Monday, November 23, 2009

Google Chrome OS - sneak peek



Here is a sneak peak of the Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks.  According to the official google blog, s
peed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS.  Here is a slideshow of the OS as reviewed by PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l%253D246319%2526a%253D246243%2526po%253D1,00.asp


You can download and get involved in the development of the Chrome OS hereYou need to have Linux. 
and have the following:

Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04 or newer, Karmic 9.10 recommended)
An account with root access (needed to run chroot and modify the mount table)
Chromium prerequisites (needed to build a Chromium-based browser as part of building Chromium OS)

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