Without looking too much at it, there's a worry that ChromeOS depends on GL and uses GL extensively (see clutter usage). This may not work that well on GLES devices.
That said, a N900 is fully multiboot-able and drivers are probably not such a bad issue if you play by certain rules..
Chrome OS on the N900 shouldn't be an issue if a lot of work was put into it, but honestly why would you want to? The N900's 32gbs would become unusable since Chrome doesn't use the main storage and you can't do USB-OTG with this so you;d have no storage other then on Google's servers. For the expense, it seems a waste.
That said however, with the N810 being a little obsolete at this point, and only having 2GBs of storage anyways, it seems like a fun platform to run Chrome on. The microSD card every stores their **** on anyways should still be accessible assuming the correct drivers are written for it. You also don't have to worry about cellie drivers, or accelerometer drivers, etc.
So anyone want to try getting it running on the N810? :P
The problem with running Chrome on anything other than netbooks designed for Chrome is the lack of drivers. Google has specifically said they don't intend to develop drivers for anything beyond the Chrome netbooks they are working with manufacturers on. Although, as has been pointed out, the source code is open and you can certainly develop your own drivers.
It might be a fun project. As a project, I might agree with Apoc and try it on the N810. Chrome's browser based paradigm would seem to be a bit problematic for a phone but in many ways it would seem to fit better on a tablet than the existing Diablo paradigm.
BTW, I find it amusing that the Maemo fanboys seem to be taking the attitude that "we believe in open source but only our open source."
It would probably be easier (and a lot smarter) to just make a psuedo-ChromeOS, something that boots a Nokia / Nokia-esque kernel and initrd and then just starts X and a web browser (maybe Chromium will start to build for ARM soon, or maybe Tear/some Firefox varient/pick your browser of the day), as opposed to trying to shoehorn all the Google cruft in.
ChromeOS's main unique "features," such as encrypted loopback user data storage and trusted boot are not very feasible on a tablet anyway (and I'd argue not very useful in general, but someone thought ChromeOS was smart...) . Trusted boot isn't even in the ChromeOS developer tree yet, since it'll require custom hardware and firmware - basically a lot of what ChromiumOS is right now is Ubuntu 9.10 with GNOME taken out, replaced by a little Clutter-based WM and login screen and an encrypted home directory.
Also, will ChromeOS be touchscreen friendly? Maybe so, b/c I hope that touchscreen/convertible netbooks will become increasingly common, but I doubt that will be their first target.
Also, will Google Gears (or equivalent functionality) be open-sourced? I'd love to have *that* on Maemo (as has been discussed often before on this forum). The Chrome (or Chromium?) browser -- maybe.
