Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead

Posted by scrubs on Nov 26, 2009 2:26 AM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Tony Mobily 		Mail this story
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A lot of people at the moment are immensely intrigued by Google Chrome OS. I won’t hide that I am one of them. Google promises a much needed shift in the way small computers work. Problems like software updates, backups, installation, maintenance, viruses, have plagued the world for too long: a shift is way overdue. To me, however, the change about to happen shows us what many people have refused to believe for a long time: KDE and GNOME shot each other dead. I write this knowing full well that I am going to make a lot of people angry. This might be the first time a writer receives very angry responses from both camps — KDE and GNOME’s users might actually (finally?) join arms and fight just to show everybody how wrong I am! Read the full article at Free Software Magazine.

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Too rosy a view of the Chrome New World r_a_trip 2 1,116 Nov 28, 2009 6:28 PM

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