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Good news for Google addicts!

Oh my word i am thrilled to hear news of Google's new operating system, coming next year!

I admit it: i'm a Google addict! I've previously said that Google products are like chocolate bars: i always have to try the new ones! I used to be cautious, not wanting Google to follow me all over the internet, so i always logged out quickly. But recently i've thrown caution to the wind! I have fully immersed myself into Google Mail, Chat, Calendar, Docs, Maps and Reader. We use Google apps at work for all our communication needs. I'm considering getting an Android phone and writing apps for it. I basically love Google!

Chrome OS will be a super-speedy operating system (based on the Linux kernel) that will do one thing and do it really well: the web! With a great lightweight browser, the push towards HTML 5, Google Wave, and Google Gears for offline access, everything is pointing to the gap between desktop applications and web apps narrowing, and web apps taking over.

Haha, i just realised, they're finally going to have to write Chrome (the browser) for Linux! Awesome! It's been 9 months i've been waiting for that!

Update – things have moved on since i last checked – you can now download a development version of Chrome as a deb file for Debian and Ubuntu. The install was quick and easy, and it seems to be working pretty well, apart from keyboard shortcuts.

This is a Google world we're living in, and i fully embrace it! :D

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  • LolaGeek
    I was thinking of getting an Android phone for my next phone as well! (Of course, probably not at least for another year...) If you were writing apps for it I think I'd definitely get one :o)
  • I have given up too attempting to blog Google from knowing everything. The other day read a post about how Google knows more about you than your mother. I am going to check out the new operating system.
  • It is so true: Google are going to find out all about us anyway - we may as well submit willingly to our new overlords! So long as they don't use our data for anything malicious, i'm fine with it. If they want to help me by finding relevant advertisements of things that might genuinely interest me, then i'm happy for it!
  • Nice post, thanks for sharing. I absolutely love Google Chrome, I think it is much better than Internet Explorer 8.
  • autoinsurance
    I once had an experience where the volume of about 60 people singing suddenly sounded more like 200. Just because you hear something doesn't mean it is there.
  • I can't wait for it as well, do you know if our files will be stored on their servers? like photos, documents, ect? cause if they are we never have to worry about back ups anymore.
  • This is indeed a good news, I am a google addict too! I don't mind admitting that at all.

    Robert
  • Though Google Chrome is a light weight nifty browser yet it crashed repeatedly. This is the aspect that I dislike most about it.
  • I've also given up logging out of Google - it seems that as soon as you've logged out of one app, there's another one you need. All big software/hardware corporations have the ability to 1'do evil' with our data but if you avoided using them, you'd probably have to live in a dark cave..!
  • Damn Google is good,next they will develop a new Google car. :)
  • discountmugs
    Nice Comment post. Really I like Google Chrome very much. Thanks for shearing this.
  • discountmugs
    Nice comment post. Really I like Google Chrome very much. Thank you for shearing this.
  • I am also a great fan of this google world. So shake hand............:)
  • I'm really excited to try Chrome OS. It isn't too long till it will be out. Yet another industry Google will get its foot into. :)
  • I was about to try Google Chrome in the near future. Heard so much about it. Thanks for the tips. Right now am on Firefox. I've stopped using IE for awhile now.
  • Guest
  • Isn't Chromium for Linux developed by another developers than Google? I agree, I was also excited when I heard about the arrival of Google OS, initially they're targeting netbook market which is good because they all need is an OS to access their web and do their task. I admit that I am also a bit susceptible about Google but recently, I am willing to trust them and do more on web. But for Docs and Spreadsheet, I prefer normal Office applications as they're more responsive than webs.
  • Isn't Chromium for Linux developed by another developers than Google? I agree, I was also excited when I heard about the arrival of Google OS, initially they're targeting netbook market which is good because they all need is an OS to access their web and do their task. I admit that I am also a bit susceptible about Google but recently, I am willing to trust them and do more on web. But for Docs and Spreadsheet, I prefer normal Office applications as they're more responsive than webs.
  • Google is going 'crazy'. Perhaps Android 2 will base on it?
  • I was about to try Google Chrome in the near future. Heard so much about it. Thanks for the tips. Thanks for sharing.
  • Totally agree. I love chrome so much. Hail the great google.
  • kitesurfingkites
    Here are a few ideas to use and change.
  • I am doing testing on Google chrome and still find it to be buggy. Still using windows XP , but i would like nothing more than this too succeed !
  • It's exiting news that Google's OS is coming. Google is ultimate in everywhere. Definitely OS will be also ultimate. Waiting to check it out.. earn money
  • Hi,
    I would like to thank you for the information, and the clear tips. Keep it on!
    It's so kind of you.
    Regards,
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