Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 8th Jul 2009 05:23 UTC
From NYTimes: "In a post on its company blog, Google said the operating system would initially be aimed at netbooks, the compact, low-cost computers that have turned the PC world on its head. It said the open-source software, called Chrome OS, would be available in the second half of next year. Read more for a quick observation on the announcement.
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RE[2]: Why would I want this?
by UZ64 on Thu 9th Jul 2009 01:20
in reply to "RE: Why would I want this?"
Member since:2006-12-05
If you want X based stuff, use another Linux based system... X plainly sucks, and will always suck.
I've heard this several times, and yet, no one ever steps up and announces a suitable, superior replacement. Even if it finally *does* happen, when hell freezes over, X will still have its uses; especially its client/server model. Meanwhile, in the real world, X is continuing to be improved. Hopefully running X without any root priviliges will be a reality soon... it seems that it's just beyond the horizon. The main thing I want to see, however, is a snappier GUI. That said, I would like to see development start on a new X replacement, with modern goals, features, and performance part of its design.
Edited 2009-07-09 01:24 UTC
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2005-08-07
If you want X based stuff, use another Linux based system... X plainly sucks, and will always suck.
There are however already technologies that allow you to use virtualized OS's via a web browser, those would work fine I would imagine if you really gotta use archaic software.
EDIT: Also, just for the record, there were some blogs a little while ago about Qt being ported to the browser already... so a lot of the best X based apps should be relatively simple to port to ChromeOS...
Edited 2009-07-08 14:07 UTC