ChromiumOS Special Build – R55-8777

Update: 12/11/16: The Update Servers are now available. To update from older builds (post version R46-7323), just go to ‘About Chromium OS’ and click on ‘Check for and apply updates’.


New Special Builds out today!

Download 64 bit build from https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R55-8777.0-Special.7z

SHA1: 85f76ad132be7674e0d4a310075062310cfecec9

Download 32 bit build from https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R55-8777.0-Special.7z

SHA1: 8feabfa588ddd67205796f2efaf886677f5e3d50

Fixes:

  • Sierra wireless EM7355 WiFi added
  • Marvell Yukon 88E8040 NIC added
  • Altheros AR8152 NIC added
  • Realtek RTL8192E WiFi added
  • Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi added
  • Fix for the lack of space when booting from USB. This means a minimum 8GB USB stick is now required.

Enhancements

Known Issues: https://github.com/arnoldthebat/chromiumos/issues


Download 64 bit Vanilla build from https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R55-8777.0-Vanilla.7z

SHA1: c7a5828cdd7c6fd533e22e128a15014c72324960

Download 32 bit Vanilla build from https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R55-8777.0-Vanilla.7z

SHA1: c670d95265b14917a8315a9194d2bbe332d91c31


Please note: there is a new behaviour with the chronos user password. The password has been removed from this build and will continue to be removed for better overall security.
This means you need to use ‘chromeos-setdevpasswd’ from either shell or console to set your own password from this build onwards.

By default, this also disables SSH access so if you also need this level of access, you will need to set a separate password using ‘sudo passwd chronos’. This allows the password for dev access and SSH access to remain separate if needed.

You can also just set a password using ‘sudo passwd chronos’ and this will allow for both dev and SSH access if you need to keep the passwords the same. Do not use ‘chromeos-setdevpasswd’ if you want to keep the passwords the same.