1. INSTALL CHROMIUM O/S FOR TIWI ISLAND COLLEGE BY NICHOLAS DIAMANDOPOULOS

2. The Google chrome o/s known as chromium o/s is a Linux based operating system created from Google to work exclusively with the web applications. It was announced on July 7, 2009.

3. PICTURE OF TIWI ISLAND COLLEGE

4. PC HARDWARE To operate the Google Chrome O/S, I have listed the requirement below; WindowsrequirementsMacrequirementsLinuxrequirements Operating system Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 Windows Vista Windows 7. Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later. *Ubuntu 10.04 *Debian 6 *OpenSuSE 11.3 *Fedora Linux 14 ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 or later. IntelIntel Pentium 3/Athlon 64 or later. Free disk space 100 MB

5. PC SOFTWARE It’s a free open source software to download from the website.

6. INSTALLATION STEPS Step 1: Step 1: Navigate the website www.chromeos.hexxeh.net and download the top one to your USB. Step 2: Step 2: You will need to insert your USB into your computer then you will need to Unzip chrome_os_usb.zip, and launch Win32DiskImager.exe. Step 3: Step 3: Once you have the image writer running, click the folder icon and select the chrome o/s. Image file this screen will pop up. Step 4: Step 4: Click on the Device dropdown and select the drive letter that corresponds to your USB drive. Then, click Write and the program will commence writing the disk image to your USB drive. Step 5: Step 5: Restart your computer and press F10 to change the start-up sequence in boot up from USB then close and save restart your computer and leave your USB in the computer machine then in about 8-10 seconds this screen will pop. Step 6: Step 6: Then your finished.

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8. APPS CHOSEN AND WHY Gmail - Fast and less spam and easy to mail people. Shuffler. FM - A fast way to navigate though alot of music blogs. Full screen weather - To show the weather chart. Clicker.TV - To watch movies and TV shows online. Google books - Read your favourite books online.

9. PC PERFORMANCE UNDER CHROME OS The Google chrome o/s is a very fast O/S and you can multi task between applications.

10. SUMMARY Well it’s a fast o/s and it’s also easy to use, however the security on the software is web based controlled. The Google Chrome O/S Open Source software is free, also it’s virus free.

11. RECOMMENDATIONS I recommend Google Chrome O/S because it’s a really easy O/S to use and it’s a open source software to download for free, however the only downside is that it needs internet access to use.