The good thing about being stuck in an airport waiting for a plane that’s been delayed for an hour is that I finally get around to writing a post on actually using Chrome OS. If you’ll recall, Google shipped me a Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook to play with. After some initial problems with the hardware of the first one, Google sent me a replacement. I’ve been using it as my main machine at home since.

I’ve been playing with this Chrome OS notebook today since it’s seeming surprisingly stable given the problems I had with it last night. I’m beginning to wonder if the battery charge indicator was lying to me. Anyway, besides Chrome, the app I most use on my laptop is ssh. I use it to get into my server at home and to log into work if there are problems that I can fix from home.

Google is coming out with a new operating system they call Chrome OS. It’s new and shiny and I thought it would be fun to try out but don’t have the free cash the throw into buying a new device with it installed. (Not that there are any out at the moment.) Anyway, a month or so back I signed up for the Google Chrome OS Pilot Program. The program is designed to help Google find new guinea pigs to try Chrome OS and give Google feedback on how it works.