If you want safe surfing, go Linux: Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts | ZDNet
I do most of my surfing in a Linux Mint virtual machine these days. This article confirms that I am on the right track.
I just put ChromeOS on a VM yesterday, as a matter of fact. It handles most everything that my grandkids surfed to. I may just have to find a way to get it installed on a separate partition for the days that they visit, and preserve my windows install....
The VM hardware settings aren't tweaked up, so graphics are slow, etc...
Haven't looked. I just wanted to see what the OS looked like and play around a little.
Also, I should mention that I'm currently using the free Oracle VM VirtualBox.
I used virtual box for many years but have now switched to VMware Player. With vBox I always had trouble with the network connections in the host. I find VMware Player easier to use and to manage.
I get excellent results - also in terms of performance. There is quasi no difference between the host performance and the guest performance. And for the internet, I use Mint most of the time because it is safer and faster. Even when I run from and external USB3 attached disk the performance impact is very minimal. But, of course, all my system disks are SSDs. I run Linux Mint, Linux Zorin, Ubuntu and Windows 8 that way.
Is using Xp mode in Windows 7 Pro considered surfing in a VM?
Google's Chrome OS partially hacked
Kinda, sorta...well, not really :)
Google's Chrome OS partially hacked | ZDNet
A Guy
Knew it wouldn't last long, nothing is unhackable. People will always find a way always! I wouldn't be suprised if they get fully into it.
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