Announcing Google Chrome OS

Google has moved from being just a search engine to being a software giant. With the release of Android and Chrome, Google has proven that they are not just a web giant. With Chrome being downloaded over 30 million times, Google has decided that they are going to work and build on it’s success with Chrome.
Today Google has announced that they will be working on a new Operating System called Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS is going to be a open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year they will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.

The OS will run on both x86 and as well as ARM chips. Chrome OS has speed, simplicity and security is the key points for the Operating System. They are 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.

Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems.
This all leads to the question though, like the Android, will it have a marketplace for the user’s to work with and how is it going to be better than Fedora or Ubuntu for a Linux distro? Looks like we will find out this fall together.