OT (geeky) - chrome and other minimalist OSes...

rideslikeagirl
rideslikeagirl Posts: 63
edited February 2012 in Commuting chat
Anyone used 'em? I'm very tempted by chrome os (you can get compiled builds without having to buy a chromebook - chromebooks are definitely silly), i've tried jolicloud but i felt all the 'social' options were intrusive. Currently using ubuntu 11.04 on a hp compaq mini 110 (new puter isn't an option).

Anyone tried chrome(ium)? I'm not anti the browser but there's a few things that keep me on firefox... What i really want is just a browser with a media player tbh... I never use my netbook for 'proper' computing and if i need to i can remote desktop to a server at work...

So, ok, it needs a browser, media player and an RDP client... :D

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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Windows 8 Preview is good.

    It's not minimalist but it is free and will run anything that works in Vista or 7.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • rideslikeagirl
    rideslikeagirl Posts: 63
    Ptheh, hack cough windoze ew..... :D
  • brooksby
    brooksby Posts: 34
    PCLInuxOS (Phoenix edition, with the Xfce desktop) on an old Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo PA laptop.

    Still ********** fiddling with the wireless!
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    What's wrong with what you've got now? I.e. what's up with Ubuntu?
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    why do you want a minimalist OS? you can get distros that run lighter faster things than KDE/Gnome. as to if it's worth it?

    the small and quick OS's are all long gone really.

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