Chrome OS -- Google's Online Operating System

FoxNews.com - Will Google's Online Operating System Revolutionize the Computer?

That big old hard drive in your computer? Google says you don’t need it anymore. The company is also betting you won't need that Windows, Macintosh or Linux stuff either. No, Google wants you to access, operate, and edit all your files on the Internet.

To help with that, the company has developed a lightweight operating system of its own, the first new competition for Windows and Macs in years. It's called Chrome OS. And it could have a profound effect on the way we work with computers. 

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Google Chrome OS Will Be Released By Year’s End

Chrome Google Operating System would be launched in time for the holidays.
Developers at Google have reached Release Candidate stage of completing the operating system.

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YouTube - What is Google Chrome OS?

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Chromium OS - The Chromium Projects

Chromium OS

Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here you can review the project's design docs, obtain the source code, and contribute. To learn more about the project goals, read the announcement blog post.

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• What is Google Chrome OS?
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YouTube - Google Chrome OS UI Concept Video

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Google Chrome OS Could Shake Up PC Market - PCWorld

Ultimately, Google plans to extend Chrome OS beyond netbooks and into the desktop/laptop market dominated by Windows. Given the ergonomic shortcomings of today's netbooks--specifically, cramped keyboards and small screens--consumers who find Chrome OS appealing may avoid the platform simply because they don't like the hardware it runs on. Since Chrome OS runs on both x86 and ARM processors, it's likely that a new crop of thin-and-light laptops--larger than netbooks but slimmer than full-size portables--will soon feature Google's OS too.

Chrome OS is more than simply another Windows or Mac competitor. It represents a dramatic shift away from desktop-oriented PCs to a cloud-based future. It'll be interesting to see how consumers and businesses take to Chrome OS devices--and how Microsoft and Apple respond to Google's latest threat.

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Google Chrome OS Will Be Released By Year’s End

FoxNews.com - Will Google's Online Operating System Revolutionize the Computer?

YouTube - What is Google Chrome OS?

Chromium OS - The Chromium Projects

YouTube - Google Chrome OS UI Concept Video

Google Chrome OS Could Shake Up PC Market - PCWorld

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Google Chrome OS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Official Google Blog: Releasing the Chromium OS open source project

Get Chrome OS beta

ROS -- An Open Source Robot Operating System

Clipped from: Could Robots Unite Under One Operating System? | Popular Science

Could Robots Unite Under One Operating System?

A common robot operating system could lead to a robotics revolution -- scientifically speaking, of course




Today's robots represent islands unto themselves that don't share either software or hardware with each other. But researchers have begun developing a common operating system that could revolutionize robotics and permit easier collaboration with less reinvention of the proverbial wheel. The change could rival that which rippled through the PC industry when Microsoft's Disk Operating System (DOS), and later Windows, burst onto the scene and became standard.

Clipped from: Robots to get their own operating system - tech - 10 August 2009 - New Scientist

Robots to get their own operating system

Bourcier sees this changing if robotics advances in a manner similar to personal computing. For computers, the widespread adoption of Microsoft's Disk Operating System (DOS), and later Windows, allowed programmers without detailed knowledge of the underlying hardware and file systems to build new applications and build on the work of others.

Programmers could build new applications without detailed knowledge of the underlying hardware

Bringing robotics to this point won't be easy, though. "Robotics is at the stage where personal computing was about 30 years ago," says Chad Jenkins of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Like the home-brew computers of the late 70s and early 80s, robots used for research today often have a unique operating system (OS). "But at some point we have to come together to use the same resources," says Jenkins.

Clipped from: ROS (Robot Operating System) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ROS (Robot Operating System)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ROS is a robot operating system originally developed (2007) in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in support of the Stanford AI Robot (STAIR) project but now (as of 2008) developed primarily by Willow Garage, a robotics research institute/incubator. It is free for commercial and research use under a BSD license. The library runs primarily on Linux but is intended to be cross-platform for Mac OS X and Windows. ROS provides standard operating system services such as hardware abstraction, low-level device control, implementation of commonly-used functionality, message-passing between processes, and package management. It is a graph based architecture where processing takes place in nodes that may receive, post and multiplex sensor, control, state, planning, actuator and other messages.

