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I have been looking forward to checking out Chrome OS, but haven't had time to download one of the installers out there right now. It will be nice to have an official, easy to install version, if they release one. Do they plan to make it easy for people to download and install the OS, or are they mostly going to market it to device manufacturers?

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Chromium OS is the open source version and is available for download in source form right now. You'll have to compile it yourself, I think. I'm pretty sure things will stay that way.

Chrome OS is the closed-source version that is sent to vendors to be installed on computers. I'm pretty sure Google won't make Chrome OS available for download, since there will be no single "Chrome OS" image; it'll be customized for each hardware option.

(I think.)

That makes sense. I will just have to take the initiative and compile it or download one of the unofficial builds.

Why? I mean, it is literally Chrome... as an OS. If you use Chrome, there isn't a whole lot to check out to be honest.

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