Google Chrome OS

...at consumer netbooks, and has little relevance to businesses today. In a nutshell, Chrome OS consists of a Chrome browser running on an optimized Linux kernel. It supports only solid-state storage, and with the exception of locally...

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...however, was any mention of the L-word. Although Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel, users should not expect a traditional desktop Linux distribution, a la Suse or Ubuntu. Instead, Google aims to deliver small, portable...

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...system aimed at replacing Windows on netbooks. The web browser as an operating system Dashing any hopes that Chrome OS would become a sophisticated operating system to directly rival Mac OS X and Windows 7, Google outlined today that its...

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Instead of going from BIOS to kernel, services, start-up applications, and eventually the browser, Chrome OS will cut a lot of stuff out, ending up with just the BIOS, a streamlined Linux kernel, and the Chrome web browser. The end...

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..."I want my Chrome OS Web appliance."] 1. It's not Linux True, the Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel, just as it draws from a number of other open source projects, including Moblin and Ubuntu. All the more reason why the Chrome OS...

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...device. Most users we expect to have another machine at home." Chrome OS is based on open source software components, including the Linux kernel and the WebKit browser engine. Google says it plans to be a good open source citizen and feed...

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...100 GB, Google's new pricing looks pretty good. Of course Google's extra storage doesn't sync files between computers like Dropbox does, but it might when Google's Chrome OS finally emerges. Chrome OS is little more than a vague press...

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