Fans of open source operating systems and haters of Microsoft were thrilled when word started coming out that some of the major computer makers were going to be offering netbooks that run Android. Among the major makers looking at Android are Acer, Dell, and HP with a few early machines from lesser known companies already showing up at trade shows with Android installed.
With the announcement of the new Google Chrome OS coming soon, the Android plans for many of these computer makers have to be in question. Why would a major computer maker like Acer want to put Android on a netbook when it appears that Google will be favoring Chrome for computers?
Many of the computer makers that were considering Android like HP may well wait until the Chrome OS launches before settling on Android or Chrome for their machines. Even Google admits there will be overlap between the two. I wonder if we may eventually see smartphones with more power running the Chrome OS.
[via BusinessWeek]
Whether Chrome OS turns out to be worthwhile on netbooks, who knows? I'll have to wait and see.
I think I'll stick with my laptop.
I was never all that thrilled about android netbooks either, to be honest.
I was never all that thrilled about android netbooks either, to be honest.
I was never all that thrilled about android netbooks either, to be honest.
They said it will be a underlying Linux kernel which they are also going to create their own window system for and not use X11.
They said it will be a underlying Linux kernel which they are also going to create their own window system for and not use X11.
They said it will be a underlying Linux kernel which they are also going to create their own window system for and not use X11.
On the other hand, Google just wiped out a slew of useful software, like Firefox, Gimp, OpenOffice, and even down to lowly old xterm (to say nothing of xeyes which once kept my cat entertained for hours), because they want to be "different".
This is a pretty tardtastic move from Google, possibly dumber than the "lets put paid applications in a directory called 'private' because nobody will EVAR look there" software piracy deterent idea in Android.
i don't grok.
i don't grok.
I shudder to think how they're going to lay out their directories for ChromeOS -- we're probably going to see a lot more of /system/bin and whatever. At least NeXT/Apple have /usr and the like with their own stuff (eg frameworks, or shared libraries done right) in /System and /Library. Then again NeXT was always big on directory wrappers.