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Introducing the Google Chrome OS

Source: Official Google Blog

Jul 08, 2009

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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.

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Comments (4)

Papadimitriou,

Jul 08, 2009

Google finally entering the OS area.

Joshsmith123,

Jul 08, 2009

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.
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Wpbasti,

Jul 08, 2009

The officical announcement of Google Chrome OS. Interesting point is that Chrome OS is not based on Android and not even a fork of it. For these kind of always-connected devices like netbooks it seems to be the missing operating system. Windows sucks!

Samthomson,

Aug 04, 2009

Google chrome OS is OK. I don't tell it is a good software. Because every OS is good only when they introduce first.. If we use regularly we will come to know how its works in future.. Why i am saying means. I usually use firefox OS. First it was very beautiful but now it is giving so much of trouble. For Ex: If we are working important thing that time it will ask (sorry for the inconvenience the firefox server is crased)like that it is asking.. For that time anybody get irritation.. That is the reason i am saying we cannot give guarantee for Google chrome.. Will wait and see how it works in future..