Google's Chrome OS revealed

[maash]

http://src.chromium.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi

look at number 2 in the list....

[MikeChipshop Member]

Seems interesting.

[Rob2687]

Hmmm...xserver and seems they wrote their own window manager based on Clutter.

[Calum Veteran]

So this is an official Google server?

[Dance.]

cool :o

[maash]

So this is an official Google server?

yes chromium is the official chrome developer center.

[_neutrino Veteran]

yeah the source code for the Chrome OS was released something like 2 hours ago.

[Rob2687]

The kernel is based on an Ubuntu kernel source

   1 Ubuntu kernel source

   2 

   3 Checked in here since launchpad.net and archive.ubuntu.com are not

   4 guaranteed to keep around older versions.

   5 

   6 2.6.30-10.12

   7   from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/2.6.30-10.12

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

The kernel is based on an Ubuntu kernel source

   1 Ubuntu kernel source

   2 

   3 Checked in here since launchpad.net and archive.ubuntu.com are not

   4 guaranteed to keep around older versions.

   5 

   6 2.6.30-10.12

   7   from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/2.6.30-10.12

Makes sense, they've been using a forked ubuntu in Google for a while IIRC.

[Menge]

Google is announcing its development and information right now. Engadget has a live blog for it:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/live-fr...ct-announcement

[maash]

Live Google OS webcast: http://investor.shareholder.com/googpr/eve...m?eventid=75092

its going on right now im watching it

[Ambroos]

http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience

Screenshot out there.

[Syanide]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo IT'S ON :)

[t_r_nelson]

Isn't this just another Linux flavor? Sure, Google has the ability to back the project with devs and money. But, in the end, it's just another Linux distribution.

[Ambroos]

Isn't this just another Linux flavor? Sure, Google has the ability to back the project with devs and money. But, in the end, it's just another Linux distribution.

With an entirely new layer on top of it! They're only using Linux to not have to write a complete kernel.

[Foub]

Isn't this just another Linux flavor? Sure, Google has the ability to back the project with devs and money. But, in the end, it's just another Linux distribution.

I think that it is more like a different windows manager like KDE or Gnome....

[maash]

Isn't this just another Linux flavor? Sure, Google has the ability to back the project with devs and money. But, in the end, it's just another Linux distribution.

isnt OS X just another Unix flavor as well

[what]

Isn't this just another Linux flavor? Sure, Google has the ability to back the project with devs and money. But, in the end, it's just another Linux distribution.

It's a bit more than that, but its new interpretation of personal computing has no place in the world imo. Not yet, anyway.

[MikeChipshop Member]

Some interesting stuff so far on the webcast

That in the cloud user setting sync stuff sounds awesome.

[.Neo]

So will this Google OS only be compatible with Googles own services? I don't really get the application model. What if I want to talk to people on MSN or AIM or something else than Google Calendar to manage my appointments?

isnt OS X just another Unix flavor as well

Unix ≠ Linux ≠ Mac OS X

[Ambroos]

So will this Google OS only be compatible with Googles own services? I don't really get the application model. What if I want to talk to people on MSN or AIM or something else than Google Calendar to manage my appointments?

Unix ≠ Linux ≠ Mac OS X

Anything that currently works in Chrome will work in Chrome OS.

[t_r_nelson]

I guess the release is not exciting to me. I think the exciting part is the backing that Google can add to it. As I mentioned before, the resource of money and developers will lead to more and more official add-ons.

Not saying the Linux community isn't really good at that, but I think Google will develop programs to put them in direct competition with Windows. IMO, that would be a more relative alternative to Windows for most people.

[Kalint]

Are we ready for something this dramatic of a change?

[Syanide]

So will this Google OS only be compatible with Googles own services? I don't really get the application model. What if I want to talk to people on MSN or AIM or something else than Google Calendar to manage my appointments?

Unix ≠ Linux ≠ Mac OS X

Check the screenshots, one of them has an web app menu, you can see Yahoo mail there.

[maash]

its a cloud computing OS. what if google servers go down..you cant work offline as well? no files are stored on the computer. FAIL