Google's second open source operating system announced

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 8, 2009 1:49 PM EDT
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Google has announced that it is working on an operating system built to run the Google Chrome web browser. Google Chrome OS will be aimed at x86 and ARM based netbooks initially and built with a simple, lightweight architecture based around a Linux kernel running a "new windowing system" which in turn runs a version of Google Chrome. Dubbing it "our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be", the company said that the new operating system should be shipped to consumers in the second half of 2010, but will be available as open source later this year.

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