Now that we have Koha running on the USB and the computer lab has agreed to change the boot sequence of the computers to USB - CD - HDD it is time to look at some interesting alternatives to windows.
The Chrome OS has a lot of interest as it is designed to make the browser the OS so that all apps and data live on the network. And since i am trying hard to downsize the number of machines running around here (down to 4 now!...plus 3 laptops...but i just ordered a revo for the media center client project which starts next week). Anyway, the clever folks at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ have created a USB image that can receive updates. A VM image will be ready soon but for now we download the ChromeOsFlow.img file to \\godzilla (the main ubuntu box - back in action after a bad PNY video card experience) and run the imagewriter program to burn the chrome image to an old 2 gig USB stick. Ubuntu Imagewriter is a simple program that burns a 'disc' image, sort of like burning an ISO image with Brasero.
The whole process takes about 4/5 minutes and when done you have a bootable USB stick with ChromeOS. What i plan to do with it is to test out the machines in the lab and maybe some of the home machines as well and the revo when it arrives. Will let you know how it goes...
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