-a-cr-48

No need to unscrew anything. Just need to flip the dev switch in the battery compartment. Also thats all you need to do to go back and forth between Ubuntu and ChromeOS once you get going.

sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 5 -T 1 -S 0 /dev/sda will change the priority of /dev/sda6 (you'd want to change 6 to whichever partition Ubuntu is on your machine) to 5 and attempt to boot it first.

Once/if it boots successfully, run sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 5 -T 1 -S 1 /dev/sda to mark it as having booted successfully, which will allow it to restart back into Ubuntu.

If you want to restart into ChromeOS, run sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 1 -T 1 -S 1 /dev/sda to give /dev/sda6 priority 1 (lowest) which will cause it to choose the latest ChromeOS partition.

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I recommend talking with one of the chromebook ninjas here https://www.google.com/support/chromeos/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=ts.cs&ts=1342028 The might be able to help find a replacement or come up with a different solution

Correct! I aim to do this exact upgrade when I get mine - I'd suggest either the 40GB or 80GB mSATA drives from Intel.

The new update is only on the dev channel for the Samsung and Acer Chromebooks. The Chrome team said we might get the Auro update in a later release.

I'm on the beta channel, not the dev channel. I think it is supposed to (the flag is gone from about:flags), but when I plugged in a USB key with some mp3s on it, all I see is a notification that says:

Removable device detected

Scanning content...

and then it doesn't complete, or go away until I unplug the USB key.

Edit: It looks like this is a known bug: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/8bsZrN29kg0

Edit Edit: I downloaded a few mp3s directly onto the Cr-48, and when I click on them, the media player opens, but it says "Error Playing Back" so I'm sure it's just a bug for now. The new Media Player looks awesome though!

Hi Guys,

I've posted in some other threads here but figure it's re-intro time. My name is Jess, Googler by day, redditor by night, etc. If you're concerned and need a status update, I posted instructions on this thread on how to do so: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/NlIj7mURFrg/discussion

If you've followed those instructions, we've looked at your form. Some of these users have already been contacted (ex. if we had trouble delivering a device) while others are still pending.

TL;DR - We're working on it!

Jess

Google's position on the matter: >I know it's frustrating for you some of you guys having radio silence from us but I'm spending a lot of time cross-referencing lists and preparing for our Chrome Notebook Ninjas to email you status updates. If you already posted, I already looked you up and if you're on our lists we'll be reach out to you. If you haven't posted or have a different email address I should have been looking up with, you can send an email to the owner of this group from this page: https://groups.google.com/group/chrome-notebook-pilot/about

So if you don't get an email soon you can email the group owner to get verification instead of posting in the group (and posting topics the present CR-48 owners have to wade through).

I could not find any solution to map the top brightness keys but I have found an application that can map it to CTRL + < or >. It does the job.

http://download.cnet.com/Desktop-Lighter/3000-2108_4-10822614.html

You can use Picnik. Click the "Upload a photo" button and go to your chronos folder. Your photo should be there. When you have it open go to the "Save & Share" tab and the option to share it with Facebook should be at the top.

I've been facing the same dilemma, and all I've been able to find is Write Space. It's a fairly simple offline text editor, but there's not much in the way of document storage. What I've been doing is loading an SD card with documents, which you can then import using the Options menu for Write Space. You can also plan ahead and copy+paste whatever document(s) you want to work on into Write Space before you get on the plane. You can't really save things unless you copy them into a real document editor, but you won't lose whatever you were working on when you put the computer to sleep or turn it off. It's not perfect, but it works.

Another workaround I just thought of and tested would be to set up a private blog, submit whatever documents you want as blog posts, then use Chromapaper to save them for offline viewing. Once you sync Instapaper w/ your Cr-48, you can open these documents offline and copy+paste into Write Space.

I use the Dawn Theme: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/emfpmjajplcppdidekakjkngnonlajnl

It looks Perfect on the Cr-48. No weird nonsmooth gradients, and is easy on the eyes.

Status bar is easy to read.

IMO, Dawn beats all other themes on the CR-48.

