Google to release linux distro
sicsem...@nnus.net
kernel, called Google Chrome OS. It is going to be designed for laptops,
but it will later be expanded to run on other platforms.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Google_announces_new_operating_system
I foresee a time when opensource becomes so common, computer manufacturers
will no longer see a need to install Windows on their hardware.
Imagine a world without Microsoft. :)
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Michael Coburn
What a Marvelous and wonderful way to poke a HUUUUGE and gaping hole hole
through the Microsoft monopoly. Let us hope that Google does not attempt
to "freeze out" Ubuntu and Debian. That would result in just another
"intellectual property" monopoly.
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sicsem...@nnus.net
I use linux mint. It is an elegant distro of linux, a fork off ubuntu. It
is extremely easy to use. You can try it out by burning a CD from the ISO
file (available linuxmint.com) and running it on your computer. If you
like it, you can install it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_mint
Stefan Patric
Dream on. Microsoft is too established and way too draconian in its
business practices to every let that happen. The best that can be hoped
for is that "Open Source" develops a niche market large enough that more
and more software and hardware companies find it "profitable" to support
it.
Stef
sicsem...@nnus.net
If people stop using Windows, Microsoft goes bankrupt. No "draconian
business practices" can change that.
Alastair Black
And you thought the AIG bailout was a lot of money...
Alastair
MorrisonAndBoyd
> Google is going to release a new operating system bassed on the linux
> kernel, called Google Chrome OS. It is going to be designed for laptops,
> but it will later be expanded to run on other platforms.
>
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Google_announces_new_operating_system
I heard about it the other day. I doubt that I'll try it since I'm very
content with my current favorite distro, Ubuntu. But it's nice to know
that Google will be advancing the Linux and open source causes--and
Google is big enough and powerful enough to make a splash.
> I foresee a time when opensource becomes so common, computer manufacturers
> will no longer see a need to install Windows on their hardware.
>
> Imagine a world without Microsoft. :)
Nice dream, huh? :)
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Michael Coburn
> Chrome OS is being developed for people who spend most of their time on
> the Internet.
>
> That excludes a substantial portion of Microsoft users.
Yes... It does. But one really wonders why those people continue to
suck on Microsoft software. Open Office should have put an end to it.
It is sort of like IBM was in the 70's. No VP ever got fired for
choosing IBM.
J.O. Aho
> Google is going to release a new operating system bassed on the linux
> kernel, called Google Chrome OS. It is going to be designed for laptops,
> but it will later be expanded to run on other platforms.
>
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Google_announces_new_operating_system
>
> I foresee a time when opensource becomes so common, computer manufacturers
> will no longer see a need to install Windows on their hardware.
There will be one BIG problem left, the thing between the chair and the
keyboard, see how it went for netbooks with Linux, people didn't bu those, no
matter if they had a lower price and a better specification that those with
microsoft installed.
It will be the same problem for Google and they have the other issue of making
a distribution which more than others depends on that the user is online.
Then we have the agreements which the OEM has with microsoft, which says that
if they install another operating system on their products than microsofts,
then they have to pay more per copy, so it will be a economical gamble for the
OEM and they may note be prepared to do that so soon after the failure with
the traditional Linux distributions.
> Imagine a world without Microsoft. :)
Sadly we have to see them around as long as the majority of computer users are
ignorant about the shitty quality they get from micrsoft and think games are
important for a computer.
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baron
Regretfully I disagree ! M$ has many more fingers in many other pies,
to go bust. Wins may become a minor OS, but M$ will probably be still
around for many years to stir the pot !
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Christopher Hunter
> If people stop using Windows, Microsoft goes bankrupt. No "draconian
> business practices" can change that.
Fortunately, that's starting to happen. A /lot/ of large corporations
are fed up with paying unreasonable licence fees for broken software -
migration is happening apace, though the MS shills don't want to believe
it!
C.
Raven
enrooted into our world and has invaded so many places I don't think
it will ever leave. :*(
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