Giz Explains: What the Hell’s Google Chrome OS?

Google . Chrome . OS . Just reading that makes my pants tingle . But , uh , what is it exactly ?

Here’swhat Google says : “ Google Chrome OS is an unresolved source , lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks ” and “ most of the exploiter experience takes place on the web . ” That is , it ’s “ Google Chrome running within a newfangled windowing system on top of a Linux kernel ” with the web as the chopine . It runs on x86 processors ( like your stock Core 2 Duo ) and sleeve processor ( like inside every mobile smartphone ) . Underneath lies security department architecture that ’s completely redesign to be virus - tolerant and easy to update . Okay , that distinguish us , um , not much .

After all , Google ’s Android is a mobile OS that runs on top of a Linux kernel . But Chrome OS is different ! Android is designed to work on phones and set - top box and otherrandom gismo . Chrome OS is “ design to power computers order from small netbooks to full - size of it desktop systems ” for “ hoi polloi who expend most of their time on the web . ” Hey expect , they both execute on netbooks ? Hmm !

https://gizmodo.com/android-meets-energy-shows-why-android-will-be-powering-5273032

Since the official blog Charles William Post is all Google has say about Chrome oxygen and it does n’t say much , let ’s do something I learned in college , turning tiny paragraph into varlet of “ deep reading . ”

It seems like there are two possibilities for what Chrome OS is , on a general layer . The more everyday — and frankly uninspired — theory is that it ’s essentially a Linux distro with a custom drug user interface running the Chrome web browser . As someone quipped on Twitter ( sorry I do n’t recollect who ) , if you uninstall everything but Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu , would that be the Firefox OS ? What ’s the departure between Chrome OS and a version of Chrome with Google Gears onIntel ’s pretty Moblin OS ?

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https://gizmodo.com/id-actually-use-a-netbook-with-intels-moblin-2-0-os-5261664

The other possibility is more interesting . Look at this closely : “ Most of the drug user experience take stead on the web . ” The package computer architecture is plainly “ Google Chrome run away within a new windowing organization on top of a Linux center . ” That sounds conversant . A lot likeMike Arrington ’s CrunchPad , actually , which iron boot now into the WebKit web browser guide on top of Linux .

https://gizmodo.com/crunchpad-web-tablet-landing-as-soon-as-possible-for-5307487

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Meaning ? The entire experience of the CrunchPad read place on the internet , and the web is its “ political platform ” as well , essentially . Chrome is WebKit - based as well . ( I ’m surprise Arrington did n’t mention thisin his mail , in reality . ) If I had to hazard , I ’d say Chrome OS is somewhere in between an entirely browser app - based OS and a generic Linux distro , though tip toward the former .

But running a full computer like Chrome OS , base totally on World Wide Web apps , is crazy , right — I mean , what if you ’re not on-line ? There are two affair that show it actually might not be completely retarded .

you may already useGmail offline . I think that will be really indicative of other app experiences in a totally web - oriented Chrome OS with Google Gears . The same goes for Google Docs in offline way , an pick some people have been using for over a year . It ’s no coincidence that Google pull “ Beta ” off of its connection apps the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. it foretell Chrome OS .

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Another reason it might turn is Palm ’s WebOS on the Pre , where most of the apps , like Pandora , are written just using web languages . ( It , too , is turn tail WebKit on top of Linux substance . ) AsHarry McCracken notes , it seems like a prime opportunity for Google’slong rumored GDrive online storageto finally rear its head , piece up on the ancestry “ people need their data point to be approachable to them wherever they are and not have to interest about losing their electronic computer or forgetting to back up files . ” That could make Chrome OS wildly more compelling . And do n’t get me embark on on all the app - alike possibilities from HTML5 by the time Chrome OS launch in the second half of 2010 .

https://gizmodo.com/google-gdrive-online-storage-getting-closer-5142791

really , the more minimum it is , the more I think Chrome OS could be better , in some ways , than Android . Google half - assed a plenty of Android at launching ( UI inconsistency , miss video recording player , etc . ) . If Chrome OS really is just a spiritualize web browser app , Google can afford to be that lethargic — all they have to do is maintain the browser app , and everyone else will take charge of the web apps . Which developer will write in code , because they ’ll unravel on any OS with a browser app — Windows , OS X , whatever — and because the vane as a chopine is the way things are going . Even Microsoft know this , deep down , astheir Gazelle browserproject shows .

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How will you sync an iPod , manage printer and connection crusade , or yank photograph and videos from your camera ? We do n’t know . Some thing may be impossible . Will there be an uproar , like there was with iPhone 1.0 , about the restriction of web apps ? Surely someone will bitch .

But I can almost see a twenty-four hour period where phones run Chrome OS , too , when wireless cyberspace is really omnipresent . It seems obvious , now , that this is Google ’s foresightful - haul play — not Android , even . Either way , Microsoft does n’t have to be scared today . But they might be in about a year .

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