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Make your own Chromebook

  • ExtremeTech; By Sebastian Anthony (Posted by mrseb on May 13, 2011 12:03 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Gentoo
On June 15, Samsung and Acer will release the first consumer-oriented Chrome OS laptops, or Chromebooks as Google likes to call them. Both hardware- and software-wise, these netbooks are nothing special: You can download Chrome OS's open source brother, Chromium OS, for free -- and at around $400 for a Chromebook, you would certainly expect some better hardware than what Samsung and Acer are offering.