Clipped from: ROS - Wiki

ROS -- Robot Operating System

• Overview

  • Introduction

  • Concepts

  • Technical Overview

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4. ROS - Wiki

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SLAX Linux -- Pocket Operating System

clipped from www.slax.org Slax - your pocket operating system Slax is a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design. Despite its small size, Slax provides a wide collection of pre-installed software for daily use, including a well organized graphical user interface and useful recovery tools for system administrators. clipped from www.slax.org Key features Slax 6 is small Slax 6 is portable Slax 6 is feature rich Slax 6 is multilingual clipped from www.dedoimedo.com SLAX Linux - Your pocket operating system - Review SLAX is a small, live Linux distro, based on Slackware. It aims to be light, friendly and useful. It's meant to fit onto antique USB thumb drives and run well on old hardware. And it features the sexy KDE desktop. Plus there's a revolutionary modules management. This fine list of features made it a worthy candidate for testing. The version chosen for this review was 6.0.9. Applications Modules clipped from www.youtube.com Slax FAQ: Installing Slax on USB Flash Drive clipped from www.youtube.com Slax Presentation

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2. Slax: documentation key features
3. SLAX Linux - Your pocket operating system - Review
4. YouTube - Slax FAQ: Installing Slax on USB Flash Drive
5. YouTube - Slax Presentation

Azingo's Mobile Linux Platform

While iPhones are still making headlines, a next-generation mobile consumer experience: Azimo's Open Mobile Linux Software Platform is already emerging.

clipped from economictimes.indiatimes.com Next-gen Linux-based software for mobile phones launched clipped from www.azingo.com Azingo, formerly Celunite, provides next-generation mobile phone software that delivers Internet-enabled, rich user experiences to entertain, inform and enrich the lives of individuals worldwide. Azingo uniquely offers a one-stop solution for commercializing new mobile phone products that significantly reduce development costs and shorten delivery schedules for silicon vendors, handset manufacturers and operators. clipped from www.azingo.com Azingo’s next-generation mobile platform, Azingo Mobile, includes rich mobile middleware and a complete Mobile Application Suite based on proven mobile software and open source technology. clipped from www.azingo.com Azingo’s Mobile Application Suite is a highly competitive service delivery solution. It supports a broad range of rich mobile applications including Internet browsing, web-widget oriented applications, social networking, audio, video, telephony, messaging, and more. Functional Overview

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Azingo introduces new mobile Linux platform | InfoWorld | News | 2008-01-30 | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

Ubuntu's new version: 8.04 "Hardy Heron"

The new Ubuntu version offers an enhanced multimedia experience and Web surfing in a Windows-friendly package.

clipped from www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition Released LONDON, April 21, 2008 – Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition. clipped from blog.wired.com clipped from www.youtube.com Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" LTS clipped from blog.wired.com The most interesting new feature for those looking to switch from Windows is Wubi, a single-click Ubuntu installer for Windows. Wubi neatly eliminates installation hassles like disk partitioning and other details and allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu (or any Linux variant) just like any other Windows application. clipped from www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu will always be free to download, free to use and free to distribute to others. With these goals in mind, Ubuntu aims to be the most widely used Linux system, and is the centre of a global open source software ecosystem. For more information visit www.canonical.com or www.ubuntu.com.

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5 Desktop Operating Systems

clipped from itbusinessedge.newsvine.com 5 of the best desktop operating systems you never used Blogger John Sheesley discusses five lesser-used operating systems that provide nice alternatives to Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Sheesley says OS/2, NeXT, BeOS, DESQview and GEOS are overlooked, underrated and have been crushed by the big guys. clipped from blogs.techrepublic.com.com OS/2 NeXT BeOS DESQview GEOS / GeoWorks So there you have 5 of the best operating systems you probably never used. Each introduced innovations that we still use today, as well as some we’re still trying to catch up with even though the programs debuted in the 20th century. In each case, they were overlooked, underrated, and ultimately crushed by the Microsoft steamroller. There are plenty of OSes I left off the list: CP/M, TRS-DOS, LDOS, DR-DOS and others (which I encourage you to remind me of.) We’ll try to cover those in the future as well.