Google Chrome Operating System

After their browser has been used by over 30 million people, Google will launch one more option of Operating System with name Google Chrome Operating System (Chrome OS) “an attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.” This Operating System is Open Source, so it’s absolutely FREE, and will open-source its code in this year, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.

Netbook, not Notebook.
Different with notebook, netbook’s main function is just for surfing (internet) and typing. So, netbook don’t need “Complicated” OS. Its OS must be simple, easy, fast, and lightweight.

Why don’t they develop their existed OS, Android?
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, they believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

The characteristic of the OS that I get from google blog are :

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

The Google Chrome OS team is currently working with a number of technology companies to design and build devices that deliver an extraordinary end user experience. Among others, these companies include Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba. But on the practice, the appearance of Chrome OS, get different response from PC vendors whos invited to chat by Google. Even, some vendor haven’t give their comment. The two vendors that haven’t commented about Chrome OS are Asus and Lenovo. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard and Dell doesn’t talk much, but their few comment sounds like similar tone.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and they’re working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Characteristic Details
A mysterious man shows the spesifik details about this OS in his blog. He claims as the first source that show Chrome OS screenshots. He admited works for one of component suplier companies for Acer. As we know, Acer is one of many companies that working with to design and build the OS.

“Today a Google representatif visiting to Acer team in order to install and show some features of developing Google OS. I invited by Acer to come and watch the demo”, says him.

In that demo, they using Acer Extensa 4620Z which produced between end of 2007 and begin of 2008. He reports some facts which is:

• Instalation process in that laptop just need 10 minutes and one time restart
• 25 seconds for booting time.
• At the bottom, there is blue button called “Chrome Bara” as the middle of the Chrome logo.
  Its function is like the Start menu in Windows, because it appears folder window if clicked.
• At right corner, there’s digital clock and internet networking quality indicator.
• There is two way navigations, Exploration and Browser. With Exploration, navigations is done similar to Windows Explorer, while Browser’s navigation offer a search using the search feature.

But, all that information still not confirmed by Google. So, stay tuned for more updates in the fall.