said by MyDogHsFleas:said by stevephl:There is already a mature stable open-source operating system available for free for PC's, called Linux.
If you read the article, you'll see it uses the Linux kernel and adds a new windowing system to run the Chrome browser.
I would guess that it's not designed to run arbitrary local applications, like a "normal" OS. Rather it's a purpose-built platform to run the Chrome browser. The browser and the Web is the app platform. Offline/local use is managed by Google Gears.
This is much more like a consumer electronic device than a PC. It puts the PC at the high end of the smartphone food chain.
We may have just seen, on July 8, 2009, the announcement that marks the end of the PC era -- started by IBM with their original IBM PC announcement on August 8, 1981.
By the way this is open source but I would not call it "open". It's not designed to be flexible and changeable by the consumer. This is a feature -- no malware, no crapware. RMS is going to hate it, I guarantee.
EXACTLY!
