Chromium OS source released [LWN.net]

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 20, 2009 8:56 UTC (Fri) by TRS-80 (guest, #1804)
In reply to: Chromium OS source released by elanthis
Parent article: Chromium OS source released

If nothing else, any VOIP app is going to be native - Flash or HTML5 aren't serious contenders (yes, I know Flash 10 has RTMFP, it doesn't seem to be designed for regular VOIP).

Reading the docs, if you turn off verified boot/turn on dev mode you should be able to alter the filesystem and install apps. Probably even install .debs, given it's based on Ubuntu, although I can't tell whether they'd need to be rebuilt.

Also in the docs is the claim the user will have a second PC if recovery is required, so maybe they are positioning this as a true netbook, secondary to your main computer.

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Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 24, 2009 12:02 UTC (Tue) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link] (1 responses)

I dunno, doesn't google mail already have voice & video chat? At least it seems to offer those... Haven't used them (yet) but it's there.

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 24, 2009 14:02 UTC (Tue) by TRS-80 (guest, #1804) [Link]

It does, but it uses a native plugin, which incidentally isn't available for Linux (yet).