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Google’s Chrome operating system gets a much needed update

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 13, 2011

[ 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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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