First I used this method to install a base arch install on the ROOT_C partition. Then, from chrome OS, I mounted it in /home/chronos/user and ran chroot on it. I used a guide from the gentoo wiki to get X working in the chroot, which was actually pretty useful; I have dwm installed and can run whatever graphical linux apps I want.

Statically linking pacman would have been easier in retrospect...

They're all over eBay. This one appears to be in your price range:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-CR-48-/110809348100

There have been 43 Cr-48s sold on eBay in the last two weeks. They all closed between $150 and $382.

I just realized that you meant the in the actual window of the omnibar, my apologies. yes my rss extension works fine.

I use this one if it's different than yours https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd

I just realized that you meant the in the actual window of the omnibar, my apologies. yes my rss extension works fine.

I use this one if it's different than yours https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd

(that said, these prices aren't news - this is the $500 samsung they had at the Google I/O keynote, right? the $350 Acer is due in two weeks anyhow...) (and yes, checking engadget for those price references: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/samsung-chromebook-goes-on-sale-early-at-gilt/ confirms that Gilt is already sold out :-)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hkelgkihphkegiaagbcgglfidabmgkgp

This is an app that seems to work in the opposite of the "Chrome to Phone" google app in that it sends links from your phone to the Chrome browser.

However, if you're looking to send images you take with your phone, the Google+ app has an option to auto-upload all photos you take to a private album on Google+, which would be a fairly simple way to get them over.

Take a look at the Better Music Beta Extension. It has the most features out of all the others. It's great if you want to scrobble through Google Music.

First off: a few hours more in normal mode and the same thing happened. Back to dev mode and it works fine.

The reason I enabled dev mode in the first place was because I wanted a shell that I could dick around in. The reason I kept it was so that I could do everything from play minecraft to write code on my Cr48. I just got done installing Firefox. Not for any good reason other than that I can. Oh and due to aforementioned code editing I installed dropbox, which came in handy as well. That of course required python, so I had to get python. I used this git repo to get python, and in the process I also got vim, git, hg and GNU screen (although it doesn't work for me)

Go ahead and switch to the dev software channel, but you really don't need to flip the hardware switch unless you really wanna play in the shell. Also, there are two Google Groups you can join:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chrome-notebook-pilot (official) and

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cr-48-test-pilots (unofficial)

Join them to keep an ear on what problems people are having, but be aware both have a very low signal to noise ratio.

Oh: don't put your stickers on (if you got a sheet) until you really decide you want them on. The plain surface is pretty sexy.

edit: oh yeah, since I run 1Password on my Mac, PC, and phone, using Dropbox to sync browser passwords between them, I bookmarked my page at Dropbox for easy access to those passwords I didn't already have in my Chrome browsers.

Hi, fellow RPI student :)

I have a post here -- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/chrome-notebook-pilot/VAqk_kXfxRY/svrMt2KcQbQJ where someone is trying to help me out. I've also filed a bug at crosbug.com but it really looks like RPI network is at blame here.

BTW, how do you connect from the command line?

WEP Enterprise? My Uni used that up until this year...incompatible with everything.

Write about it here and get a bug report filed with the Chromium OS team.

Go here. Vierling's a member of this group on the Cr-48 pilots. The method of flashing one of these builds is the same for restoring the official Chrome OS, though there's a longer wait to flash the initial setup. I mention this is a step for seeing if one of these builds works in a better manner for you until perhaps another build comes down the pike.

It could, of course, be a problem with the syncing for your account, but history being a part of the problem makes it a little confusing...

The future of the CR48/Chrome OS Hardware, form factors, etc.

Time Table

Is chrome OS too soon or too late?

chrome os too little too late?

Go here. Click send an email to the group owner. Explain that you think it was returned to sender. If you were accepted into the pilot program they will email you back within a few days (Or, at least, they emailed me back). DO NOT post a topic in the group about it. It will be deleted.

The thread I posted in has apparently been deleted, but this thread appears to be monitored (all the deleted posts were people they checked out):

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/NlIj7mURFrg/discussion

I have programmed, but not much of a programmer. A cbz is just a zip file. So all that is needed for a bare bones reader is to decompress the file, hold the images somewhere, and the view them sequentially. It is kinda like the same idea as http://www.magicscroll.net/ for ePub files. Which are also just zip files. The hard part is where to store the images when viewing.

