Update 14/08/16 – Dev server updates 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’. This is with regard to Special builds only and not the new Vanilla builds noted below.

New Special Builds out today!

Download 64 bit Special build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R54-8659.0-Special.7z

SHA1: 9d8461bf2a5c1c7523d676bc3e9418df82f864ec

Download 32 bit Special build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R54-8659.0-Special.7z

SHA1: 0a06c1e04c165d3f3415d6725143331e10a1e954

Fixes:

• Improved media codec support – MP3, H264
• Improved AC97 soundcard support

Enhancements

• R54 Chromium Release
• Kernel version 4.4
• Google Drive Integration
• Improved Linux Firmware Support as per https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-20160628.ebuild.
• Improved Wireless support due to disabling APManager

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

The Update Server will be made available in the next week or so.

In addition to the Special Builds, there are now enhanced Vanilla builds. These allow Google Drive integration and certain enhanced media codecs. This should allow the users with working daily builds more functionality and usability.

These Vanilla builds will also update automatically as and when I get the Update Server ready.

Please do not log issues with the Vanilla build since they are a courtesy build and will only work on devices with Freon supported graphics and CMT supported touch pads. WiFi and Ethernet will also have reduced support.

Download 64 bit Vanilla build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R54-8659.0-Vanilla.7z

SHA1: 4d5b6e4f10a43cc6ed2b2b41ec8270a7728ed99f

Download 32 bit Vanilla build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R54-8659.0-Vanilla.7z

SHA1: 2e8d8c5c8a26bc2ec06fd47e061ef24110b0acfd

Update 08/06/16 – Dev server updates 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 http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R52-8268.0-Special.7z

Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R52-8268.0-Special.7z

Fixes:

• None – Maintenance Release

Enhancements

• R52 Chromium Release
• Kernel version 4.4
• Google Drive Integration
• Improved Linux Firmware Support as per https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-20151207.ebuild.
• Improved Wireless support due to disabling APManager

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

The Update Server will be made available in the next week or so.

Update 06/03/16 – Dev server updates 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! Apologies for the epic delay in getting this released.

Download 64 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R50-7881.0-Special.7z

Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R50-7881.0-Special.7z

Fixes:

• None – Maintenance Release

Enhancements

• R50 Chromium Release
• Google Drive Integration
• Improved Linux Firmware Support as per https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-20150812.ebuild. This will be updated to the latest build (20151207) on the next version deployment.
• Improved Wireless support due to disabling APManager

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

New Special Builds out today!

• Download 64 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R48-7549.0-Special.7z
• Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R48-7549.0-Special.7z

Fixes:

• None – Maintenance Release

Enhancements

• Google Drive Integration!
• Improved Wireless support due to disabling APManager
• Google Apps for Work/Education users now work without hanging at login. I’m unable to test Enterprise Enrolment however for device control so please test and feedback.

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

New Special Builds out today!

Download 64 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R47-7451.0-Special.7z

Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R47-7451.0-Special.7z

Download 64 bit USB build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R47-7451.0.U-Special.7z

Download 32 bit USB build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R47-7451.0.U-Special.7z

Fixes:

• None – Maintenance Release

Enhancements

• Dev Server updates are now compiled in at build time.

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

Synaptics drivers are still the default for touchpad as per my previous post. CMT is proving challenging to get working on all devices currently without a myriad of config files!

In addition, I need to do some additional tidying to make the builds more portable across build servers. Ill be doing this prior to bug fixing for the next build.

New special builds out today!

Download 64 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R46-7323.0-Special.7z

Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R46-7323.0-Special.7z

New Features:

Updateable USB versions. No need to install to your hard drive anymore since Dev Server updates should now work direct to USB drive! These should start to work from the next special build deployment onwards.

Download 64 bit USB build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R46-7323.0.U-Special.7z

Download 32 bit USB build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R46-7323.0.U-Special.7z

Fixes:

None – Maintenence Release

Known Issues:

Synaptics drivers are still the default so whilst these work well, I’ll need to port to CMT soon for OS based support so users can change settings. This means that in settings, the keyboard and mouse are seen as not detected (but still work fine).

Other News:

Dev Server updates are available as per http://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/2015/07/11/dev-server-now-available-for-special-builds/ .

In addition, stateful updates are working again for the special builds but currently rely on a little editing. In order to fix for now, please update your /etc/lsb-release to reflect the changes below from shell after you have successfully updated your build and prior to reboot

sudo su
mount -o remount, rw /
vi /etc/lsb-release

CHROMEOS_DEVSERVER=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9080
CHROMEOS_AUSERVER=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9080/update

For x86 builds

CHROMEOS_DEVSERVER=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9090
CHROMEOS_AUSERVER=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9090/update

Then type the following and reboot once completed.

sudo stateful_update

I’ll be looking to hardcode the dev server end points for the next special build update so that only an optional stateful_update command is needed.

As ever, please test and feedback!

Dev servers are now available to update ChromiumOS special builds. Starting at version R45-7216, both x86 and amd64 versions are available.

Please test and feedback!

To update, get to command prompt (Ctrl-Alt-T), then enter shell as normal. Then issue the following commands:

For amd64 builds

update_engine_client --update --omaha_url=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9080/update

For x86 builds

update_engine_client --update --omaha_url=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9090/update

As ever, this update will overwrite any customisations you may have done (such as flash and API_KEYs). Please backup beforehand!

Happy updating!

New special builds out today!

Download 64 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Camd64OS_R45-7216.0-Special.7z

Download 32 bit build from http://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/Cx86OS_R45-7216.0-Special.7z

Fixes:

• Generation 4 Intel Graphics cards. Tested on a Macbook 6,2 and working fine.
• Inclusion of all Linux Firmware. Check your wireless driver is included from http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ so should cover a good range of the Ralink and Realtek cards reported as previously not working.
• This also includes all Radeon firmware blobs

Known Issues:

• Synaptics drivers are still the default so whilst these work well, Ill need to port to CMT soon for OS based support so users can change settings. This means that in settings, the keyboard and mouse are seen as not detected (but still work fine)
• Dev Server update support coming soon.

Please test and feedback!