Not wanting to put you off with the stark warning at the top of this page:
Warning: This page is for developers who both know how to build Chromium OS and aren’t afraid to take a screwdriver to their computer.
Google has released a hardware compatability list, including a Comments & Caveats section that describes known issues with given netbooks – seemlingly the most common thing not to work will be your WiFi.
Assuming that Google keep this page current, you can get the list of (almost) working netbooks here. The recent netbooks that seem to work across all four tests (Wifi, Ethernet, Trackpad, Suspend/Resume) are the ASUS Eee PC 1008HA and Toshiba Mini NB200/NB205. Some other models should work across three of the four tests, apart from Wi-Fi, where the module brand (Atheros/Broadcom) is unknown. These models are the Acer AOP531h, Acer AOD250, Acer Aspire One AOD250-1165, Gateway LT20 and Packard Bell DOT S.
Also, it’s worth noting :
Anyone signed into an @chromium.org address can modify this list. (If you don’t see an Add item button below, sign in. One way to get an @chromium.org address is to be a committer.) In the spirit of wiki, the community is encouraged to remove inaccurate or irreproducible results. Repeat offenders will suffer the wrath of the wiki gods.
So lets hope the Open Source Community can resist editing the list for financial gain, shouldn’t be too hard now… should it?
(I first spotted this on Netbook Choice… thanks!)
