Cr OS Linux

Cr OS Linux (), formerly Chrome OS Linux, is a lightweight operating system based on the Linux distribution openSUSE. It contains a lot of out-of-the-box software, including the latest developer version of Chromium web browser, Insync client for Google Drive, Flash and Java plugins, LibreOffice office suite and GIMP graphics editor. The default desktop environment in Cr OS Linux is Cinnamon, but GNOME 3 is also included. Since the beginning, Cr OS Linux has provided the latest available versions of all included software and its version numbers has resembled included Chromium versions. Cr OS Linux is distinct from Google Chrome OS.
History
The initial beta release of Cr OS Linux was version 0.4.207, published in September 2009, based on openSUSE 11.1 and featured GNOME 2.24 desktop environment and Google Chrome 4.0.207 web browser.
The release 0.6.427 was published on July 31, 2010 and featured Google Chrome 6.0.427 web browser, Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager and OpenOffice.org 3.0 suite. Since then, there have been many minor releases based on newer openSUSE versions.
The release 2.1.1145 on June 14, 2012 brought a major improvement, switching from openSUSE 11.4 to openSUSE 12.1, from GNOME to Cinnamon, from Google Chrome to Chromium and from Picasa to Shotwell.
As of December 10, 2012 the current stable release of Cr OS Linux is 2.4.1290 and it is based on openSUSE 12.2.
Distribution
Cr OS Linux is distributed as a live DVD (formerly live CD) ISO file and a raw USB disk image for the x86 architecture. They can be downloaded via HTTP from external servers or using BitTorrent protocol.
Software
Cr OS Linux uses RPM package format and Zypper package manager, as well as the graphical software manager in YaST Control Center. It searches OpenSUSE 12.2 and Tumbleweed repositories for additional software. Users can also install packages online using One Click Install.

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