Chrome OS Image

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I would like to try out Chrome OS as a VM.

I have found some ISOs I am not sure I trust. Has Google released an official image for testing?
 
The Chrome OS is supposed to be available as open source for developers.
gdgt has it available for download, and has had it since the previews came out.
I don't know their relationship with Google, but if Google wanted it down, they would take it down, so you can pretty much work under the assumption it is legit.
http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/

There was an article somewhere with more info on the open-source portion of it, but I can't find it at the moment.
 
If you are loading the OS in a VM, you wouldn't have much to worry about, especially if you have networking shut off during the install.
 
I actually want to use Chrome OS as my "sandbox browser".

That is why I want an official image, just because someone could have tweaked the source code before building it.
 
The gdgt version is old, but legit.

News from last week:
Acer to introduce first Chrome OS at Computex 2010
Posted on May 13, 10 06:39 PM PDT

Acer is set to be the first company to offer Google's Chrome OS at Computex 2010 in Taipei on June 1st, but there has been no confirmation on whether said device will come in the form of a netbook, smartbook or perhaps, even a tablet. Are you looking forward to a Chrome OS device? After all, Google was supposed to have rolled out the Chrome OS this year, so it makes perfect sense for Computex 2010 to be the platform to do so. We wonder just how Chrome OS will mix it up with the big boys in the long run - will it remain a niche OS for specific products only?
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It must be nearing a release state. The nature of it means that someone still needs to put it together to make it a usable general distro. Who knows when it will work on a wide range of hardware. For a (newer) VMWare image, it should be sooner than later.
 
450 said:
Why does networking need to be shut off?
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Because if he is worried about malware phoning home or causing damage to his host system, you sever the ties to keep it completely isolated in the VM. That's one of the reasons and benefits of using a VM to test shady (or believed to be shady) software out.
 
DeaconFrost said:
Because if he is worried about malware phoning home or causing damage to his host system, you sever the ties to keep it completely isolated in the VM. That's one of the reasons and benefits of using a VM to test shady (or believed to be shady) software out.
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Got it. Thanks for explaining it to me. :)
 
No guarantee with this but, at Google I/O now taking place, they could release or show off yet another more current version of ChromeOS with an actual "official" download as a possibility this week, so sayeth the rumor mills... worth keeping an eye on.
 
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