It has long been a talk in the technology community that Google would someday develop its own OS likely based on the Linux Kernel. But for the first time, Google confirmed in a blog posting and even gave us their time line for producing such a product. While I would not be jumping at the conclusion that the OS would be the MS Killer and savior-what-have-you, if there is any entity out there that would have a chance at challenging MS’ monopoly at the desktop, it is no other than Google- the other powerhouse.
Short list of things that I would like to see in the Google Chrome OS
- Interface as interactive and appealing as Mac OS X
- Easy installation of softwares like APT-GET
- Great community support like Ubuntu
Here’s hoping the best for a really promising product but second half of 2010 is too long to wait. Advances in other Linux Distros may be already so good to even think about switching for me.
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