Google Chrome OS: Epic Fail or Epic Success?

[Sealbhach]

I want to be able to do stuff offline, I want to be able to keep stuff on my computer. So for me, not interested.

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[clevin]

i vote fail

an OS that has no hardware supported local apps with any real power
an OS that way too depended on "CLOUD"
an OS that can do 1/1000th of a real computer can do
an OS that can't be used on 99% of the computers in the market
an OS that basically is just a browser
an OS that can probably work with 1/1000th of the peripherals
an OS that has no real games available


Speed? what speed? you can turn it on in 10 seconds means nothing when you will never be able to finish any work that are remotely professional.

security? what security? keep your data encrypted so you dont need to worry when you lost it? how useful is that when you put nearly all your data in the hand of some big guy and up in the cloud, security? lol

simplicity? what simplicity? smartphones are simple enough, why would I buy a $400 computer to just do Internet? Heck, even Nokia N900 probably let me do more than a google chrome OS powered computer.

[RiceMonster]

E18 on HURD rawks your foice.

Best platform for Duke Nukem Forever

[Tristam Green]

Best platform for Duke Nukem Forever

E18 on HURD rawks your foice.

It's better than Ubuntu 10.10, but not as good as Windows 8.

Run that on your iTablet and you got a winrar!

[Defiant Rat]

Undecided. I will probably try it, but i do wish they would create a COMPLETLY new OS, as unlikely as it may be . If anyone has the power and resources to do it, its google. And heck, i like playing around with new things

[Psumi]

I want to be able to do stuff offline, I want to be able to keep stuff on my computer. So for me, not interested.

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I have to agree, I would rather keep most of my possessions close to me rather than with someone else.

[phrostbyte]

You can put stuff on Flash drives in Chrome OS, not everything is in the cloud. A lot of stuff will get cached locally also, so there is some kind of local storage in a Chrome OS netbook, although not files/folders in the traditional sense.

[Hugh Mulqueen]

On the plus side google inc. will hopefully contribute to the linux kernal; therefore contributing more hardware drivers. Perhaps better filesystems etc.

On the negative side this particular big company has a hit and miss record with the open source community recently, so I would be wary of them.....

Only time will tell....

[Marlonsm]

I'm not sure, but it's great to have such a big company like Google promoting Linux. I hope that as soon as people realise they don't need Windows, they will start trying alternatives.

Also, with Linux getting more marketshare among normal users, more software companies will give more attention to it. (Adobe, I'm looking at you and at your Flash plugin!)

[Hugh Mulqueen]

I'm not sure, but it's great to have such a big company like Google promoting Linux. I hope that as soon as people realise they don't need Windows, they will start trying alternatives.

Also, with Linux getting more marketshare among normal users, more software companies will give more attention to it. (Adobe, I'm looking at you and at your Flash plugin!)

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Adobe flash is fast becoming a way to hack into your computer. I think Adobe will have "to wake up and smell the coffee!" and release flash as a free/open format.