Chrome OS: You do not have to buy a Chromebook to enjoy the features of the Google operating system. All you need is a computer and a USB.
Google does not officially offer its OS images, but there are various developers who distribute the OS. The method below works with any operating system useste: Windows, macOS or Linux. And of course we won't replace your existing operating system.
Below we will create one bootable USB which will contain Chromium OS or Chrome OS. Your USB will be completely erased during the Google OS installation process. If you have valuable data on disk, you should store it elsewhere.
Download the latest one picture of Chrome OS
Google does not have an official version of it Chromium OS which you can download.
We tried Chromium on an HP Laptop with the following image:
https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special//Camd64OS_R58-8872.B-Special.7z
It's one special version, because with the simple images I tried initially, I couldn't connect to the internet. (They didn't have the necessary drivers). However, here is the link, you may be luckier:
https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/?dir=daily&order=modified&sort=asc
The compressed size of the image is 459MB and when unpacked it reaches 7.7GB!
Let's see how we can move it to USB. In Linux, I use an amazing tool that works on all platforms (cross-platform). It is called Etcher and you can download it from the following link on the platform you are interested in:
After installing the app, select the image after unpacking it. The application will see on its own USB, you just click on Flash!
Once the process is complete, the application will let you know. That's it!
You can restart your computer, and choose from where to boot. If you give it the USB path you will create in the way above, it will run Google's operating system.
