Chrome OS: il Linux di Google arriva sui netbook
Scritto da Riccardo Palombo il 8 luglio 2009 alle 12:09pm | Categoria: News e RumorsLa notizia del giorno è senza dubbio questa.
Google ha annunciato lo sviluppo di un nuovo sistema operativo per netbook, opensource e basato sul kernel Linux, che sarà disponibile per i produttori e per la comunità entro la seconda metà del 2010.
Chrome OS sarà compatibile con le architetture x86 e ARM ed avrà (almeno sulla carta) tutte le caratteristiche richieste dal settore. Google sintetizza con il tutto con: speed, simplicity and security (velocità, semplicità d’uso e sicurezza).
Si tratta di un progetto separato sia da Google Android, il sistema operativo per smartphone di cui si parla ormai da tempo, che da Google Chrome, il browser web da poco arrivato alla versione 2.0.
Riporto dall’annuncio ufficiale:
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.
Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.
Adesso non resta che attendere l’arrivo dei primi screenshot, dei primi video e, perché no, la risposta di Microsoft.
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