Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead

freesoftwaremagazine.com

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Repeat after me: Chrome OS is strategically designed to be made around a browser and not look remotely like a regular desktop. Google never took into consideration regular remote desktop applications, hence this is a moot topic and a fairly useless article.

Still can not understand why Linux is _obvious_ choice for Chrome... *BSD are just fine. Apple agrees with me.

-More developer mindshare. -More available drivers. -Higher performance overall. -Proven technology on netbooks.

Although the choice of kernel and base OSes is fairly irrelevant for a product like ChromeOS, Linux is the de facto FOSS kernel and the choice by default.

Agree with only one point (more availible drivers). Developer mindshare - irrelevant point, from the point of view of non-kernel related development, FreeBSD an Linux are very same. Higher performance? - not sure. Proven terchnology on netbooks? - well netbook i just a small PC, nothing to prove IMHO.

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