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Google's Chrome operating system

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  • #32
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    ntlbell wrote: »
    WTF has using ubuntu got to do with your monthly BB cap?

    Nothing, of course, except that it seems Ubuntu downloads more from the net than Windows between software and updates etc. But my point is that if Google OS is principally based on the net, then the downloaded GB's per months will go up. Its is quite possible people will break their limits and be fined and/or be forced to upgrade. So your free OS isnt so free anymore.


  • #33
    ntlbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,287 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    turgon wrote: »
    Nothing, of course, except that it seems Ubuntu downloads more from the net than Windows between software and updates etc. But my point is that if Google OS is principally based on the net, then the downloaded GB's per months will go up. Its is quite possible people will break their limits and be fined and/or be forced to upgrade. So your free OS isnt so free anymore.

    It might be based around some web based apps.

    i.e. instead of MS office using googles online office and gmail instead of outlook etc etc

    but the amount of traffic apps like this generates is relatively small and if these small apps are causing one to go over there BB cap then they should really consider giving there ISP the boot 10gb caps on BB access is pretty pointless.


  • #34
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    Since you're not going to be installing apps on your hard drive, you're not going to be downloading much anyway, you'll be mostly uploading. Unless you want to torrent movies or something.

    .


  • #35
    probe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭probe


    The Chrome browser and Google apps gives one lots of functionality without Chrome being an operating system as it stands.

    The big problem with Google and Chrome browser is their tendency to breach privacy. The Chrome browser has a serial number. Google owns doubleclick - the all over the place third party cookie merchant. With email and banking and everything else one does, they are building up a total profile of your mind and lifestyle.

    Taken to its ultimate conclusion, a "google hosepipe" feed is a threat to democracy. While Google looks like an e-ad agency, AT&T and their competitors looked like phone companies until the Sep 11 excuse arrived on the scene. They then started providing an illegal real-time feed to who calls whom and when to government agencies while Bush & Co launched its oil grab on Iraq.

    If they get their hands on your operating system.... the possibilities are limitless. One might as well be using Windows. Windows ME with no firewall and a 1 Gbits/sec connection to the internet, with all your company's date exposed!

    Chrome is one Linux distro I would think carefully before installing.


  • #36
    Parser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Parser


    "Google Chrome OS is Google Chrome bundled with a Linux Distribution".

    I've read that a few times on a few different websites. A fundamental lack of knowledge on how computers, operating systems and software works.

    It should be:

    "Google Chrome OS is a Linux Distribution bundled with Google Chrome".

    You see an operating system comes before higher level software like a web-browser.

    I'm going to get a stripped down Linux Distro, install Firefox on it, get Firefox to start automatically once Linux has booted and call it "Mozilla Firefox OS".


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  • #37
    Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    From the Google Chrome (browser) for Linux page:
    * An early developer channel version is available, but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD IT... unless you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable and potentially crashing software, and don't mind that it doesn't support Flash, YouTube, printing or some privacy options.

    Yeah, whatever you do DON'T DOWNLOAD IT... but just in case you want to, we've provided a handy link to the download page. :rolleyes:


  • #38
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    turgon wrote: »
    Wont an "OS" based on the Internet eat up your download limits? Ive had Ubuntu 2 or 3 months and I think Ive been fined for exceeding the 10GB/month quota.

    Since the size of an ubuntu installation is probably 2-3 GB max, and even a major Kernel update would probably weigh in at around the 100MB mark, forgive me if I am a little sceptical that Ubuntu requires 10GB of updates a month. :rolleyes:


  • #39
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    marco_polo wrote: »
    Since the size of an ubuntu installation is probably 2-3 GB max, and even a major Kernel update would probably weigh in at around the 100MB mark, forgive me if I am a little sceptical that Ubuntu requires 10GB of updates a month. :rolleyes:

    Well when I installed Ubuntu 9.04 I had 110 mb of software updates to install right away. But your probably right. It was just a question I threw out for the sake of discussion, please forgive my insolence.


  • #40
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    turgon wrote: »
    Well when I installed Ubuntu 9.04 I had 110 mb of software updates to install right away. But your probably right. It was just a question I threw out for the sake of discussion, please forgive my insolence.

    Hmm I think I was a bit blunt yeesterday, apologies. :) But I would be amazed if more than a couple of a gigs came down the line even if you installed practically everything possible.

    On the topic of the thread, this sounds like the worst idea ever from Google.


  • #41
    liamo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    marco_polo wrote: »
    On the topic of the thread, this sounds like the worst idea ever from Google.

    The author of this article explains why it's a great idea.

    The summary?
    MS releases Bing. threatening Google's search business.
    In response, Google announces Google Chrome OS to distract MS and make them concentrate on protecting their own OS and Office software business.

    Made sense to me.


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  • #42
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    I think people will be attracted by the branding. Trying to sell Google OS will be a lot easier than Linux. When it comes to standard computer users they seem to be very skeptical of things or brands they havent heard of, and Google will soothe that somewhat imo.


    I dont know if you could convert Google OS users to regular Linux users though.


  • #43
    Parser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Parser


    liamo wrote: »
    The summary?
    MS releases Bing. threatening Google's search business.
    In response, Google announces Google Chrome OS to distract MS and make them concentrate on protecting their own OS and Office software business.

    Made sense to me.

    Why do Google and Microsoft even try to compete?

    One makes good internet applications, one makes good operating systems.

    Microsoft are **** at internet apps, weather it be search engines, the stupid and pointless silverlight, or internet explorer.

    Google have no real expertise is operating systems and will just be using a Linux distro with google branding all over it.


  • #44
    generalmiaow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭generalmiaow


    Its interesting to see how the technically minded users of the internet have already splintered into pro- and anti- Chrome OS users. I don't really mean the good people of this thread who have opinions, I'm talking about the raging fanboys of other websites.

    It's an unreleased product for a market that doesn't exist yet, it will be free yet obviously optional, and people have already decided they either love it or hate it and are defending or criticising it in huge heated flamewars.


  • #45
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    Parser wrote: »
    Why do Google and Microsoft even try to compete?

    One makes good internet applications, one makes good operating systems.

    Microsoft are **** at internet apps, weather it be search engines, the stupid and pointless silverlight, or internet explorer.

    Google have no real expertise is operating systems and will just be using a Linux distro with google branding all over it.

    So are google they usually buy them. ;)


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