24 Nov 09 Ubuntu Working With Google Chrome!
Ubuntu, one of my favorite linux distributions and probably one of the widely used linux operating systems, has just partnered with Google for creating Google’s new Chrome operating system.
Sources at Canonical tell me that Canonical’s Ubuntu developers have been working with Google’s Chrome team since before Google announced its netbook operating system plan in July 2009. The company decided to go public with its involvement after Google announced today that they were open-sourcing the Chrome operating system.
I think this is a smart move on Google to work with such talented group of people who made Ubuntu. Personally, I think there will come a day when most people use Ubuntu while Windows becomes obsolete. (or Google Chrome OS)
Google Chrome OS has really been intended for lower-performance hardware such as netbooks, smartphones and alike so I don’t think they will be competing much against Ubuntu itself but add value to the mobile niche.
Chromium is the open source version of Chrome OS, you can find it here. (although you can’t really install it on any physical computers yet as it requires a BIOS change but you can try virtual machines like VMWare for demo.)
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