[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]
“Chrome OS is clearly based on Ubuntu(if you press
Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal, you can see the Ubuntu Karmic
development branch message) meaning hardware support should be
excellent. However, its been heavily stripped down“For most people, Wifi doesn’t work. Without Wifi, Chrome
OS is pretty useless as it relies heavily on “the
cloud” for most of its features.“My laptop uses the Intel 5100 wireless chipset, and I was
dismayed that the wireless didn’t work out of the box, as
every Linux distribution has supplied drivers with ease. Installing
the firmware seemed like it might be difficult at first, as the
root file system is read only. However, getting it working only
took two seconds, and if Wireless works out of the box for you in
Ubuntu Karmic, it’ll also work in Chrome OS.”
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