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today gaku released the details on their open-source operating system Chrome OS it's based on the lightweight Linux kernel and is almost entirely focused around the browser let's take a look at what all Chrome is all about Google Chrome OS is an entirely different operating system than Windows or OS 10 it features nearly instant-on capability with boots in under 10 seconds and literally almost no data is stored on your computer it is all synced online with your Google account even including data brought from something such as a USB Drive in a demo they show how opening a file a PDF is done on Google Docs as opposed to an application on the computer this holds true for all applications has any file that needs to be opened will be associated with a web application as opposed to an application stored and installed on your hard drive you won't be able to easily do more intensive tasks such as photo or video editing right now but Google is working with software makers to get web applications set up to help that said it does seem that you won't be able to do everything with Chrome OS so it's likely that a computer with Windows or OS 10 will still be needed security is a major emphasis in Chrome OS at first glance it appears to be nearly full between the fact that it updates itself every day as soon as you turn it on which is the way that each part of the OS is signed so that if one piece is corrupted or attacked by a virus then you have the option to reboot and go back to how the computer was before as literally no data is kept on a computer theoretically you could wipe the entire computer and it wouldn't make a difference Chrome OS is very distinctive looking nearly always you will be looking at the main Chrome browser window along the top you have a row of tabs just like in the normal Chrome browser but you can also have shortcuts such as Gmail or Google Docs along the top to launch you will be able to change windows which looks and works similarly to opening a new window of the Chrome browser from there open up different web applications or websites as you wish Chrome OS looks like a great breath of fresh air for operating systems in general the fact that literally no data is stored on the computer the small cache of data that is on it is even synced online and the nearly foolproof looking security makes this look great for even non tech oriented people Chrome OS won't start shipping until late 2010 but the entire project is open-source and you are free to download it today unfortunately Chrome OS doesn't support standard hard drives and only a few select types of netbooks with solid-state drives so it's unlikely that you will be able to test it right now that is that chrome OS looks fantastic and could easily be a contender in the operating system Wars