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5 best and worst things about Chrome OS

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     Posted Nov-22 11:08 AM   
D.F. Yriart (Sysop)
 
From  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)  Posts 812  Last 6:52 AM
To  All      [Msg # 129708.1 ]    
The analysis begins, Computerworld published a review of the 5 best and worst features of Google Chrome OS this week.

There a positive aspects to Chrome OS. Security, for example
2. Security by default. The portion of the operating system needed to operate the device will reside in a read-only section of memory. The rest of the operating system is integrated with the Chrome browser and, like the browser, security updates require nothing more than a reboot. Chrome OS can run multiple Web applications in multiple tabs and each one is locked down from all others, so a vulnerability in one Web app can't lead to exposure in another.
But some of the negatives could be real deal breakers
1. It is considered a companion device. Google doesn't claim that this Web-only device is useful in all cases or to all people and in fact thinks that most people who buy it will also own a full-fledged PC. As the device will be too big to be a mobile phone, people will also still need one of those.
For those of us seeking to reduce the number of things we need to carry around, Chrome OS may not help. One of the reasons that I'm thrilled by my Android phone is that it greatly cuts down on the situations and places where I feel I need to carry my laptop.

Chrome brings surprises too!
5. A surprising way to support Microsoft Office. If you ask a Google executive any question involving Microsoft, you'll hear the cliche answer -- that they company thinks only of users and not of potential competitors. But in one of the giggle-inducing moments of Thursday's demo, Pichai, showed how Chrome OS would handle Office documents -- via Microsoft Office Live, the free Web app version of Office available to Windows Live users. If a user clicks on an .xls document, Chrome launches Excel via the browser in Office Live. "Microsoft launched a killer app for Chrome OS . . . and is working very hard to do that," he quipped.
When Chrome OS devices start to roll out, how interested do you think you'll be?

Doug Yriart
Linux Rocks!

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     Posted Nov-22 12:55 PM   
RayM
 
From  RayM  Posts 249  Last Feb-8
To  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)      [Msg # 129708.2 Message 129708.2 replying to 129708.1 129708.1 ]    
I'll be very interested. There are a lot of features in it that I primarily see as a new/different UI for things we consider to be "standard stuff" like multiple desktops. In that it MAY be useful for notebooks as well as netbooks. Regardless of what Google wants to do I also expect there will be a full figured (aka fat) configuration of Chromium for the desktop.

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     Posted Nov-22 1:02 PM   
D.F. Yriart (Sysop)
 
From  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)  Posts 812  Last 6:52 AM
To  RayM      [Msg # 129708.3 Message 129708.3 replying to 129708.2 129708.2 ]    
Ray,

>> There are a lot of features in it that I primarily see as a new/different UI for things we consider to be "standard stuff" like multiple desktops. In that it MAY be useful for notebooks as well as netbooks. <<

Unless you have continous Internet connectivity Chrome OS is a non starter. That means at some point you'll need a wireless data plan with a telco, or you'll be limited to public and private wifi hot spots -- the public ones cost money or are included in wireless data plans.

Doug Yriart
Linux Rocks!

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     Posted Nov-22 1:16 PM   
RayM
 
From  RayM  Posts 249  Last Feb-8
To  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)      [Msg # 129708.4 Message 129708.4 replying to 129708.3 129708.3 ]    
AT&T gives public access along with my Internet service but my main use of wifi is at home like now.

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     Posted Nov-22 9:35 PM   
Frank B. (Forum Janitor)
 
From  Frank B. (Forum Janitor)  Posts 5114  Last 9:33 AM
To  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)      [Msg # 129708.5 Message 129708.5 replying to 129708.1 129708.1 ]    
Doug:

>When Chrome OS devices start to roll out, how interested do you think you'll be?<

Probably not at all.

Google Chrome won't eliminate Windows, or Linux, or Mac.  It likely will carve out a new niche, and that niche may grow with time.  There may be enough users that just want an easy way to get things done that this could catch on, as this article points out.

I can see Google succeeding with non-technical users that just want an Internet appliance, but that ain't me, babe.

I'll stick with my data on my own machine, thank you.  I want my own apps, and I want control over my own machine.  I'll use a net-enabled smart phone as an Internet appliance.

Frank.

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Single booting Linux all day, every day, at home and at work.

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     Posted Nov-23 2:52 AM   
D.F. Yriart (Sysop)
 
From  D.F. Yriart (Sysop)  Posts 812  Last 6:52 AM
To  Frank B. (Forum Janitor)      [Msg # 129708.6 Message 129708.6 replying to 129708.5 129708.5 ]    
Frank,

>> I can see Google succeeding with non-technical users that just want an Internet appliance <<

I think that's the whole point of Chrome OS. It falls into a hole I don't need filled. For my appliance Internet needs there's my Android phone. For the rest there's my MacBook, because I still need to manage private web content, VPN to my work for remote desktop, and stuff that I don't think Chrome OS can do.

However, I'm sure there are a huge number of users who do the kinds of tasks that Chrome OS is meant for, who could find it a good fit.

Doug Yriart
Linux Rocks!

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