I am very excited about this. For what I've read, Google and Canonical are trying to make sure it will work flawlessly on specific netbook models. It's a similar model to the Android way of working the details for every specific smartphone model. I've seen some criticisms around Android for non being OSS-friendly enough but, to be honest, compared to the iPhone lock-in model, Android and Chrome OS is the best competition we can hope for.
Any comments? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Dave Rice <[email protected]> wrote: > and it works fairly well too. > > got it running in VirtualBox but i couldn't get a usb image to install > > still - an intersting bit of kit... > > cheers > > 2009/11/20 Jonathon Fernyhough <[email protected]> >> >> 2009/11/20 Alan Pope <[email protected]>: >> > 2009/11/20 Jonathon Fernyhough <[email protected]>: >> >> There is an Ubuntu-based distro that bundles Chrome. It's link-bait, >> > >> > You're thinking of the one made with the SuSE builder. That's not the >> > same as the real thing. >> > >> > The BBC are _right_. Google Chrome/Chromium OS _is_ based on some >> > Ubuntu underpinnings. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Al. >> > >> >> Well I never... :D >> >> Jonathon >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
