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Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Thinkcloud writes "A user named Hexxeh has posted a video online of the iPad running Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Hexxeh was able to put Chrome OS on an iPad because the open source code for the operating system is available in its Chromium state, but it's not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook. Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?"

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  1. Cutting edge, huh? by Pflipp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So where's Ctrl-Alt-Delete?

    Oh wait, of course, it's a Mac. That would be Ctrl-Cmd-Opt-Power.

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    "We can confirm that Debian does *not* ship the version with the trojan horse. Our version predates it." [CA-2002-28]
  2. Software should never be able to break hardware by jabberw0k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great point. Why did you have to spoil it with profanity?