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    First Look at Chrome OS

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Jayayess1190, Oct 14, 2009.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Jayayess1190, Oct 14, 2009
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    Interesting. What would really make me use this, however, is if it is extremely fast booting. Otherwise, I question the usefulness of the ChromeOS versus booting into the Windows OS on a dual-boot system, or just using a full-features Windows XP installation on a netbook.

    +rep for the interesting article find.
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 14, 2009
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    coldmack Notebook Virtuoso

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    Maybe I am not that well versed on this matter here but some of those screen shots look like ubuntu?
     
    coldmack, Oct 14, 2009
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    It's running in a virtual machine.
     
    ratchetnclank, Oct 14, 2009
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  5. v1k1ng1001

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    Those are just pictures of ubuntu running the chrome browser.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Oct 14, 2009
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    I actually use Chrome browser almost excusively on my XP system (yeah I still have an XP system) because it is so much faster, cleaner and I like the Stealth mode (or whatever its called) though I am suspicious about how effective that is. I only still have IE on that system because some pages will only load in IE. The OS looks kind of exciting though and as it says it is geared towards netbooks, shouldnt be too heavy on the hardware. And at risk of being assassinated by a Firefox extremist (everyone knows IE is crap), I will say that the Chrome browser feels far more efficient than either IE or Firefox and is especially great if you dont need the capability of a bunch of add-ons (the best and worst thing about Firefox).
     
    Lord Grishnakh, Oct 17, 2009
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  7. v1k1ng1001

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    I think that's because chrome uses a faster java engine or something like that. Mozilla is going to strike back at some point with minefield, or perhaps merge the minefield concept with FF.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Oct 18, 2009
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    ohh me likes it :)
     
    kobe, Oct 18, 2009
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    That is fantastic, and the last line is even better.
     
    nixsubqui, Oct 18, 2009
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