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Chromium OS is a Linux-based operating system designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications.

Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

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Chromium - Enabling Widevine Content Decryption Module

I am trying to enable Widevine inside Chromium in order to play video from source like Netflix. Recompiling Chromium is not really an option since I use Qt new browser that uses Chromium. I'm trying to find a way to ship the plugin with my…
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Unable to boot Chromium OS from USB drive

I have tried both my own builds of Chromium OS and Hexxeh's daily Vanilla builds, and neither work. I copy them over to my flash drive, but when I try to boot from it, nothing happens except my backlight flashing on and off a few times, then a…
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How to access Google Drive from the command line using shell in ChromeOS?

Is it possible to have command-line access to Google Drive from the crosh shell? Conceivably, something like: cd ~/'Google Drive' In my current environment Developer is enabled so I've got root access to ChromeOS. The Files App is a useful GUI, but…
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Gentoo Linux Still Popular Today?

I have a set of Thinkpad X-series (x86) for a fresh installation of Linux OS. I want to ask based on today's trend for mobility, such as android, is Gentoo development catching up with today's popularity, if not what would be equivalent to…
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Is it possible to run Linux apps on Chromium OS?

Chromium OS/Chrome OS is based on the GNU/Linux kernel and is considered by some to be an odd sort of Linux distribution. I know through Crouton you can run other distributions inside the OS. However, is it somehow possible to directly run, or build…
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Does `build_packages` download all libraries again in the case of a failed build?

I have been trying to set up and build an image of the Chromium OS from the instructions available here. My laptop was running the build_packages script for about 7-8 hours after which it failed on one package. Now, my question is: Does the build…
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How to boot Chromium OS verbosely?

I'm attempting to boot the latest Chromium OS 32-bit build from this site. Whilst I'm currently experiencing a typical installation issue (stuck at a black screen after initial loading screen), not being able to get a verbose output of the boot…
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Can't move tabs in Chromium -- it always moves to a new window

I'm on Arch Linux running Chromium Version 97.0.4692.71. When I click a tab to try to move it left or right, it always moves to a new window. This started happening today after I ran a system upgrade last nite: yay -Syyu. The same tab problem…
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Chromium OS says "Your system is repairing itself. Please wait" and then reboots

I downloaded ChromeOS-Vanilla-3851.0.2013_03_17_1641-r7af8fe3d.zip from chromeos.hexxeh.net, then extracted and "burned" to a 4GB USB drive with dd if=ChromeOS-Vanilla-3851.0.2013_03_17_1641-r7af8fe3d.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M. I can boot it on my main…
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Rotate display or touch-screen without X

My Samsung Galaxy Book 10.6" has an issue on Linux based OSes (Ubuntu 17,18,19, Debian and ChromiumOS) where the digitizer (touch screen input) does not match the display - tapping the top right corner will trigger an action on the bottom left, for…
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Bash says file not found when `ls` and `dir` list it

I downloaded the ChromiumOS shell for Linux from here, unpacked it, and attempted to run chrome-wrapper. However, Bash tells me that the file chrome, a shared library according to Thunar, which is also in the same directory, is not found, yet I am…
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Ubuntu Drivers on Chromium OS?

I recently managed to install Chromium OS to a flash drive. However, when I booted into Chromium OS, I found that neither wifi or ethernet worked, yet both wifi and ethernet work on my Ubuntu partition. I was wondering if it was possible to copy the…
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How to compile Chromium OS

I know that there is this guide, but every time I tried to compile Chromium OS I never finished. I need some clear instructions to compile Chromium OS project and install it on my machine. There is an abandoned project on GitHub, here:…
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Differences between Chromium OS overlays?

In the ChromiumOS source, there are currently the following build overlays offered:…
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Chromium extension: restore previous state

I cleaned Chromium browser's browsing data, but I made a mistake not backing up a Nifty wallet extension. I would like to know how can I restore the previous state, if possible.
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