Windows vs. Chrome OS, It’s about to Begin

JMH · 07 Dec 2010

Windows vs. Chrome OS, so it begins, or at least it’s about to. At the end of the past week, Google started sending out invitations to a Chrome team event on December 7th, 2010, in San Francisco.

The promise from the Mountain View-based search giant is that some exciting news about Chrome will be made public. No other details were offered, but the general consensus among various third-party sources seems to be that the event is related to Chrome OS.

Google’s open source Linux-based operating system has been cooking for some time now, and the company now seems closer than ever to place a foothold in Windows territory.

Speculation indicates that Google might ready a Beta preview of Chrome OS which would ship on a netbook offered to developers.

However, this is not the actual general availability deadline of Chrome OS, which was postponed to 2011, with Google refusing to detail the reasons of the delay. Chrome OS was initially planned for availability by the end of 2010.

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Nihilist · 07 Dec 2010

A Chrome OS? Hmm. Interesting.

LiquidSnak · 07 Dec 2010

We will see. It will have to be a big dog to compete with the software availability that windows has. Especially if it is Linux based.

kcmartz · 07 Dec 2010

Cannot wait to try it! I am a "Google addict."

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severedsolo · 07 Dec 2010

LiquidSnak said:

We will see. It will have to be a big dog to compete with the software availability that windows has.

Not really. As it is basically a Netbook OS, all it really has to be able to do is be able to create simple Office Documents, browse the web and play music and videos. Hardly a Windows competitor. The entire "target audience" is completely different for one thing.

On a related note, if anyone is interested in trying ChromeOS you can get the RC here:

Phone Man · 07 Dec 2010

Looks like a repackaged Linux.

Nothing to see here folks, just move along.

Jim

IownAmoneyPit · 07 Dec 2010

Interesting disclaimer at the bottom of the page of severedsolo's link above in post #5 (highlighted in yellow)

Robert Cartman · 07 Dec 2010

Phone Man said:

Looks like a repackaged Linux.

Nothing to see here folks, just move along.

Jim

Wich linux distro' has such features like Chrome OS? (sandboxing, verified boot, and so on...)

Some more information and videos about the new OS here...

I'm downloading the linked ISO now... (I think it is not the same that we can see on the videos.)

OFF: The theschromeosforums.com is unavailable. Why?

Phone Man · 07 Dec 2010

IownAmoneyPit said:

Interesting disclaimer at the bottom of the page of severedsolo's link above in post #5 (highlighted in yellow)

I know Google released ChromeOS as open-source so is this someone else's version. Where is the Google version???

Jim

Robert Cartman · 07 Dec 2010

Phone Man said:

IownAmoneyPit said:

Interesting disclaimer at the bottom of the page of severedsolo's link above in post #5 (highlighted in yellow)

I know Google released ChromeOS as open-source so is this someone else's version. Where is the Google version???

Jim

You are right. It is not Google's OS. I've just installed it: screenshot