Google offers a free, lightweight operating system that essentially turns any machine into a Chromebook. It's a great way to keep an aging computer in service longer.

ChromeOS may not be the most popular Linux distro, but itâ s still a decent operating system for users who only rely on Googleâ s web apps. Although Google lets you set up ChromeOS Flex on devices ...

Nicely done! Congrats, sir, for going through (and documenting) all the steps to make it happen. For those who ask "Why?" Because is a good enough reason. A thoughtful write-up for Ars about what you ...

When I got a look at Freescale’s tablet reference design the other day, it was running a modified Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It seemed reasonably responsive and it was capable of playing HD ...

We got Google’s Chrome OS up and running alongside Android on a Pixel phone. This is possible thanks to a special build of Chromium OS — the open-source version of Chrome OS — made for running in a ...

Down to the actual announcement. The source for Chrome OS, which has been rechristened Chromium OS (finally, they got away from a name that evokes images of people doing drugs) has been provided by ...