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Chrome OS / Linux Mint / etc

This week I downloaded the Google Chrome Operating System via a link on dottech.org, that went to gdgt.com . It worked running it in Virtual Box (like VMWare), which virtualizes your OS. It runs under Window$ (or other operating systems) and lets you apply resources to run another OS inside your main one. It was cool. Spartan, to say the least. It comes up with Google Chrome browser, gmail, and some other select Google Apps, and Pandora Internet radio (I'm a big fan) which Google may have purchased, not sure. Anyway, they say it's geared toward netbooks and the like, and I can see where it would work SLICK for that. Engadget.com has instructions for loading it, so do some other sites. I'm downloading the torrent to load it from a 4gb USB stick right now. THAT application is useful. You'd be able to boot your Google login, iGoogle, Gmail, Wave (still up in the air on it's usefulness), Pandora radio, and some other useful apps from a usb drive on most any computer. I