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		lincolnq on Dec 11, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using the Google Cr-48 for Coding Presumably it's like OS X -- it's a lot harder to make an OS that runs on any old hardware than it is if you know the hardware ahead of time.

jlees on Dec 11, 2010 [–]

Absolutely. Also, there are plenty of great open source developers contributing to the Chromium project to help get the OS working on multiple platforms. If you have an Eee or Dell Mini, for example, there are builds for those freely available.

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