Google’s OS to shine on desktop computers
Finally, a rival to Microsoft’s domination of the desktop computer has been announced, but we’ll have to wait until the second half of 2010.
Google’s Chrome browser will become the basis of a new desktop operating system (OS), starting initially with netbooks and working up to everything including desktop computers. The company aims to address current user annoyances with Windows such as malware threats and slow start-up.
The Linux-based system will be open-sourced for developers later this year and promises to be “fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds “ says the company’s official blog. With the web as its platform, Chrome OS will sit on top of a Linux kernel running not just on x86 chips, but ARM processors (used on most mobile phones) too, taking Chrome into a market passed over by the forthcoming Windows 7 OS.
The new system will be targeted at netbooks to begin with, perhaps a reflection of the fact that 2008’s surge of interest in the cut-down Linux-powered laptops eventually gave way to an overwhelming rise in numbers sold with Windows XP as a replacement operating system. Manufacturers of the much raved Eee PC, ASUS, are among Google’s nine Chrome OS partners.
Apr 28th 2010
I have tried using Chrome OS in one of my desktop PC’s, the overall performance is above average to excellent –
Oct 1st 2010
Chrome OS is at par with the current GUI release of Linux..~
Oct 18th 2010
Chrome OS is no better than those Linux Gui stuff that you can online.-.