Google Chrome OS Preview
RSS FeedLook at this amazing video to get a feel of Google Chrome OS. This is just a preview and not the original OS, we can expect a lot many advancement and upgrades to these features what we see in this video below.
Here are some of the best features of Google Chrome OS
User interface
Design goals for Google Chrome OS’s user interface included using minimal screen space by combining applications and standard Web pages into a single tab strip, rather than separating the two. Designers considered a reduced window management scheme that would operate only in full-screen mode. Secondary tasks would be handled with “panels”: floating windows that dock to the bottom of the screen for tasks like chat and music players. Split screens were also under consideration for viewing two pieces of content side-by-side. Google Chrome OS would follow the Chrome browser’s practice of leveraging HTML5′s offline modes, background processing, and notifications. Designers proposed using search and pinned tabs as a way to quickly locate and access applications.
Architecture
In preliminary design documents for the Chromium OS open source project, Google described a three-tier architecture: firmware, browser and window manager, and system-level software and userland services.
- The firmware contributes to fast boot time by not probing for hardware, such as floppy disk drives, that are no longer common on computers, especially netbooks. The firmware also contributes to security by verifying each step in the boot process and incorporating system recovery.
- System-level software includes the Linux kernel that has been patched to improve boot performance. Userland software has been trimmed to essentials, with management by Upstart, which can launch services in parallel, re-spawn crashed jobs, and defer services in the interest of faster booting.
- The window manager handles user interaction with multiple client windows much like other X Window managers.
Remote application access and virtual desktop access
In June 2010, Google software engineer Gary Kacmarcík wrote that Chrome OS will access remote applications through a technology unofficially called “Chromoting,” which would resemble Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection. The name has since been changed to “remoting,” and is “probably closer to running an application via Remote Desktop Services or by first connecting to a host machine by using RDP or VNC.” Initial roll-outs of Chrome-OS laptops (Chromebooks) indicate an interest in enabling users to access virtual desktops.
Hardware support
Google Chrome OS is initially intended for secondary devices like netbooks, not as a user’s primary PC, and will run on hardware incorporating an x86 or ARM-based processor. While Chrome OS will support hard disk drives, Google has requested that its hardware partners use solid-state drives “for performance and reliability reasons” as well as the lower capacity requirements inherent in an operating system that accesses applications and most user data on remote servers. In November 2009 Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for the Google Chrome OS claimed that the Chrome OS consumes one-sixtieth as much drive space as Windows 7.
Integrated media player, file manager
Google integrates a media player into both Chrome OS and the Chrome browser, enabling users to play back MP3s, view JPEGs, and handle other multimedia files while offline.
Chrome OS also includes an integrated file manager resembling those found on other operating systems, with the ability to display folders and their associated files, as well as preview and manage file contents using a variety of Web applications, including Google Docs and Box.net.
More features yet to come out very very soon.
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excited to the T ..
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