Google OS

[Sabre]

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Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010...

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS...

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips...

Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

I have to say, I always thought this would come around. The thing that would really seal the deal for me is if they started using this OS in their datacenters, although they make a point of it being "created for people who spend most of their time on the web". Should be interesting to see where it goes! I'm still salivating over Haiku

[ElZorro]

I don't see this moving to their data centers, the design choices you make for high availability, low latency, resource sharing, high throughput bandwidth, etc are very different than you'd make for a consumer OS.

But, I think its gonna kick ass. I've been playing with a Android LiveCD (running it in VirtualBox of course) for a couple days, its light weight, does the bulk of what I need to do (everything but image editing really), imagine that scaled up a little for netbooks instead of phones.

[complacent]

Anything to help fill the gaps between the current commercial OS choices is fine by me Bring on the competition.

[Libra Monkee]

I want to put this on my eeePC and see what happens.

[Mr Kleen]

[ElZorro]

http://chromeosleak.wordpress.com/2009/ ... -for-devs/

Some bad camera phone pix of what may be a beta... :grain of salt: It looks like it takes some design elements from Android, so may not be too far fetched.

[Sabre]

Ya, I have to wonder if they are real or not... Knowing google, they won't go for just a normal task bar and such.

[complacent]

If they do this, Schmidt may have to step down from Apple's board.

[ElZorro]

Open sourced yesterday, anticipate first real release in a year. VM's of yesterdays release available: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/19/gu ... chrome-os/

Can't wait to get home and play around.

[complacent]

I found it positively interesting that they're not going to support hard disk drives. Only SSD.

That's pretty forward thinking. I'm impressed.

[ElZorro]

I found it positively interesting that they're not going to support hard disk drives. Only SSD.

That's pretty forward thinking. I'm impressed.

For their design, I wouldn't even bother with an SSD. Put the image on a CF card and boot from that. Thats what we were doing 7+years ago for embedded linux systems.

[Sabre]

Put the image on a CF card and boot from that. Thats what we were doing 7+years ago for embedded linux systems.

Thats what I did with my first home RAID box Took like 5 minutes to boot... but I only rebooted it twice in 2 years!

[Mr Kleen]

a great OS for a touch screen tablet [url=http://.engadget.com/2009/11/15/crunchpad-is-steamrolling-along-will-cost-between-300-and-4/]of some sort[/url], wouldn't you say?

[Sabre]

A new video's up... Make sure to watch the whole thing, there are some very interesting features.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMrzw7JFzA[/video]

[schvin]

really interesting - thanks.