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    Google Operating System CHROME OS

    Thursday, November 19, 2009
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    Google will announce more information about Chrome OS at a press event that starts at 10:00am PST. Google will offer "an update on Google Chrome OS and provide at the work that has been done thus far, an overview of the technology, and launch plans for next year. Speakers will include Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management and Matthew Papakipos, Engineering Director for Google Chrome OS." You can watch the live webcast Hidden Content .

    Meanwhile, Hidden Content is already available. Here's the login screen:

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    ... and one of the wallpapers that are included:

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    Chrome OS is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian that uses a lot of open-source software: Hidden Content , Hidden Content (an authentication mechanism), Hidden Content (a lightweight bootloader), Hidden Content (Intelligent Input Bus for Linux / Unix OS), Hidden Content (Internet connection manager), Hidden Content and Hidden Content . More on this later.

    Other sites live blogging the event:

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    Live blogging:

    - Chrome OS launches next year

    Chrome, the foundation of Chrome OS
    - Chrome has 40 million users
    - Chrome focuses on: speed, security, simplicity
    - new stuff: Chrome for Mac/Linux and extensions

    HTML5: making the web more powerful
    - powerful web apps
    - web apps should use threads
    - offline web apps

    Converging trends
    - netbooks have an explosive growth
    - millions of users are living in the cloud

    Chrome OS:
    - instant boot
    - Chrome on Chrome OS is faster
    - every app is a web app
    - all data is in the cloud
    - browser security model

    Demo:
    - 7 seconds boot time
    - the UI is a work in progress
    - easy to access favorite apps
    - app menu
    - panels: persistent lightweight windows (example: Google Talk)
    - file browser
    - local files open in web apps (including Microsoft Office online apps)
    - native video player

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    Under the hood:
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    - no hard disks, only solid-state drives
    - verified boot
    - security: the OS does not trust any app
    - read-only root file system
    - user data synced to the cloud
    - automatic updates for the entire OS

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    Market:
    - reference hardware
    - you can't download Chrome OS and install it on your machine
    - the only way to install the OS is to buy a Chrome OS machine
    - the target launch time: the end of next year

    What is Google Chrome OS?
    - the web browser is the most important program on your computer
    - your browser is your operating system

    source : Hidden Content

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    Re: Google Operating System CHROME OS

    Gonnna get this. big fan of chrome

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    Re: Google Operating System CHROME OS

    thing to remember with this it will not be an os in the normal sense its more of a web os as google try to lead you towards spensing all your life online

    I wont be trailing it after the debacle with chrome browser where the EULA had to be changed after all the protests.

    Use it if you like but remember google are not shy about tracking everything you do and sellin that info to advertisers and there is no reason as yet that they will be any different with this.

    I dont think i would want google knowing the contents of my hard drive

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    Re: Google Operating System CHROME OS

    looks like the cloud is on its way and its nice to see linux moving foward to the advances in computers . its also refreshing to see some oposition to uncle bills azure platform.

    only problem i see is how the hell do a web based system operate when there is a isp outage. or you forget to pay the bill.

    or the kids are hogging the bandwidth downloading the latest movie

    and as chim says its GOOGLE .

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