Hidden Chrome Features on CR-48(calamitylane.com)
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Hidden Chrome Features on CR-48
http://calamitylane.com/articles/programming/hidden-chrome-features-on-cr-48/
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Actually, you can get to a terminal without going to developer mode: http://calamitylane.com/articles/programming/chrome-os-on-th...
...but that's pretty sweet. :)
...but that's pretty sweet. :)
That "crosh" shell is actually extremely limited, only allowing a handful of basic commands. (ssh, ping, traceroute, top, a couple of other misc utilities -- but no text editor.)
You still need to enable developer mode to get to a "traditional" linux shell: http://www.chromium.org/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device
You still need to enable developer mode to get to a "traditional" linux shell: http://www.chromium.org/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device
One missed in that article is chrome://system which brings up a bunch of hardware-related data. (For example, cpuinfo output. If you're wondering: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz.)
As other commenters have mentioned, a bunch of those work well in the Chrome Browser, too. (I'm on dev channel, 10.0.612.3)
As other commenters have mentioned, a bunch of those work well in the Chrome Browser, too. (I'm on dev channel, 10.0.612.3)
In "about:flags" on Chromium (10.0.613.0 on OSX) there's an option to enable expose-style viewing of tabs by swiping three fingers down.. which is really convenient because swiping 4 fingers down is the default on Macs to invoke expose.
All of those (except the file browser) works in the normal version of Chrome as well.
about:network doesn't seem to work in normal Chrome either.
+1 for "tab overview" flag in about:flags -- three finger swipe down brings up an expose like interface for selecting a tab
That's not a feature in Chrome OS....
These aren't specific to the CR-48 or even Chrome OS. The flags are insanely useful and make Chrome the pleasure it is to use day to day.
Click to enable plugins is the killer flag in my opinion.
Click to enable plugins is the killer flag in my opinion.
From there, you can open a terminal and start experimenting, installing outside software, and working on ChromeOS development.