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Chrome OS, Present and Future

Posted by kdawson on from the ooh-shiny dept.

Many readers are submitting stories related to Google Chrome OS. ruphus13 points out a GigaOm opinion piece about how, if users end up rejecting its current cloud-only focus, the nascent OS may succeed as a netbook secondary operating system alongside Windows (in company with secondaries based on other Linux flavors, including Android). Engadget reviews a Chrome OS on a USB key setup that is claimed to offer eye-opening performance compared to running under virtualization. And an anonymous reader notes the 0.1 beta release of ChromeShell, which installs a "Chrome OS-like" environment that boots to the Chrome browser in ~3 seconds; users can switch to Windows later as desired.

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  1. Re:need-a-subject-to-post by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    A very good idea. If I'm carrying a laptop around and I suddenly feel like looking at some porn, I can just boot Chrome instead of Windows.

    Damn, all my porn is in MS-Excel format. (How else am I going to get infinite combinations of T, A, and P via cell shuffling?)
         

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  2. Re:False! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    There ya go again ruining a good story by RTFA.

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  3. Re:Presents and Futures by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Christmas is just around the corner, but it's not yet here.

  4. Re:False! by Josh04 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Running programs.