Hexxeh ports Chromium OS to the Nexus 7 simply because he can (video)

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Coder extraordinaire [Hexxeh](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Hexxeh/) earned much of his reputation from porting [Chromium OS](http://www.engadget.com/tag/ChromiumOS/) to just about everything, some of his targets [more audacious](http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/29/chromium-os-infiltrates-ipad-makes-itself-comfortable/) than others. It's about time he come full circle and port a Google platform to another Google platform, and he just recently did that with a very early Chromium OS conversion for the normally Android-based [Nexus 7](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/). Details are scarce other than that WiFi and touch input are working, although that's really all that's needed for something so web-centric, isn't it? We'll cut Hexxeh some slack when he says he's in no rush to produce a more easily installed build for Jane and Joe Modder -- when he mentions spending hours hacking the OS into the tablet _just for fun_, he probably deserves some leeway.

[Thanks, yo2boy]

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