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Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010
Zaiff Urgulbunger writes "After years of speculation, Google has announced Google Chrome OS, which should be available mid-2010. Initially targeting netbooks, its main selling points are speed, simplicity and security — which kind of implies that the current No.1 OS doesn't deliver in these areas! The Chrome OS will run on both x86 and ARM architectures, uses a Linux kernel with a new windowing system. According to Google, 'For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.' Google says that this new OS is separate from Android, as the latter was designed for mobile phones and set-top boxes, whereas Chrome OS is designed 'for people who spend most of their time on the web.'" The New York Times' coverage is worth reading, and there are stories popping up all over the web.
That's GNU/Chrome, thanks.
Buying stocks in companies that make chairs.
Chrome is a nice operating system, but it could do with a decent web browser.
It's main selling points are speed, simplicity, security and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
You forgot to tell us to "get off your lawn".
I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
2010 is finally the year of the linux desktop ?