Hb_Kai Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 When opening Flock today and browsing through the news feeds to see if there's anything interesting to read I found an interesting article written by CNET news explaining Google's Chrome OS a little bit more and comparing it to Linux and Windows which actually does seem rather interesting.So I thought I'd share it...What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn'tSeems a little bit like that Virtual Windows project, whatever its name was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 When opening Flock today and browsing through the news feeds to see if there's anything interesting to read I found an interesting article written by CNET news explaining Google's Chrome OS a little bit more and comparing it to Linux and Windows which actually does seem rather interesting.So I thought I'd share it...What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn'tSeems a little bit like that Virtual Windows project, whatever its name was.hmm ...embedded tracking in there somewhere you think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I don't relish the thought of my programmes residing on a remote server accessed via the internet. The write up also implies that part of the OS has to be downloaded each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 if its a freebie ... I' ll run my netbook on it ...its on redhat now anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'll stick with Windows. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 It would appear that most experts predict that Chrome will have a greater effect on Linux than on Windows. It is in fact a linux based OS and it is thought that those who are tempted to move to linux in future are likely to be influenced by Google being a well respected brand. Not many people have heard of Ubuntu etc.I doubt that anyone at Microsoft is losing any sleep over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I think you may be wrong ...Aho be a lot of entry level lappy and net book manufactures picking up on this It must cause them some worry , particularly in the sales dept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I think you may be wrong ...Aho be a lot of entry level lappy and net book manufactures picking up on this It must cause them some worry , particularly in the sales deptI think you are wrong there, several of my friends (yes I do have some. ), have brought there netbooks to me to have XP put on them, as they say this OS is just not Windows. :lol: And on other forums there were lots of people complaining about the Linus OS when the netbooks first came out because they could not understand why you could not run Microsoft programs on them.I have one of the first Asus 701 models and in my opinion if they had enabled the KDE interface instead of trying to make it so simple they would have been better of as it looks more like XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I still think this new Chrome OS can be more promising than Windows 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I had a netbook with Linux and an 8 GB hard drive. It was OK for basic office programmes, Email and web browsing but refused to run a lot of software designed for Windows. In particular my Garmin sat-nav mapping, Paint Shop and my Panasonic camera graphics.I eventually sold it and bought another netbook with a 160 GB hard drive and XP installed - which is fine. Most people now spend the extra £40 to £50 and get themselves a "proper" netbook with more storage, memory and Windows. It's what they are familiar with and this trend is likely to continue. Only 6% of netbooks being sold have Linux.Google will have an uphill struggle to break the solid Windows consumer base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 But I think Google have a better start than Linux does through selling this new operating system. A lot more people know what Google is and a lot of people don't know what Linux is.I think people would like to try the operating system that their favourite search engine made rather than something with some random name that they know absolutely nothing about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 fair point alans .... .....but the google name will loose a lot of the linux perceived baggage that comes with it... as hb sez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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