Google's Chrome operating system gets a much needed update

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

I quite like Google's Chrome operating system (OS)–a Linux variant that use the Chrome Web browser as its interface–but as it's being shipping today, Chrome OS has problems. Fortunately, in the latest Chrome OS stable channel release, Google is finally addressing some of these rough spots.

To put it to the test, I installed the new Chrome OS, Chrome version 13.0.782.108, to my Samsung Chromebook.

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