[email protected] This thread would be better continued at: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-os-discuss/
Of course, the new windowing system is...... the Chrome browser. The Chrome browser is the basis of the windowing system in ChromeOS. On Nov 20, 2:21 pm, Bryce Quilley <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe they have held off for a while because of the Windows 7 launch. > > I would be very interested in such a product, but at the same time very > sceptical as Linux is all about choice. > > Google will need to invest a massive amount into development of an O/S to > even come close to the quality of other leading distros. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: garbeam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 20 November 2009 9:03 PM > To: Chromium-discuss > Subject: [chromium-discuss] Chromium OS - where is the promised new window > > system > > Hi there, > > back in July Chrome OS was announced at > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html > > A quote: > > "Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a > Linux kernel." > > I had high expectations because of that, but what did we find? X ;( > > http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/software-a... > ecture > > So that means that I can bury my hope for a decent window system on > Linux that doesn't contain all the legacy of the past 30 years? > Or are there plans to replace the current X dependency with the "new > windowing system". > > Potentially the person who wrote the blog entry back in July didn't > know the difference between a window manager and a window system... oh > well... > > Cheers, > Anselm > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
