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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
| Quote: | It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.
Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.
We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.
We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision. We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer. |
anyway they can just fuckselfs , since owning youtube they only fucked it
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 21:55 Post subject: |
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Win7 is coming and will run them over.
Anyway, there are addons to save all your firefox settings online, so you can import them anywhere. And "free" isn't an advantage, linux is already free, so what ?
And why are they so happy about hardware support ? Are they gonna have linux drivers for every hardware out there ? I imagine ppl trying to print a page and failing, due to unrecognized printer device. Then it's reboot back to windows, you know the OS that just works ... and we'll see how good it will be when the user wants to use his webcam or starts plugging in and out usb devices, from external drives to password-locked flash sticks ! 
And as a last argument, noob users, the ones Google targets, will see Win7 and be impressed by all the hardware-accelerated effects, gadgets and shiznits, Google OS will seem like a poor man's OS, noone wants that.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 22:32 Post subject: |
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If it's bare bones as their browser (in disguise of "we're focusing on speed" ), it will suck big time. 
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 22:38 Post subject: |
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They said it's made for the small laptops. And for that it's perfect. They never said it's going to go against windows.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 22:52 Post subject: |
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Ubuntu is perfect for small laptops too...
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 22:53 Post subject: |
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well , when linux will achieve the practicality it lacks so much then that'll be the day
i'm guessing that Chrome will kinda be like Chrome browser , only barebones stuff , no advanced easy to get to options like Opera/Windows (ok , W7 and Vista imho are as accesible as XP) , realying on speed and more or less stability than .. everything else .
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Jul 2009 22:54 Post subject: |
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I think Google should just stick to web stuff, they are good at it and there's a lot of room for improvement in that field. I tried Chrome browser for 5 minutes and never wanted to look at it again, probably the same will happen with that OS.
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 00:09 Post subject: |
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i'm thinking it'll be "your grandmother's computer" type of deal
like one of those houses with OCD owners with every piece of furniture wrapped in plastic so you can't get them dirty even if you wanted to
like android, but extended for desktop use
there's a real market for that sort of deal and it is not a competition against windows OR linux
just a clear, simplified alternative
i mean, probably 75% of people who use computer, only use the installed software as-is out of the box
they use the default web browser, they use the office suite
they never need to install or use anything complex
this is perfect for those people
from my entire extended family i know only my dad would need a windows - for CAD-work - all others could just use this instead
those who have tried to teach their parents to do the simplest things know simplification isn't always bad
and those who have actual experience with android can say that it does have some good ideas that could well be applied on desktops
not something i would ever use myself, but it does have it's place
| Quote: | | anyway they can just fuckselfs , since owning youtube they only fucked it |
what of them have you actually used?
gmail is great
google apps are great concidering they're web apps
android is a fucking revolution in mobile OS mode of thinking
chrome is a clear evolution of how web browser architecture should be built - something that should have happened seven years ago already
those saying chrome is simple.. - well, duh.. it's still brand new and only barebones so far.. it's still more complex than firefox without addons.. just wait till the plugin system gets released and it gains momentum proper
hoping not to sound like a google fanboy here, but i really don't see much in valid criticism, other than they're so damn slow on releasing constructive updates
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 00:28 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | Ubuntu is perfect for small laptops too... |
Did anyone say otherwise ?
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 08:02 Post subject: |
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| shole wrote: |
| Quote: | | anyway they can just fuckselfs , since owning youtube they only fucked it |
what of them have you actually used?
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chrome , google maps , chrome , etc
anyway i'm reffering to the fact that they don't allow posting music , some videos are "NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY' and other shit |
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 08:09 Post subject: |
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umm copyright stuff isn't googles fault 
if anything they're saving your ass and helping people get credit for their works
rather than someone stealing it, posting it as their own and getting i-respect.
lol. srsly.
youtube is brilliant in what it is.
you get creative content.
trailers.
music videos.
everything really and above average quality.
if chrome os
runs like the browser which is amazing
i've yet to run into a problem and i've been using it since release.
i know which sites to visit.
pop up blocker works great.
only prob is no coherent adblocker
but other than that... chrome is the best browser out there.
opera comes second.
and firefox comes after internet explorer.
i'm up for anything by google.
simple. efficient. and actually works. 
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 09:57 Post subject: |
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| bogo24dk wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: | | Ubuntu is perfect for small laptops too... |
Did anyone say otherwise ? |
No, but Google make it like they're making sth new and exciting, and we have linux for like 20 -and something yrs...
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 12:06 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | bogo24dk wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: | | Ubuntu is perfect for small laptops too... |
Did anyone say otherwise ? |
No, but Google make it like they're making sth new and exciting, and we have linux for like 20 -and something yrs... |
All of us who know what linux is know very well it's BS marketing act. But you know something there is like 99 % of population who dosen't know what linux is. But they know very well what google is. So in other words their marketing commercial will have a success cause most of the people don't know anything about linux.
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 12:33 Post subject: |
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well , i'm guessing it'll be designated for mass usage and that means they'll put the avarage joe first rather than the experienced guy -> no adavanced options 
on of the reasons i don't really like chrome or firefox is that , no advanced options , you can't really tweak the interface as you like without plug-ins and crap like that
linux on the other hand is great , safe , but not that user friendly , you can't just click next to install the fucker without typing less than 30 characters and i'm not mistaking linux swap + installed product > windows and all it's crap
but this is only nitpicking ..
we'll see how they are going to build an interface , but it surely won't be a major difference between other OS's out there
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Jul 2009 12:56 Post subject: |
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| bogo24dk wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: | | bogo24dk wrote: |
Did anyone say otherwise ? |
No, but Google make it like they're making sth new and exciting, and we have linux for like 20 -and something yrs... |
All of us who know what linux is know very well it's BS marketing act. But you know something there is like 99 % of population who dosen't know what linux is. But they know very well what google is. So in other words their marketing commercial will have a success cause most of the people don't know anything about linux. |
sad and true
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jul 2009 13:15 Post subject: |
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| WaldoJ wrote: |
if chrome os
runs like the browser which is amazing
i've yet to run into a problem and i've been using it since release.
i know which sites to visit.
pop up blocker works great.
only prob is no coherent adblocker
but other than that... chrome is the best browser out there.
opera comes second.
and firefox comes after internet explorer.
i'm up for anything by google.
simple. efficient. and actually works. |
Simple is the word, not a good thing in my book...
dont know how you can put chrome & ie above FF, opera & FF are top of the list, determined by personal preference...
for me its FF,opera,IE,chrome...imho anyway
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