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Chrome OS Introduces Aura Window Manager

Posted by Soulskill on from the they've-innovated-through-to-the-other-side dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Don't look now, but Google has officially revealed their intentions to go after Windows and OS X. Chrome OS 19 has arrived for Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700 Chromebooks running the developer channel, and the changes it brings may shock you. The new Aura window manager has landed, bringing with it a number of features that you'd expect from a traditional OS. For starters, there’s the Shelf along the bottom of the screen. It’s set to hide when you’ve got a browser window maximized by default, but you can choose to have it always on top or auto-hide, too, just like the Windows taskbar or OS X dock."

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  1. Only 76 more versions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then they'll catch up to Windows 95.

  2. Re:ChromeOS different to Android 4.0? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It has more Google tracking installed?

  3. Officially revealed? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't look now, but Google has officially revealed their intentions to go after Windows and OS X.

    So creating Chrome OS in the first place wasn't enough of a clue for you?

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    #DeleteChrome
  4. Re:ChromeOS different to Android 4.0? by wmac1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Google should just create a customized Linux distro and infect it with its tracking tools and Google applications (gtalk, search etc.)