How To Try Google Chrome OS On Your PC

In this article, I’m going to walk you through how you can run a free version of the Google Chrome OS on your PC using Oracle VM VirtualBox. I’ll also highlight a little bit of what Chrome OS will look like on an older PC if you decide to use it.

Installing Chrome OS Inside VirtualBox

Chrome OS is open source, so you can find a number of flavors out there to play with. The one that I’m going to use in this “test” version on VirtualBox is actually a Chromium OS build from Hexxeh.net that you can get for free. It isn’t identical to the fully-fledged Chrome OS, but close enough so that you can get a sense of the look and feel of what running Chrome OS is like.
In fact, after running the OS on your VirtualBox and getting a taste of it, you can download a lightweight version of it for VMWare or your USB stick that you can actually run all the time.

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How To Install Multiple Bootable Operating Systems on One USB Stick

Fellow reader  asked us, “How can I run multiple operating systems from a single USB?” He goes on to specify some different operating systems (OSs) that he would like to run and a few of them are Windows OSs. He adds that he would like to be able to boot into Windows on a USB and then install Windows from that same USB.
In theory, it could be done, but I’m not sure why a person would want to do that. First, you would be breaking some licensing agreements with Microsoft, unless you had some sort of site-licensing deal with them. Second, it would be a painfully slow installation process. Third, USB flash drives aren’t that expensive – why wouldn’t you have a few drives with the different Microsoft OSs on them? So, although I’m not going to answer Dado’s entire question, I will answer the part about having multiple OSs on one USB stick.
Where this becomes practical is if the different operating systems are Live CDs, that is, small operating systems designed specifically to provide maintenance to a computer from outside of the computer’s own operating system. This can be handy if the computer’s own operating system is corrupted through misuse, poor maintenance, or worse, malware.
There are a few nice programs that will help you create your multiboot USB stick. Today, we’ll take a brief look at three of them: XBoot, MultiBootUSB, and YUMI. Prior to using each of the different multiboot creation programs, I formatted my Kingston DataTraveler 101 16GB USB 2.0 flash drive, to ensure there would be no issues from the flash drive itself.

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20 Ways To Increase Laptop’s Battery Life

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Mobile computing has got better with lighter components, better chips and faster processors. But the Achilles heel of a laptop has remained its battery. So here are we are going to look at ways to increase laptop battery life.
Modern graphic intensive operating systems and resource hungry applications are cutting down the life of your laptop’s battery every day. The average battery life per continuous use still stands at a maximum of three to four hours. So, a fast depleting battery could very swiftly put the crutches on your ‘mobile’ road trip.
Falling just short of carrying an extra pack of batteries in the back-pack, are several ways to keep the juice flowing through the batteries.

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WindowsFx by Staredocks

WindowFX^™ in action

Stardock’s WindowFX is a one-of-a-kind program that lets you super charge your Windows® experience. Today’s modern computers have video cards that are powerful enough to create amazing gaming experiences. Yet, when you leave the game, your desktop is basically the same desktop you’ve had for decades.

WindowFX brings you polished and reliable window enhancement capabilities. Add an amazing assortment of features to Windows, which can be applied in a subtle way to give Windows a little umph.

See WindowFX in action by viewing the demo to the right. 

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