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Google Chrome OS
Carnivus:
I use Google Chrome and I don't have any complains...but the OS sounds dull.My guess is that it will be like Windows Vista Home.
higaara:
My 2 cents:
Chrome OS sounds somewhat intriguing, but at the same time very unimaginative. If the future of computing are simply just web apps, then count me as unimpressed.
I also think that Chrome OS is heading in the wrong direction. I don't understand why Google is making an OS for netbooks and notebook/desktop computers when the future of computing is clearly going in the direction of the smartphone (and similar devices). The netbook will likely stick around as a niche, and we may get some new computer platforms that will pop up (like the rumoured tablet slate computer from Apple), but I just don't see them gaining anywhere as much ground as pocketable internet capable devices. Not to mention that this market will give hardly any money to Google (netbooks are priced low and Google will be giving away their OS).
Interesting reads:
John Gruber has a no-nonsense writeup on what we actually know about Chrome OS.
Anil Dash talks about how Google's public perception is very similar to Microsoft's when they were an up and coming company.
fohfoh:
That's because a netbook OS is the MEDIUM by which smart phone OSes draw their power and apps from. Not to mention Google already has Android. Google OS will provide software which can be slowly chopped down to fit onto a smart phone OS like Android.
dankles:
Also, being that it's built on the linux kernel, I'd assume that linux apps will compile just fine on Chrome OS so long as the gnu tool set works on it or that there are work-arounds (like going from linux to BSD, etc).
My point being that Chrome OS will have quite the shelf of software for it aside from webapps.
PS:
Desktop PC's are here to stay for a much longer time. I don't see my self removing my workstation for many years to come.
iindigo:
--- Quote from: dankles on July 12, 2009, 06:22:07 PM ---Also, being that it's built on the linux kernel, I'd assume that linux apps will compile just fine on Chrome OS so long as the gnu tool set works on it or that there are work-arounds (like going from linux to BSD, etc).
My point being that Chrome OS will have quite the shelf of software for it aside from webapps.
PS:
Desktop PC's are here to stay for a much longer time. I don't see my self removing my workstation for many years to come.
--- End quote ---
That's assuming they keep X11. They may opt for their own simplified window manager that has theming built in (instead of being a clip-on like with KDE or Gnome).
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