Google Chrome OS – What is it?

Just recently as July of 2009 Google introduced ts  development of Google Chrome OS – a brand new operating system claims that would revolutionize traditional consumer operating system market dominated by Windows and Mac OSX. This new Google Chrome OS is a Linux based, open source and most uniquely backs the Cloud Computing concept – simply means that user storage and cache data are all on the internet inside an account. This OS will be able to install on PC and Mac.

In a way, Google Chrome OS is just a web browser and the concept behind this “operating system” is when the user turns on his or her computer, the user is on the net almost instantly given Google Chrome OS boots like as if you open a web browser. The whole Google Chrome OS not only boots fast, it is entirely a web browser with online-enabled features, widgets, applications & programs instead of locally stored functionalities.

And because the cloud computing concept is so revolutionary, many also brought questions regard the security of such OS. How secure is my data on the web and what sort of authentication is required? One thing is certain about this platform is that Google Chrome OS is a Linux based system and all geeks and nerds know, anyone has yet to break Linux. Author here is as interested in to knowing how Google would address the massive data bandwidth and the reliability of such remote cloud computing OS.

So far the biggest Pros & Cons of Google Chrome OS:

Pros: Boots in Seconds

Cons: Potentially -> not a free open-source OS like Linux Ubuntu. (Reasoning from the all of the cloud computing and data usage on Google’s part)

Google has yet to announce the precise official release date of Google Chrome OS but the OS is expected to be released somewhere during the fall quarter of 2010. Recently Google also released the Google Chrome OS code and officially “Open-Sourced” this operating system and many developers, software engineers and hackers alike are getting their hands on compiling their own version of workable Google Chrome OS. (These unofficial releases are easily found in bit-torrent site).

Here at TechBeavers we are expecting to test out a Google Chrome release by gdgt.com and will soon feature installation guidance and support in Tech Q&A for those who wish to try out the open-source Google Chrome OS . You can find the release’s download link in the home page or download it here.

*Before You Install please read this installation (Virtualization) guide of the open-sourced third party complied Google Chrome OS.

Things are still pretty early — it’s not even in beta yet, let alone on shipping products — but that’s the first official screen shot right there, and the big features are all roughed out. The entire system is web-based and runs in the Chrome browser — right down to USB drive contents, which show up in a browser tab, and the notepad, which actually creates a Google Docs document. Web apps are launched from a persistent apps panel, which includes Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, and Hulu, among others, and background apps like Google Talk can be minimized to “panels” that dock to the bottom of the screen. Local storage is just used to speed up the system — everything actually lives in the cloud, so all it takes to swap or borrow machines is a login, and you’re good to go.

Engadget, Nov. 19th 2009

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