Building ChromiumOS for QEMU | Linux Today

Building ChromiumOS for QEMU

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Robert Foss
Dec 2, 2017

Getting ChromiumOS building is reasonably easy, but running it under QEMU requires some work.The ChromiumOS project is essentially ChromeOS minus branding and some packages for things like the media digital restrictions management. Here’s a guide to help you build all of the software needed to boot your very own ChromiumOS system image.

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Robert Foss

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