ChromeOS spotted with dock and other blurry UI elements

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by John Biggs on August 17, 2009

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A blurry snapshot of ChromeOS has surfaced showing a new, Mac-like dock and some battery and wireless notifiers in the bottom corner. This OS looks so stripped down compared to other OSes we’ve used that we’re loathe to call it anything more than a shell. However, we all love us some Google so let’s just stare at it for a while while we eat our Subway sub.

Interestingly, what we’re seeing her is a severe version of a Kiosk Linux implementation. Everything extraneous has been taken out – you don’t even see a desktop there, just a dock – and the major players are web apps. I wouldn’t be surprised if local storage was connected to the cloud and didn’t actually allow for formal browsing. However, do you think it will have a command line?

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Hans - August 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pm GMT+5

These screenshots were sent to Mashable (http://mashable.com/2009/08/15/google-chrome-os-screenshots/). While they do look convincing, I call them a fake!

Google Chrome OS was initially targeted at netbooks. The picture in this screenshot does not show a netbook!
Source: Official Google Blog (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html)

My guess is this is just a customized Linux. Someone who has too much time on their hands is probably trying to fool the blogosphere again, just like last time.

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- Erbo - August 17th, 2009 at 2:09 pm GMT+5
  
  While Chrome OS may be targeted at netbooks, I doubt that developers would actually USE netbooks to do the actual development of the OS, particularly when prototyping new features. Chrome OS could easily be running on a desktop machine for that reason.
  
  Alternative explanation, possibly also the case: The machine in question IS a desktop, albeit one that’s a few years old, and has specs more comparable to a modern netbook. Which makes Chrome OS a good way to recycle old hardware, too.
  
  As for “My guess is this is just a customized Linux,” as I understand it, that’s EXACTLY what Chrome OS is supposed to be, at its core: a customized Linux. I think they’ll leave the command line out, but I wouldn’t be sure of that.
  
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Benjamin - August 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pm GMT+5

I actually am having Subway for lunch, so I think I’ll do just that.

*munch munch*

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Dubbs - August 17th, 2009 at 2:31 pm GMT+5

It reminds me gOS.

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