Cool. It looks like you've got 2 spare mini pci e slots you could use, plus the one the current wlan card is in: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x148/jlimage/Step5.jpg. You could leave the current wlan card in, but make sure to disable it so you're not connecting through that.

In the cr48 (it probably isn't too hard to take it apart), there are 2 possible cards that could be the wireless card: http://www.engadget.com/photos/google-cr-48-laptop-torn-down/#3665054 There's the full size one closer to the hinge, and there's a really tiny one under the white ribbon cable closer to the battery. just pull out one of those and throw it in the dell (it would probably be best to hook it some antennas in the dell, so it gets decent reception). Then just take that to the computer center and have them register it.

Thanks for putting this together! I had been playing around with an archlinux chroot on mine to accomplish roughly the same purpose but this is definitely a lot cleaner.

The one piece of software that seems missing from this collection is screen.

Thanks for putting this together! I had been playing around with an archlinux chroot on mine to accomplish roughly the same purpose but this is definitely a lot cleaner.

The one piece of software that seems missing from this collection is screen.

Thanks for putting this together! I had been playing around with an archlinux chroot on mine to accomplish roughly the same purpose but this is definitely a lot cleaner.

The one piece of software that seems missing from this collection is screen.

>Server administration work (using something like Terminator), because a single console window doesn't work

This problem was solved 23 years ago.

I agree about the rest, though.

There are only 2. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=user+agent+switcher

Still not what I'm looking for but one is close.

You could try using the official extension for that; despite the name, it also supports Doc files, though it doesn't seem to support spreadsheets.

Also, the 1 MB conversion limit is huge for most people. What are you doing that causes that limit to feel restrictive, if I may ask?

Professional with the Professional Scrollbars as well

indeed the Cr-48 struggles with too many tabs. i try to keep as few as possible, but this is a hard habit to break. this extension lets you set a max number of tabs, which is a weird idea but surprisingly is kinda working well for me: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kokmfemecmlekdnjllgobeplngdfifie

I'm a big fan of the music site theSixtyOne, and I really like this Chrome extension that lets you listen to music from a toolbar button: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hghoinoackbjefgfkbgnkjknmneajoof

I MIiiight be mistaken, but doesn't hitting the "View All" link under Popular from the index or in any category view show you everything, in decreasing order of popularity? It's not great, but it's there. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/list/most_popular_apps/ 2,527 apps. Sounds about right, I think?

Here is the official guide from the Cr-48 wiki. There is also a script floating around the internet that will completely automate the process for you, if you google "Ubuntu Cr-48 dual boot script" I'm sure you'll find it, but I don't remember the URL off the top of my head.

If you're somewhat experienced with Linux, you may want to do what I did for a while and install a chroot in your stateful partition on the Cr-48. That allows you to have access to a full-fledged Linux install even while using Chrome OS. It's even more convenient than dualbooting, but it does require a small amount of technical knowledge to get it set up. I can try to put together a rough guide for that if you're interested, but if you've never used Linux before I'd recommend just dual booting with Ubuntu.

There's not much that I've found so far, but I want to see something like this as well. Wouldn't it be great if somebody could port Eclipse to HTML5?!?!

Anyway, here's a link somebody put up the other day:

http://jsfiddle.net/Steve_Wellens/pBtQf/1/

Also, here's one that I found a few weeks ago: http://www.coderun.com/ide/

None of them seem very awesome. Also, you're limited by the lack of a typical FTP. There is the command-line stuff on ChromeOS, but I don't know how to use it very well.

A friend of mine is using Dropbox to keep everything sync'd between his work and home machines. Wonder if there's some similar system that could be setup for those cloud-based IDE.

Have you tried the official Linux version of Skype?

The UI is a bit screwy; it wouldn't accept keyboard input at the login screen, so I had to paste in my username/password from another text field. But once I got logged in, it seems to work fine for voice calls.