2009/7/8 Dr A. J. Trickett <adam.trickett@???>:
> Hi,
>
> It's splattered all over the Internet but Google are planning a
> Linux based distro called Chrome OS that will run on ARM/x86
> netbooks and use it's own window manager to drive the Chrome
> Browsers which will be the primary user interface.
>
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8139711.stm
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/0953238/Google-Announces-Chrome-OS-For-Release-Mid-2010
It even got a (one-sentence only) mention in the news headlines on
Radio 4's Today programme this morning!
>
> I'm not sure if they are mad or not...
Hmm, from some of the comments it is clear that they want a chunk of
Microsoft's pie...
Me, I am still cross at them for not getting a Linux version of Chrome
browser out yet.
