Sometime in 2010, Google Chrome version of the operating system, its introduction to the netbook operating system. It will be much more than that, though. It's take on a completely new desktop operating system. Although the final version is still months from release there's enough Chrome available, we can begin to see what it will look.

For beginners, Chrome OS is Linux. To be precise, it owes much of its genes on Ubuntu. But that's all under the surface. You won't need to know the shell command from GNOME to use it. As in fact, you won't need to know about traditional desktop Linux - KDE and GNOME - either. Chrome OS's interface, Google's browser Chrome. If you use a web browser, you'll be able to use Chrome OS.

That'This is not the case now. Today, you have two options if you want to try Chrome OS. The first of these is to create yourself using Google's instructions. Even though it's pretty trivial for professional users of Linux, it's not for anyone else. A simpler way to try is to visit the Chrome OS blog, fan site Chrome OS frequently that the function is based on the Chrome OS, you can either run from a USB stick, or as a virtual machine using Sun's VirtualBox.

Either way, you should keep in mind that you're working with an outline of the operating system. This is no way, shape, or form the operating system that's ready for prime-time yet. Between it and the recent public comments from Matthew Papakipos, Chrome OS' engineering director, you can see where Google goes netbook with its operating system.

One of the first things I thought about this new operating system is that Chrome is not OS' to replacement Windows. It's a Windows alternative.

You won't be able to run Photoshop, Gimp, or other heavy programs on it. Or rather, it's Linux I'm one that will work out how to do it, but it's not with capital letters, point. Point is not't run standard desktop applications on top of it, point it to run Web-applications.

For example, you can forget about Microsoft Office or OpenOffice to Chrome OS. Google Docs or other Web-based office software such as Zoho, will be what you use for desktop software.

In short, if you can run from the web, you should be able to use Chrome on the PC OS. If it's a traditional desktop applications, even though it's Linux-based, you won't be able to run it. You also won't be able to run Android-specific applications on it (the Google Android's smartphone operating system.) Chrome OS doesn't even support Dalvik runtime program that allows developers to run Android on other operating systems. Sometime in the future, which may change, but so far it's Chrome for netbooks, smartphones, and Android for two don't meet.

Although this is subject to change, there are currently two ways to get into the application. The first is to show web applications in different tabs, while others show more Chrome browser window and allow the movement of applications between Chrome browser windows. To some extent this reflects the different types of applications: programs that you expect to run in a web browser window and those you expect to run as a separate program. Google is working to erase the differences between them so that the web browser interface is becoming a universal interface for all applications and websites.

That doesn't mean that you won't be able to Run for serious business applications in Chrome OS. You will. They'll be only be SaaS (Software as a Service Programs), as SAP's Business by Design, SugarCRM or Salesforce.

Thou't, however, must be tied to the Internet through the use of Chrome OS or Web-based applications. Chrome OS uses Google Gears to frequently used applications and data on your netbook. Gears works to keep the cache a copy of your programs and data on local disk. If the user so everything is visible. For example, if you need to edit the document, and you're offline, but it's found in Gear's cache data, you'll have to do the same as if you were online. No problems, no muss.

You also won't have to be online to view or play multimedia files. Already we know that Chrome OS will be able to read Adobe PDF files, Adobe Flash and video playback. Now we know that Google is a media player to integrate Chrome OS, which will at least play music in MP3 format. This will certainly play a different media file types, as well, but exactly what you, we don't I do not know. We know that you won't have to be online to play with. So for example if you have a movie in MP4, USB stick, you'll be able to watch it, even if you are not online. Again, the intention is not't click on the movie file and have the media player pop-up her play. Instead, the movie will start playing in the browser window. Chrome OS is all about everything integrated into a Web browser experience.

[via itworld]