I'm enthusiastic about Google (the Gorilla) getting into the race. Wired.com has a sad tale of market share for the Linux Lover.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/chrome-linux/ I read the Mossberg Report in the WSJ about Linux also. Sadly I must accept the negativity about various Linux Distro's and ease of use / configuration. But, I'm in it for a science end, not because it's simple. Brian PS Mint 7 is my friend...though Fedora 11 is secure On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:48 AM, marbux <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting vaporware announcement by Google: > < > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/google-drops-a-nuclear-bomb-on-microsoft-and-its-made-of-chrome/ > >. > > "Wow. So you know all those whispers about a Google desktop operating > system that never seem to go away? You thought they might with the > launch of Android, Google’s mobile OS. But they persisted. And for > good reason, because it’s real. > > "In the second half of 2010, Google plans to launch the Google Chrome > OS, an operating system designed from the ground up to run the Chrome > web browser on netbooks. “It’s our attempt to re-think what operating > systems should be,” Google writes tonight on its blog." > > [more] > > Linux kernel, intended for x86 and ARM platforms, open source. Sounds > like an interesting project. Don't miss the link to the Google blog. > > Best regards, > > Paul > > -- > Universal Interoperability Council > <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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