Google announces Chrome OS for Netbooks

Can’t believe this is true but the official Google has announced it has developed a Chrome Operating System targeted towards netbooks.

The announcement same out today:

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Google Chrome OS will be based on a Linux kernel and will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips. Google is actually talking to several netbook manufacturers to bring the Chrome OS to market by middle of next year.

Google Chrome OS is a separate project from Google Android. Everybody is going to get very busy — Nokia and Intel is cooperating on Moblin, Google has Chrome OS and Microsoft has Windows 7. Since Chrome OS is basically just another Linux flavor, will it succeed or go the same path as Xandros on the Eee PC?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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25 Comments

noel says:

15 years ago

Google is now fighting Microsoft on their main turf, the OS industry.

I think this will be good news. Anything that would benefit the consumers is always welcome.
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Gwapito says:

15 years ago

First of the bigger things to come?
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Rome says:

15 years ago

i knew it! Google OS has finally been verified and its not just a rumor! Woah! Just as I imagined it; Google is aiming for web applications. To quote TechCrunch: “What Google is doing is not recreating a new kind of OS, theyâ€™re creating the best way to not need one at all.”

(see: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/google-drops-a-nuclear-bomb-on-microsoft-and-its-made-of-chrome/)

I think that is also the main reason why Google’s been pushing the HTML 5 standard.. so that even if you’re not connected to the net, you’ll still be able to work and just upload the changes once you’re online again..

Web [desk]Tops / WebOSes like DesktopTwo and eyeOS will benefit from this move from Google.

Whatdyathink?? :D
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Victor says:

15 years ago

We shall see how it fairs with other operating systems.. WinXP sp3 pa din ako. Hehe
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bertsan531 says:

15 years ago

looks interesting…at least we have a choice aside from windows
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Patrick says:

15 years ago

I was shocked when I saw Google’s tweet and instantly tried to remember if it was April fool’s again. :D

I’m not sure if I’ll be using this at all since I’m already all set for Windows 7. But this is good news to stiffen up the netbook OS competition.
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Corporal Killjoy says:

15 years ago

I’m so proud of Google (sniff).
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a.cantos says:

15 years ago

as long as the brand is attached, i think it will be loved…
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william says:

15 years ago

interesting, i just hope it doesn’t fail like linux in the netbook market. but with google backing up the project, this would be really interesting.
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loadex says:

15 years ago

Financial might of Google will make the difference. A sharing scheme for every revenue of ads per netbook sold with the OS will be definitely a good proposal. Anyway it is all about business at the end of the day!
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VoteTheDay says:

15 years ago

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The Rain says:

15 years ago

Fail like Linux in the Netbook market????????????????????? Linux dominates the Netbook.
7 out of 10 netbook owners replace the default installed OS with a Linux Distro soon after purchase.
Just because MS threatens the manufacturers if they sell Linux Netbooks, doesnt make it a failure .. it just shows how evil and monopolizing MS is.
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cheesy says:

15 years ago

i am using ubuntu and mint now… sana maganda yung interface ng Google chrome OS pero dependent pa din ako sa MS kapag presentation ang gagawin mas madali kasi at dun na nasanay kaya yung ubuntu naka dualbooth
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Teknisyan says:

15 years ago

Yeah.. come 2010, it’s gonna be war of the OS! With MS being the defender.. defending their turf that is!!!!

http://teknisyan.blogspot.com
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Teknisyan says:

15 years ago

hey… what gives.. let me just post it again..

It’s gonna be a battle of the titans.. once Google OS is released to the market!!

But this time, it’s the other way around…

Google Vs other web search!!!

Now this time, it will be…

Windows vs. other OS(linux and Mac as the leader)

MS with it’s deep pocket… will try to depend it’s main cashcow, til the very end!!!
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CPB says:

15 years ago

Microsoft hasn’t developed a good Operating System lately that’s why companies such as Google, Linux and Apple have tried to gain market share by promoting new and better OS.
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Technochase says:

15 years ago

This is perfect! I can test this os on my coming netbook. Thanks for sharing!
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Jhay says:

15 years ago

What’s next, a full-scale Google OS for the desktop? Now that would be something!
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Mark Jason says:

15 years ago

Well Google Chrome (browser) is indeed great and performed excellently (at least for me, even better than firefox). So let’s see if my impression on the browser coincides with the OS. I can’t wait for Windows 7, though I want to see how Google beats up MS. This is war.
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philippine girl says:

15 years ago

It is always nice that there are new thing that we will surely enjoy. I am planning to buy a new notebook and I hope I can have this one as my OS so I can try it out and make a comment about it.
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john says:

15 years ago

Can’t wait to use this os… Take a look of some Google Chrome OS Leaked Screenshots..

http://dl4free.org/chrome-os-leaked-screenshot-its-faked/
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Kristian Roy Villafania says:

15 years ago

Well Chrome OS looks promising and with the resources at hand by google I am sure this OS could be better than any linux based OS.
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www.livedito.com says:

15 years ago

chrome is good and faster than mozilla. Mozilla has some issues now
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John Ray Cabrera says:

15 years ago

it promises smaller megabyte footprint, but will it be compatible with some of my needed apps? like Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Enterprise, and KMP Media Player?
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Peter Falku says:

14 years ago

There is also way how to run windows applications on chrome OS .. see tryVPS.com
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