I just read a news article saying that Google has just published some source code of Chrome OS. On the bottom it says: (translated from Dutch)
x86 en ARM
Chrome OS should run on x86 as well as ARM chips, although google has developed it for x86. This is because practically all netbooks and laptops have x86 processors.
Anyone knows if this Chrome OS will run on N900 ? It should, right ?
I'd imagine someone could hack it. My guess is it would be a nightmare even if you could get it running. And you'd likely lose much of the functionality of your N900 due to missing drivers, etc. If you could get it to run, that is.
The question is: why in the world would you want to install Chrome OS on a Nokia N900? IMO, that would be taking a huge step backwards.
I'd imagine someone could hack it. My guess is it would be a nightmare even if you could get it running. And you'd likely lose much of the functionality of your N900 due to missing drivers, etc. If you could get it to run, that is.
The question is: why in the world would you want to install Chrome OS on a Nokia N900? IMO, that would be taking a huge step backwards.
To offer a different viewpoint:
Isn't that the essence of OSS development? Wanting to tinker and do things as you want?
I've been trying to condense so many ideas into a concise comment, but basically I think that if the N900 is a "mobile computer", it should be simple to dual-boot it, or to add a different OS.
Most PC parts are commodity hardware that interface over defined standards SATA, PATA, PCI, USB, etc. Is the N900 set up this way? (Seriously I'm asking not trying to start a flame war)
