said by firephoto:The other thing I take from the news is that they are doing the typical 'their way' then they'll release something to the public later that won't build upon any existing softwares. Seems like if they can't own it or buy it they don't want anything to do with it lately unless it's came in with something they did buy..
I'd guess this will be their chrome browser as the interface and all the system utilities will have a web interface for changing things. I guess the big thing will be if they decide to include something that allows normal applications to run. I kind of doubt it because that will require a full blown window manager which I'm sure they are trying to avoid.
"Google will be delivering a complete desktop software stack -- Linux foundation, graphical environment, and Web-based application stack. The desktop interface is not going to be either GNOME- or KDE-based. I'm told by sources, however, that it will be using the Portland Project's desktop APIs (application programming interfaces), which will allow existing Linux desktop applications like the groupware program Evolution and OpenOffice to work with Chrome OS." »
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