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Linux Distros Upbeat, Wary of Google's New Chrome OS


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Google is putting Linux front and center with its new, in-development operating system. But will the introduction of its Chrome OS create a new challenger to existing Linux distributions or will it play nice with the community and help grow Linux as a whole?

That's just one of the many questions sparked by Google's formal unveiling of the Chrome OS late Tuesday -- though a public release of the open source licensed operating system is not set until 2010...

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Cory Ferriby
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written by Cory Ferriby, July 09, 2009
one thing i hope that google does is create a replacement for x11

i know that it may be blasphamy but i feel that either x11 needs to be heavily developed or a replacement needs to come about.

look at Apple. they choose to create their own server and not use x11
Boro Andonovski
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written by Boro Andonovski, July 09, 2009
I wrote exactly the same comment on another forum discussing ChromeOS smilies/smiley.gif
X11 has served is purpose, but it is very outdated by now.

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