Filed under: OS Updates, Google
Yes, there's a Chrome OS folder now, but don't get your panties in a bunch yet
For starters, what's in the folder is what's in the other top level folders - a browser build for a specific OS. This isn't Chrome OS per se, it's the Google Chrome browser build for Google's upcoming OS. You know, like the Mac, Windows, and Linux versions available for download from the very same server.
But let's move on. Assuming you're the easily excited type, the screen above shows what you get when building Chrome for Chrome OS versus Chrome on Linux. My thanks to Johnathan Frederickson, who commented on the TC post and actually played around with Google's .deb packages.
As you can see, there's really not much to look at apart from the clock and the little circle in the top left corner.
When clicked, the circle takes you to a sign-on page, currently only available internally to Google staffers in all probability. I'll wager that has something to do with the single sign-on cookie we read about a while back.
Other items Frederickson mentions include the compact nav bar , which also appeared on Download Squad in September and an additional screen for Chrome OS options under the wrench menu.
Siegler also touched on "some kind of document viewer called GView." I'll assume he missed this post, where I noted that GView - which you can actually already use and have been able to use for some time - can be set to intercept HTTP request for compatible file types on Chrome OS.
I'm not sure I want to even mention this part, but what the hell. The highlight of Siegler's post? It's right in the title: "And what is the Touchpad?" I've got to admit, I almost spit out my coffee when I read '...and this is all being tested on a "touchpad." ' a few paragraphs later.
No, it's being built for devices with touchpads. You know, like the cheap netbooks that may already be getting prepped for retail deployment with Chrome OS installed.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Marty K. said 9:08AM on 10-13-2009
It looks like Chrome OS is going to be based on Ubuntu (or Debian), because all of the binaries are DEBs.
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Zachary Waldowski said 10:49AM on 10-13-2009
Or maybe it'll just use DPKG. It doesn't have to be a derivative, DPKG is portable.
Jonathan Frederickson said 8:38PM on 10-13-2009
It appears you didn't read my post all the way through. I didn't even need to build the browser, Google had it all pre-packaged in nice little DEBs.
The download folder has since been removed, but I grabbed the latest build a few minutes before they took it down. The only change I noticed was that the compact nav bar actually works now. It didn't work on the previous build, at least not for me. Pics on my blog.
Oh, and having a little trouble with names today? You spelled both my name and Siegler's name wrong. :P
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Hochler said 1:57AM on 10-14-2009
Wish we could delete posts...
Anyway, already found a copy. Thanks, though.
troy said 10:02PM on 10-13-2009
http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/home
Real?
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Jonathan Frederickson said 10:43PM on 10-13-2009
That's just a custom version of Linux with Chromium and Flash preinstalled.