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informed by Dylan MCallahan about the immediate availability for download of the second build of his Chromium OS operating system for the Raspberry Pi 2 single-board computer (SBC).</strong></p> <p class="mgbot_20">Just a few days ago, we published one of our popular "Watch" articles, where we showed you, guys, the <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220215190614/http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/watch-android-6-0-marshmallow-and-chromium-os-running-on-raspberry-pi-2-497152.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Chromium OS operating systems running on Raspberry Pi 2 devices</a></strong>.</p> <p class="mgbot_20">Today, Chromium OS 0.2 has arrived for all Raspberry Pi 2 fans, and it promises to bring faster boot times, support for signing in with your email address, as well as support for running apps.</p> <p class="mgbot_20">"You can now sign in with your email, apps work now, boots faster and with fewer 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Generally a more stable build," said Dylan MCallahan for Softpedia. "More stability to come in the future."</p> <p class="mgbot_20">As you might know, the Chromium OS operating system is the open-source variant of Google's Chrome OS, and this special build can run on that tiny Raspberry Pi 2 computer, as you can see from the video attached at the end of the article.</p> <p class="mgbot_20">Raspberry Pi 2 owners who want to test Chromium OS on their devices need to first <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220215190614/http://www.mediafire.com/download/rj6bvgearm4i4ye/ChromiumRPI+0.2.img.tar.gz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">download the binary archive</a>, extract it somewhere on their PC, write the image on an SD card, insert the SD card into Raspberry Pi 2's SD slot, and boot the OS. 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