Fwd: FW: Google announces Chrome operating system
-----Original Message----- From: Roderick Aldridge [mailto:rod-aldridge(a)xnet.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 9 July 2009 9:26 a.m. To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: Google announces Chrome operating system Speculation that Google is developing a web-focused operating system is confirmed by the announcement. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html "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. ........................... 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." Big long-term implications for FOSS, Microsoft and many others. Some comments: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/ http://kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-system http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139711.stm http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/five-things-googles-chrome-os-wil l-do-for-your-netbook/ http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/google-chrome-operating-system/ We live in interesting times. Rod
Dont forget to read this enlightening article also http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10282182-16.html Liz 2009/7/9 Chris O'Halloran <cmoman(a)gmail.com>
-----Original Message----- From: Roderick Aldridge [mailto:rod-aldridge(a)xnet.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 9 July 2009 9:26 a.m. To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: Google announces Chrome operating system
Speculation that Google is developing a web-focused operating system is confirmed by the announcement. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
"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. ...........................
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."
Big long-term implications for FOSS, Microsoft and many others. Some comments:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/
http://kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-system
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139711.stm
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/five-things-googles-chrome-os-wil l-do-for-your-netbook/<http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/five-things-googles-chrome-os-wil%0Al-do-for-your-netbook/>
http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/google-chrome-operating-system/
We live in interesting times.
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Liz Quilty wrote:
Dont forget to read this enlightening article also
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10282182-16.html
Liz Yes, I think it is a two-edged sword for FOSS. It has the potential to split and weaken FOSS - Chrome browser is a competitor of Firefox.
Rod
2009/7/9 Roderick Aldridge <rod-a(a)hnpl.net>
Yes, I think it is a two-edged sword for FOSS. It has the potential to split and weaken FOSS - Chrome browser is a competitor of Firefox.
I think it is excellent news. We already have a variety of GUI based browser (epiphany for gnome and konquerer for KDE). Chromium (the Chrome based browser for Linux) is a long way off from being production ready though (it still doesn't support plugins like flash or gears). ComputerWorld has an article today[1] about the privacy aspect of ChromeOS. As it's open source, any one that wants to know what the code is doing can do so. That's something that Microsoft don't offer. -- simon [1] http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/00B8BB6CF3BAACF0CC2575ED006F3D16
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