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The Google Chrome OS

The Google Blog has the announcement for Google's upcoming new operating system, "Google Chrome OS". It's Linux-based, but, like Android, it appears that much of the software above the kernel will differ from a typical Linux distribution. "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're 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. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work."

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