Chromium OS - Google's Operating System
Tomi H�s�
November 19, 2009
"In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open
source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the
web."
"Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this
early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we
are eager to engage with partners, the open source community and
developers. As with the Google Chrome browser, development will be done in
the open from this point on. This means the code is free, accessible to
anyone and open for contributions. The Chromium OS project includes our
current code base, user interface experiments and some initial designs for
ongoing development. This is the initial sketch and we will color it in
over the course of the next year."
"We want to take this opportunity to explain why we're excited about the
project and how it is a fundamentally different model of computing."
"First, it's all about the web. All apps are web apps. The entire
experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional
desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with
installing, managing and updating programs."
"Second, because all apps live within the browser, there are significant
benefits to security. Unlike traditional operating systems, Chrome OS
doesn't trust the applications you run. Each app is contained within a
security sandbox making it harder for malware and viruses to infect your
computer. Furthermore, Chrome OS barely trusts itself. Every time you
restart your computer the operating system verifies the integrity of its
code. If your system has been compromised, it is designed to fix itself
with a reboot. While no computer can be made completely secure, we're
going to make life much harder (and less profitable) for the bad guys. If
you dig security, read the Chrome OS Security Overview or watch the
video."
"Most of all, we are obsessed with speed. We are taking out every
unnecessary process, optimizing many operations and running everything
possible in parallel. This means you can go from turning on the computer
to surfing the web in a few seconds. Our obsession with speed goes all the
way down to the metal. We are specifying reference hardware components to
create the fastest experience for Google Chrome OS."
"There is still a lot of work to do, and we're excited to work with the
open source community. We have benefited hugely from projects like GNU,
the Linux Kernel, Moblin, Ubuntu, WebKit and many more. We will be
contributing our code upstream and engaging closely with these and other
open source efforts."
"Google Chrome OS will be ready for consumers this time next year. Sign up
here for updates or if you like building your operating system from
source, get involved at chromium.org."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html
Google Chrome OS Sign Up
"Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend
most of their time on the web. It aims to provide users with a fast,
simple and secure computing experience. Netbooks running Google Chrome OS
will be available to consumers late next year. Sign up below if you'd like
to receive news on Google Chrome OS from time to time."
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlechromeossignup/
What is Google Chrome OS?
November 18, 2009
"Telling the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating
system. Produced by Epipheo Studios."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRO3gKj3qw
Chromium OS Security
November 18, 2009
"Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend
most of their time on the web built around the core tenets of speed,
simplicity and security."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9WVmNfgjtQ
The Chromium Projects
"The Chromium projects include Chromium and Chromium OS, the open-source
projects behind the Google Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS,
respectively. This site houses the documentation and code related to the
Chromium projects and is intended for developers interested in learning
about and contributing to the open-source projects."
http://www.chromium.org/
Chromium OS
"Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating
system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience
for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here you can review
the project's design docs, obtain the source code, and contribute."
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os