 v35_pilotWhoops, there goes another AMUPremium
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| Why? I wonder why besides ego would a company enter this market? With Linux already established as the de facto open source OS, is there really room and, more importantly, opportunity for Google's entry?
Seems a waste of talented resources' time to me. But, I will accept that I am clearly missing something. |
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| said by v35_pilot:I wonder why besides ego would a company enter this market? With Linux already established as the de facto open source OS, is there really room and, more importantly, opportunity for Google's entry? Seems a waste of talented resources' time to me. But, I will accept that I am clearly missing something. Yeah you are. Linux in its distributed forum is a tinkertoy set for techies. It has every bell and whistle imaginable, in 17 flavors. It is confusing as hell for the average consumer.
This OS happens to use the Linux kernel inside, but it will look nothing like Linux. It'll look like you put the Chrome browser on top of an appliance. Linux is just the platform, not the externally visible OS. |
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 sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | reply to v35_pilot
Linux isn't hugely popular or widely used, so they're just probably trying to rebrand it. Large conglomerates do that all the time. I'm sure they're hoping they're far more successful and regular users will accept it as an alternative platform. I on the other hand see failure. There's enough compatibility issues with most softwares and Linux. |
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^^ What he said ^^ |
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said by sleuth:Linux isn't hugely popular or widely used, so they're just probably trying to rebrand it. Large conglomerates do that all the time. I'm sure they're hoping they're far more successful and regular users will accept it as an alternative platform. I on the other hand see failure. There's enough compatibility issues with most softwares and Linux. You don't get it. This is not Linux. This is a platform for Chrome. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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said by v35_pilot:I wonder why besides ego would a company enter this market? To extend their advertising and grow profits. It's been a long time coming for Google. |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by openbox9:said by v35_pilot:I wonder why besides ego would a company enter this market? To extend their advertising and grow profits. It's been a long time coming for Google. Bingo. Thanks but I will pass on this one...
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 redxiiPremium,Mod
join:2001-02-26
Sherwood, MI | reply to sleuth
*dl source code of Ubuntu*
Find what: Ubuntu
Replace with: Chrome |
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| said by redxii:*dl source code of Ubuntu* Find what: Ubuntu Replace with: Chrome You people just do not get it.
Last time:
This is NOT LINUX.
This is a platform for Web apps based on Chrome and Google Gears, that happens to use the Linux kernel. |
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Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | reply to v35_pilot
A good commentary examing what this Google OS may mean:
»technologizer.com/2009/07/07/ele···rome-os/ |
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Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
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said by sleuth:Linux isn't hugely popular or widely used, so they're just probably trying to rebrand it. Large conglomerates do that all the time. I'm sure they're hoping they're far more successful and regular users will accept it as an alternative platform. I on the other hand see failure. There's enough compatibility issues with most softwares and Linux. Especially for hard core gamers. This OS goes nowhere. At least for quite some time.
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AVonGaussPremium
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | reply to MyDogHsFleas
Which is exactly what Linux is, a kernel...  |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | reply to Romney2012
Running games is really a non issue. The hardware they are talking about (netbooks) is not robust enough to really run games anyway. |
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA
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said by MyDogHsFleas  You don't get it. This is not Linux. This is a platform for Chrome. Linux is not at all unusual for use in embedded systems. TiVo run on a Linux kernel, but as a TiVo user, you would never know that. Recently when I was flying, the crew rebooted the seat-back entertainment system; a very familiar Linux boot sequence appeared on the screens, complete with penguin. |
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gigantePremium
join:2000-06-30
Anchorage, AK | reply to MyDogHsFleas
said by redxii:You people just do not get it. ^^ What he said ^^ |
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 SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | reply to cghh
See - it's not stable!  |
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said by sleuth:Linux isn't hugely popular or widely used, so they're just probably trying to rebrand it. Large conglomerates do that all the time. I'm sure they're hoping they're far more successful and regular users will accept it as an alternative platform. I on the other hand see failure. There's enough compatibility issues with most softwares and Linux. There is no "rebranding" to it because Linux isn't "branded" in the first place. Linux is just the kernel, nothing else. The name itself is trademarked but the kernel is completely free and open-source and licensed under the GPL. This means that whatever Google does, they have to release the source code back to the community. |
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said by MyDogHsFleas:said by sleuth:Linux isn't hugely popular or widely used, so they're just probably trying to rebrand it. Large conglomerates do that all the time. I'm sure they're hoping they're far more successful and regular users will accept it as an alternative platform. I on the other hand see failure. There's enough compatibility issues with most softwares and Linux. You don't get it. This is not Linux. This is a platform for Chrome. No, you are the one who doesn't get it. This is in fact Linux. Linux is a kernel and this "Chrome OS" will run on the Linux kernel. This means Chrome = Linux. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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said by KodiacZiller:This means that whatever Google does, they have to release the source code back to the community. For additions/modifications to the kernel and other GPL'd software that is correct. I don't believe that to be correct for software that Google develops not utilizing GPL code. |
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As much as I don't usually get into this (the whole linux isn't a valid desktop canard) , you're dead wrong here.
Linux has its on massive collection of games, emulators and can run most (about 70-80%) of windows games on Wine.
»www.winehq.org/
»help.ubuntu.com/community/Games
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