Google Operating System Announced

[Panzer88]

Scheduled for release in 2010 and is supposed to be open source.
It is seperate from the Android project and codebase

here is the news

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/goog ... chrome-os/

http://gizmodo.com/5309736/google-chrom ... s-and-os-x

it's supposed to be based on cloud computing and use the chrome browser as a base. It will work on x86 (this includes the Intel Atom) and ARM processors.

It's supposed to be fast and virus free, etc. etc.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

[SquareHead]

I don't know if I should be excited or scared.

[gllt]

I don't know if I should be excited or scared.

I vote for the latter.

[Deathlike2]

Way too high for expectations...

If this manages to solve some of Linux's problems (sound notably), then I'm all for it.

Unfortunately, the whole deal is way too ambitious and will require tons more resources that I doubt Google realizes.

[Panzer88]

Way too high for expectations...

If this manages to solve some of Linux's problems (sound notably), then I'm all for it.

Unfortunately, the whole deal is way too ambitious and will require tons more resources that I doubt Google realizes.

or they fully intend for it to be a step up from cell phone OSs with more apps on it.

Some people are easy to please.

[SquareHead]

They way they're making it sound is like that linux distro that runs google apps, or anyone know the name of that minimal linux os that boots in seconds and gives you basically just a web browser pidgin and a couple other small utilities?

[Rashidi]

They way they're making it sound is like that linux distro that runs google apps

very likely, bring linux-system-alike to an average joe.
well, just hope it doesn't inherited linux problem(s) as well.