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Google Chrome OS
dankles:
--- Quote from: iindigo on July 12, 2009, 06:48:35 PM ---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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That would be nice actaully. UNIX needs a very big upgrade when it comes to windowing. X11 isn't so bad though, especially now that it's becoming more integrated with the kernel.
But I really do think there needs to be ALOT more unification when it comes to windowing though. Having GTK/gnome, Qt/KDE, wx, tcl/tk all loaded into memory at the same time is just ridiculous and stupid and a waste. Sometimes choice is good, but when it comes to this, choice turns into a major pain in the butt.
sdedalus83:
There's not a chance in hell that Google will use something other than X or one of it's lightweight derivatives. To do so would require far too much needless effort for a product which won,t be generating much revenue.
higaara:
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on July 12, 2009, 08:43:19 PM ---There's not a chance in hell that Google will use something other than X or one of it's lightweight derivatives. To do so would require far too much needless effort for a product which won,t be generating much revenue.
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Nope, Google's building a new windowing system. From their blog post:
--- Quote from: Official Google Blog ---The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. (my emphasis)
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I think it makes a lot of sense. If Chrome OS is really centered around web apps, then X isn't suitable.
--- Quote from: fohfoh on July 12, 2009, 05:11:35 PM ---That's because a netbook OS is the MEDIUM by which smart phone OSes draw their power and apps from.
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I disagree. I don't know of any examples of what you're saying. The BlackBerry OS was made and delivered long before netbooks showed up. The iPhone OS came out a year before netbooks came out as well. Both are very successful smartphone operating systems that have no relatives in the netbook category.
--- Quote from: fohfoh on July 12, 2009, 05:11:35 PM ---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.
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But making an OS like Chrome OS doesn't aid in that endeavor. If Chrome OS is about web apps (which its name strongly suggests), then how does that apply to Android, which uses Java for its application development?
Furthermore, wouldn't it be better to take the resources that are being put into Chrome OS and instead apply it to Android? Splintering work and effort to make two operating systems that will be competing against each other seems a little... rash.
bloody000:
If they are truly web apps they will work on most browsers. But I can't see them being overly useful.
UMMX:
If Google wants to make an OS let them... I am tried of Explorer crashing and SP updates. If google can make one that doesn't need all that good for them.
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