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 Chrome OS logo from 2022 | |
| Developer | Google Inc. |
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| Written in | C,C++ |
| OS family | Linux |
| Working state | Preinstalled on specific hardware (Chromebook Laptops.) |
| Repository | |
| Update method | Rolling release |
| Platforms | x86,ARM |
| Kernel type | Monolithic:Linux kernel[1] |
| Default user interface | Graphical interface based on theGoogle Chrome browser |
| License | Google Chrome OS Terms of Service[2] |
| Official website | www |
| Support status | |
| Active | |
Chrome OS is a project byGoogle to develop a light computeroperating system. It is devoted to using theWorld Wide Web.[3] The operating system was announced on July 7, 2009. It is based on theLinux kernel, and is visually similar to theGoogle Chromeweb browser. When first released, it was targeted atnetbooks[4] but has also been present onlaptops (known asChromebooks). It was released to technology journalists in December 2010[5] after being delayed.[6] It runs on systems with eitherx86 orARMprocessors.[7]
Google had stated before release that the Chrome OS project would beopen-source[8] by the end of 2009. Although it is based on the Linux kernel, it would use "a newwindowing system" (a way to display applications on a computer screen).[9]
Upon release, some technology journalists were unsure on what it could do that aWindows PC with the Google Chrome browser installed could not.[10]
Chrome OS has now been the default for Chromebooks and very few other laptop brands thanGoogle, these are all labelled asChromebooks, the only difference being thehardware.
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