Hexxeh releases Chromium OS Zero

Freescale just demonstrated a tablet at CES running Chrome OS, and there will no doubt be plenty of other manufacturers joining them later this year when Google finally releases their finished code. But why wait - and why shell out cash for a new device you probably don't need anyway?

Grab Hexxeh's latest build and take it for a spin right now!

The new update is called Chromium OS Zero and it boasts serious speed improvements, automatic delivery of system updates, a reduction in the startup delay on Broadcom wifi adapters, and a slick, customized bootsplash graphic. The browser now has full extension support and bookmark sync, which makes it easy to experiment.

After enabling sync and a quick trip to the Extensions Gallery to install LastPass, Zero is pretty much all I need for 90% of my daily browsing.

I haven't yet been able to boot the new version in VirtualBox, however, so you may want to stick to Cherry for now if you're planning to test drive Chromium OS in a virtual machine. You can still download Cherry via bittorrent.

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