Google Releases Source To Chromium OS

Kelson writes "Google has released the source to what will eventually become Chrome OS, and will begin developing it as an open source project like Chromium. The OS differs from the usual computing model by (1) making all apps web apps (2) sandboxing everything and (3) removing anything unnecessary, to focus on speed." Reader Barence adds "Google said consumers won't be able to download the operating system — it will only be available on hardware that meets Google's specifications. Hard disks are banned, for instance, while Google said it will also specify factors such as screen sizes and display resolutions. Google said it plans to officially launch Chrome OS by the end of next year."

Comments

Doh!

[Art3x]

Doh! I can't run Chrome, so I wasn't fast enough to make the first post!

Re:Citrix?

[MyLongNickName]

Maybe :)

Some of the apps I support are very specialized to our niche industry. One app looks like it was ported to Windows 3.1 and barely updated after that. I don't have any dreams of that getting ported to Linux any time soon :)