All About Google's ChromeOS, by the Pundit Savant

"Not Really Theirs, Not Really an OS
Less than a month after that article, Google announced the intention to produce their own version of an operating system, Chrome OS. Well, they admitted, it's not really their own (the operative kernel is actually Linux), and it's not really an OS (just a way to climb on board the Internet), but it will have a brand-new GUI, which is all the average user sees anyway. The way they described it, the GUI will do little more than lead you to the web and then get out of the way."

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