Introducing Google Chrome Os

[Puneet 0]

Google does it again.

Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/int...-chrome-os.html

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It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.

We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision. We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer.

Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director

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[savramesh 37]

very good news.. long time waiting for google OS news and got now.. thanks a lot for posting..

[manishag 17]

are they going to develop the OS or they will just purchase the OS like reactOS

[Kunal Hemrajani 1]

Great news

[dkaile 1,051]

This is going to be another BOMB from google.... wait and watch....

[Greatest 55]

Google Google Google..!!

[savramesh 37]

Google's India strategy for the Chrome OS: One idea

[savramesh 37]

Google-Microsoft war may lower PC price

Source

Google Inc’s bid to compete with Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating system may help lower the cost of personal computers at a time Check out what’s new in Windows 7 Exploring, Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome Brain behind Google Chrome when prices are already being pinched by inexpensive netbooks. Google said it will offer its just-announced Chrome operating system for free when it is launched in the second half of 2010, a move that could force Microsoft into a price war.

[phonegeek 588]

Waiting eagerly for beta !

[Honest 836]

Waiting eagerly for beta !

Saurabhi Bhai......BETA (Son) can be expected only after NINE MONTHS.....ha ha ha.....

[Greatest 55]

^^^ welcome honestbhai... was missing your jokes... lolz...

[Arun 795]

Google's Chrome OS to be ready in 2010

Associated Press

November 19, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.

Google set the late 2010 target date Thursday during its first preview of a much-anticipated operating system that eventually may mount a challenge to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows — the foundation for most personal computers since the 1990s.

The Internet search leader announced plans in July for an operating system named after its Chrome Web browser. At the time, Google said Chrome OS would be ready during the second half of 2010. That left open the possibility that Chrome OS computers could be on sale as early as next summer.

But Google is taking its time so outside programmers can contribute to Chrome OS, which is being developed under an open-source model in which anyone can help with development and share improvements. Google also intends to work closely with computer manufacturers to ensure they meet the Chrome OS's requirements.

Chrome OS is initially expected to be limited to people looking for inexpensive, lightweight computers designed for Web surfing. None of the so-called "netbooks" running Google's operating system will have a hard drive, and they will need Internet access to run applications.

That could limit interest among users who need their machines on the go and might find pockets of time without Internet service on planes or trains.

Still, Google views the Chrome OS netbooks as a supplement to fully loaded computers that run applications on a hard drive. Google believes the Chrome OS could get heavy usage, given that most people spend most of their computer time connected to the Internet anyway.

Suggested retail prices for the Chrome OS computers won't be set until closer to their debut. Google executives, though, indicated the Chrome OS should be in the same $300 to $400 range of other netbooks, even though the company isn't charging manufacturers to use its system.

The computer manufacturers that have expressed an interest in using the Chrome OS include Acer Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

The Chrome OS also is an important step in Google's crusade to get people more comfortable with "cloud computing," the idea of keeping their applications and data on remote computers operated by a third party such as Google.

Underscoring Google's commitment to cloud computing, the Chrome OS machines won't even have a hard drive. By leaving out that and other components, Google is promising the Chrome OS machines will seem more like a television than a computer because they will be ready to use within a few seconds of turning on the power button. Even the sleekest of Windows-powered machines typically require 30 seconds to 1 minute before applications can be opened.

Google's foray into computer operating systems represents one of the most daring challenges yet in its escalating duel with Microsoft.

While Google has been trying to attack Microsoft's software franchise, Microsoft has been trying to undermine Google's dominance of the Internet search and advertising market. Neither has made a significant dent so far.

With their low price tags, Chrome OS also could potentially undercut Apple Inc.'s Mac computers. The increasing competition between Google and Apple prompted Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to resign from Apple's board just a few weeks after the Chrome OS was announced.

[phonegeek 588]

Chrome OS Virtual Machine Build Ready for Your Testing

If you're aching to try out Chrome OS after taking a glimpse earlier today, friendly power user Mark Renouf has compiled a VMware image of Chrome OS for testing out in your virtual machine environment. While Chrome OS is far from ready for the regular user, lots of us are aching to play around a little with Google's young operating system. This virtual machine-friendly build looks like a good way to do just that, and you can grab it via BitTorrent now. From The Pirate Bay page:

This is a ChromeOS image converted to VMware .vmdk file.

It was built from instructions provided on the ChromiumOS developers site:

http://sites.google....ld-instructions

Built from sources retreived on 11/19/2009, following the announcement of the opening of the ChromeOS source code.

Shared user password (for sudo, etc is 'chromeos')

If you give it a download and try it out, let's hear how it worked for you (and share any images you manage to grab) in the comments.

Update: Alternately, you can download a VMware build directly from web site gdgt as well, "no strings attached" (as long as you don't consider creating an account at gdgt and giving them your email address "strings").

Edited November 20, 2009 by saurabh159

[sgiitk 32]

Excellent news. I would have loved Google to pick up the (unfortunately) now defunct Lindows project (Windows with Linux underpinnings) and take it to the logical conclusion. Then the Open Source would automatically have beeen integrated with Linux.

Edited November 20, 2009 by sgiitk

[savramesh 37]

Samsung to bring Chrome OS Netbook

Will have built-in 3G, Wi-Fi, 64GB SSD and 12 hours of battery life

Wouldn't a Google Chrome OS based notebook come as a refreshing change from the standard Windows 7 Starter Edition? Someone actually thought this and thus, a Google Chrome OS netbook will be introduced later this year. This netbook would be similar to the recently announced N-series netbook N210.

Samsung's Chrome OS running netbook will have 3G built-in, Wi-Fi, 64GB hard drive (SSD?), and will offer 12-hour of battery life. Speculations suggest that Samsung would be using Qualcomm's 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and it's also possible that Intel's new Pine Trail platform would be used.

Last year, Acer claimed that it will be the first PC maker which will come out with Chrome OS based netbook. And now, Samsung has announced these plans. It's quite possible that both launches would take place simultaneously when Google announces its Chrome OS.