Gizmodo notes incredulously: Chrome OS i…
Gizmodo notes incredulously: Chrome OS is released.
The post, for whatever reason, is not online anymore, but was made just a few hours ago this morning.
Here are the specs from the official Google download page:
2009-10-21: New Chrome OS 0.4.223 beta is available now!
Chrome OS is a brand new free operating system built around the revolutionary Google Chrome browser.
The project aim is to provide a lightweight Linux distribution for the best web browsing experience.
Featured software in Chrome OS:
GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
Google Chrome 4.0.223 web browser
Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager New!
OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
GIMP 2.6 image editor
Flash Player 10.0 plugin
and much more!System requirements of Chrome OS:
Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
RAM: min. 256 MB
Hard disk: min. 1 GB
Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cardsDownload Chrome OS virtual appliance and give it a try!
You can download it here ( http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/ ).
If you look at the system requirements, you can see the major differences between that and all other available OS’s at the moment, and our analysis that this *isn’t* an affront on Mac or Windows is validated. More analysis to come.
Update: It’s clear why Gizmodo took down the post now… at the bottom of the download page in tiny print is: “Chrome OS is not related to Google. Service provided by SUSE Studio. See the license.”
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