I'm currently at GUADEC, and there is a lot of buzz about Moblin. There's a BoF later today showing it off - Moblin is a full based Linux distro that is using Mutter (Clutter + Metacity) for the UI, and has a mostly complete stack of GNOME software underneath. (Some stuff is different, like ConnMan instead of Network-Manager).<br>
<br>Ubuntu, SUSE, and Fedora will all be shipping Moblin based netbook versions next year, and GNOME 3.0 will be moving to Mutter as well. It's a pretty exciting time.<br><br>It will be interesting to hear this morning what folks in the community think of Google's announcement.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller%2Bl@gmail.com">mbmiller+l@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This is interesting (article below). Google is developing "Chrome OS" and<br>
Intel is developing "Moblin". Moblin is said to be "Linux-based". The<br>
article does not say that Chrome OS is Linux-based but it does say that<br>
Chrome OS is "open source."<br>
<br>
Strangely, I just happened to be reading this article earlier today:<br>
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<a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20051117_000873.html" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20051117_000873.html</a><br>
<br>
But that is 3.5 years old and maybe Google is much stronger in OS<br>
development today having done Android and a company internal Linux distro<br>
(says the new article).<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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Breaking News Alert<br>
The New York Times<br>
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 -- 12:39 AM ET<br>
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Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System<br>
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In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce on<br>
Wednesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal<br>
computer based on its Chrome browser, according to two people briefed on<br>
Google's plans.<br>
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The move would sharpen the already intense competition between Google and<br>
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of<br>
the vast majority of personal computers.<br>
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Read More:<br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?_r=1&hp" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?_r=1&hp</a><br>
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