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Build a Chromebox with Chromium OS

In the age of cloud computing, Chrome OS is the leader. It dominates the low-end PC market and is making inroads at the other end. Laptop Chromebooks, desktop Chromeboxes… it seems likely Chrome OS and Android will merge at some point.

Chrome OS is built on the Linux kernel and derived from Chromium OS, its open source base. Chromium OS consists of a three-tier architecture: the browser and window manager; the kernel and drivers; and the firmware.

Simple to use but reliant on cloud services, Chromium OS can be installed on a Raspberry Pi using FydeOS. Describing itself as

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