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Ask DLS: Now that you've seen Chrome OS do you still care?
As you'd expect from a "browser OS," Google pretty much admits that Chrome OS isn't really intended for offline use. They see devices running Chrome as a compliment to the existing systems in your home or office. Local storage? That's not really part of the big picture either. Everything you save heads straight for the cloud.
And Google's staunch "no third party apps" stance means that no, you won't be running Firefox on Chrome OS. Google doesn't want other apps playing in their sandbox, it would seem.
Personally, it looks like I'll enjoy playing with Chrome OS but I can't see myself relying on it for day-to-day computing. I'd prefer to at least run a lightweight but fuller-featured linux distribution like xPud or Crunchbang where I have more flexibility.
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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Rich said 5:32PM on 11-19-2009
Sounds like something that belongs more on a phone.
Then again, call me old fashion, but I am not sold on the Cloud concept yet. Feels like a fad that will blow over in a couple years.
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pee tee said 12:46AM on 11-20-2009
"what if your browser was your operating system. new OS no kernel, no all.... BIOS was redesigned?"
It's like they made a mobile OS and applied in a computer
See the Chrome's detailed review: http://bit.ly/google-chrome-os-best-or-worst-judge-it
Sounds promising, but only for my netbook.. there's no way in hell I will use this for my desktop (just in case BIG G decided to used this on PC in the future)
Tired_ said 5:36PM on 11-19-2009
"Customers don't want native apps, web apps will be fine."
Is there an echo in this industry or something?
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KeegdnaB said 11:05PM on 11-19-2009
Just think, a year after it comes out they'll announce it has a revolutionary new way of running apps.....you download them from a storefront *gasp*
Trident said 5:38PM on 11-19-2009
Sorta cared before, was at least interested in how they wanted to change up the OS, now though, not in the slightest. Having no centralized storage for all these web apps we're supposed to be using runs contrary to the way my brain works, along with a variety of other issues I don't care to to get "accustomed" to, even for netbooks.
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Sam Jordan said 5:38PM on 11-19-2009
Seems like you can't download and install it? And only on selected hardware? I don't want to have to buy a new netbook...
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obo said 10:43PM on 11-19-2009
They've released the source, so like Chromium I expect someone will port Chrome OS to a more general (and probably slower-booting) kernel, sooner rather than later.
In fact, the source release is already named Chromium OS, with support from Ubuntu sugar-daddy Canonical. See http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/11/google-chrome-goes-open-source.html
Slowly but surely, the thin client concept is coming back. Just in time to give network engineers more work! :D
smx said 12:45AM on 11-20-2009
I have one of those motherboards with a quick boot linux partion built in, I would love to replace it with chrome OS.
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Dracula Jones said 5:40PM on 11-19-2009
I guess I don't really see the point. Why not just use Chrome browser on a more open operating system? I can't even see using this on a netbook unless you have it connected through a cellular provider. It comes across looking more like the iPhone's OS than a Windows 7 or a light Linux distro. Hard to come up with a scenario that makes this seem more desirable than what we already have available to us.
Unless it's free? Did I miss that part?
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Raffi said 5:48PM on 11-19-2009
Typical user using Chrome: How do I play a DVD on this?
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r3loaded said 5:52PM on 11-19-2009
Most netbooks don't even come with DVD drives.
deyanimay said 10:13PM on 11-19-2009
you don't, every thing is online so you have to go to netflix, btw what happens if you don't have internet "operating system not found"
Arnie said 6:06PM on 11-19-2009
I was curious but now am not interested at all. I code & want to compile stuff on my computer. Also, people in Google are building stuff for a world which atm is not seamlessly connected. Yes, its good that they are building stuff for the future but current infrastructure does not support their version of utopia in which everything is connected to the Internet and everybody uses Google to search. Majority of the people I know are not connected to the Internet all the time. Also, this vision of theirs is premature IMHO but then again they have some very smart people in Google and they perhaps have knowledge most of us are not privy to.
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xaro said 6:11PM on 11-19-2009
I want to use it, I was just looking for something like this (but for my notebook). I want a really fast booting OS for just browsing when I need it.
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216 said 6:25PM on 11-19-2009
Not as much. If anything, its nice to know that those features will port over to regular Chrome.
Now Google, get to work on enhancing this...Google Voice
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ScooterG said 8:06PM on 11-19-2009
I think that's what the Gizmo5 thing is about...let's hope so anyway.
David Ron said 7:06PM on 11-19-2009
Disappointed. I'd rather have Ubuntu Netbook/Moblin, and the included Ubuntu One service. It far more powerful, and allows me to have ALL of my data offline for when there isn't an Internet connection. I was hoping it would support the Android Market.
https://one.ubuntu.com/
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sitruc said 7:09PM on 11-19-2009
Care about what?
Oh...
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NotRocketboy said 7:14PM on 11-19-2009
Meh...
Of course, I didn't really care to begin with....
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William Wolf said 7:25PM on 11-19-2009
Nope, don't really care about Web Applications. Don't really like Chrome Browser. Chrome OS is a bad move in my mind.
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