what commpilation do i download for google chrom OS

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noobusinglinux
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what commpilation do i download for google chrom OS

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hi guys i was just wondering what to download to get wine to work in google chome os?
thanks all in advance :wink:
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Re: what commpilation do i download for google chrom OS

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noobusinglinux wrote:hi guys i was just wondering what to download to get wine to work in google chome os?
Binary packages are built by the distros, so if that's what you're looking for, ask Google.

You could download the source and try to build Wine yourself. However, from what I've read Google Chrome OS uses its own windowing system, and I have no idea if it will work with Wine.
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It's probably very hard. I wouldn't try it unless you want to spend a week or two on it, and you're comfortable with gentoo linux.

A few ideas for developers who want to try it:

a) make sure your system has an Intel x86-compatible processor;
wine won't do much for you on ARM processors

b) flip your chromeos system into developer mode, e.g.
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/dev ... chromebook

c) transfer some simple binaries from a similar desktop linux system,
and see if they work

d) if that works, try transferring wine

Alternately,

e) build chromium OS yourself; see
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide

f) then try building wine; maybe see
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/how ... -build-faq
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