Google....friend or foe?

[jmadero]

lol I don't think I agree that any large company is automatically in violation of being moral and good....that means that being efficient and giving "the people what they want" (assuming competition and all the like) proves you are bad....I think that's a bad argument to say the least

[zoekayaktours]

I have had poor experience with Chrome on my other laptop ( HP DV7, Windows Vista Home Premium) after three install / uninstalls. I remained with the standard Google browser.
My other lap runs Ubuntu 9.01 and I installed Google (and its toolbar) to streamline my Ubuntu /Windows start-up miseries concerning interface with Ubuntu's mail server.
Google's done me great favors for years and earned my allegiance, withstanding the Chrome.
Brian
"Never wrestle with pigs. You get smelly and besides, they like it. "

[cousinlucky]

I can not print pages with the Google browser so I hardly ever use it. I am not a computer whiz, but it seems to me that google's browser for Linux needs work and I feel their Linux os is going to be a massive headache.

[MikeTbob]

I can not print pages with the Google browser so I hardly ever use it. I am not a computer whiz, but it seems to me that google's browser for Linux needs work and I feel their Linux os is going to be a massive headache.

Which is one reason I usually wait several weeks to download any new "OS" or distro, it gives them plenty of time to fix most major flaws.

[reed9]

Chrome for Linux is coming along really nicely. I've been using dev builds for quite some time without trouble.

Also, given that the foundation for Chrome OS is the linux version of the browser, I expect contrary to some opinion, it isn't Linux that will be treated as a second class citizen.

As for the OS, well, I doubt I will ever use it. I don't like cloud computing and I don't like not being able to change things.

Choice quotes from here:
In Chrome OS every application is a web application. There are no native applications.
The root partition is read-only. This is locked down, which is unusual in OSes today.
You cannot download and install Chrome on any machine. You will have to buy a new one.

The last I don't entirely get, since you in fact can already download dev builds and run it. But that's what they said. I think it means more specifically, they aren't going to try and support a wide array of hardware. You'll have Google Chrome netbooks and that's what they'll support. Smart for Google. Limiting hardware support makes their job much easier.

[elija]

I think it means more specifically, they aren't going to try and support a wide array of hardware. You'll have Google Chrome netbooks and that's what they'll support. Smart for Google. Limiting hardware support makes their job much easier.

Doesn't that sound familiar?