I'm surprised nobody uses ChromeOS for this

Posted Jun 14, 2010 4:55 UTC (Mon) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: I'm surprised nobody uses ChromeOS for this by lakeland
Parent article: HP to buy slim Linux OS from Phoenix

Maybe they don't like using vaporware?

As for "continue to improve": Phoenix / HP are not the only ones working on improving Linux.

I'm surprised nobody uses ChromeOS for this

Posted Jun 14, 2010 5:07 UTC (Mon) by lakeland (guest, #1157) [Link] (1 responses)

Vapourware? http://getchrome.eu/download.php

I didn't claim Phoenix/HP were the only one working on improving Linux - I was implicitly assuming that since both Phoenix and Google are using a Linux base then the contributions by others would be equal for both, and the differentiating factor is the work done specifically by Phoenix/HP or Google. Effectively I was treating Linux as 'upstream'.

I don't see what's wrong with that assumption.

I'm surprised nobody uses ChromeOS for this

Posted Jun 16, 2010 15:29 UTC (Wed) by Tobu (subscriber, #24111) [Link]

There are a few things wrong with that link:

It's not really ChromeOS, but a suse and gnome-based distribution
There is no link to the various projects' source code
The deliberate choice of name and graphics theme is creating some confusion.

Accept only the genuine article!