Google's Chrome OS to be Available Soon This Year

Google’s own operating system, Chrome OS will be out this year. The Google has confirmed this news now wait to be over soon. The Google's CEO Eric Schmidt informed last week at Web 2.0 Conference that the OS would come in the next few months. The Chrome OS surely a great challenge to Windows and Linux in the netbook market. 


Recently Slashgear has reported that “Component makers are whispering that the fabled Google Chrome OS will ship in November”, and also cites Digitimes reports that “Google will supposedly planning the launch its own brand Chrome notebook along the lines of Nexus One”.
Though according to some other news Google will only launch software rather than hardware, and has been told by the search giant that “We’re not going into details at this point”.


Schmidt also confirmed at the Web 2.0 Summit talk that Chrome OS was meant for keyboards, while Android was meant for touch. Very soon a first beta release of the Chrome OS will be available for users waiting from a long time. Currently six bugs presenting major problems in the software. Problematic features, however, could be removed to speed up the release date.



What we know about Chrome OS already:
It will be free and open source
It is built on the Linux Kernel but has a totally new windowing system.
It will support both x86 and ARM architecture.
It will run Web apps as if they're native desktop apps.
It is not a handset OS like Android, but there will be "overlap" in functionality
Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba have all voiced support for Chrome OS.
Chrome OS Director Matthew Papakipos is director of the HTML 5 Open Web Platform efforts at Google.
The underlying security architecture of "standard" operating systems is being completely redesigned.

Until today, these facts have only raised more questions. Far too many to even list here.

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