Chromium OS source released [LWN.net]

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 20, 2009 6:15 UTC (Fri) by b7j0c (guest, #27559)
In reply to: Chromium OS source released by adamgundy
Parent article: Chromium OS source released

"if 'the internet' is not working, most non-technical computer users regard their machine as a brick..."

is there *anyone* outside of security-sensitive applications that use a standard consumer computer WITHOUT a network connection??

its 2009. a pc with no network IS a brick

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Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 23, 2009 13:57 UTC (Mon) by AAP (guest, #721) [Link] (1 responses)

Awhile back, I was using a computer without internet. Yes, there was a lot I couldn't do, but I could still access and update my documents and keep track of my Quicken bills, even though I couldn't send them until I got the internet back. Without a computer with a local HD, I would have had to use (ugh) pen & paper to keep track of things.

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 23, 2009 15:33 UTC (Mon) by kragil (guest, #34373) [Link]

Well, the idea is that all Google web apps will work offline with Gears/HTML5.

So you would just need new web apps .. and Google is betting that those are forthcoming.