Article Source The Washington Post
Google's Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, we've heard from a reliable source. Google previously said to expect an early version of the OS in the fall.
Google's Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, we've heard from a reliable source. Google previously said to expect an early version of the OS in the fall.
What can we expect? Driver support will likely be a weak point. We've heard at various times that Google has a legion of engineers working on the not so glamorous task of building hardware drivers. And we've also heard conflicting rumors that Google is mostly relying on hardware manufacturers to create those drivers. Whatever the truth, and it's likely in between, having a robust set of functioning drivers is extremely important to Chrome OS's success. People will want to download this to whatever computer they use and have it just work.
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written by Adam Gignac, November 17, 2009
Hardware support is still the only thing keeping me from convincing everyone I know to switch to Linux. I know it's a lot better now than it was in the past, but everywhere you look someone is having problems with their hardware. If Google can get drivers that consistently work on all platforms, I certainly hope they release them for inclusion in other distros.
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