Operating System

Google CEO Suggests Chrome Netbook To Be Around $300 to $400

The Google Chrome OS is set to be released by the end of this year. If you are wondering how much will a netbook with the Chrome OS cost, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google suggest that it will be around $300 to $400 though it really depends on the specification of the netbooks. Considering some netbooks with Windows 7 are already selling for less than $300 currently, one would expect a Chrome netbook to be at least cheaper than that. If that isn’t the case, I think that the Chrome netbook will have hard time competing with the Windows 7 netbook.

via Gizmodo

MeeGo 1.0 Demonstration

An Intel folk demonstrated the MeeGo 1.0 in the following videos. In the first video, he runs through a few basic menus of the MeeGo on Acer Aspire One 532g; while in the second video, he demonstrated video playback through video player software downloaded from the Intel App store, on a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook, and then synchronize the video playback to a TV and a phone.

via Engadget

Jolicloud For Kids Coming Soon?

Peter from Netbooked caught Jolicloud’s founder Tariq Krim talking about “Jolicloud for kids” on Twitter:

“preping a jolicloud for kids. If you have kids (6 to 17) would love to chat with them and with you to build the perfect offer !”

Looks like a kiddie version of Jolicloud is coming soon.

Moblin + Maemo = MeeGo

Two Linux-based mobile operating systems — Intel’s Mobilin and Nokia’s Maemo — will be merged into one platform that will run on a wide variety of mobile devices including smartphones. The new platform will be named MeeGo. Check out the following video for the message from Intel and Nokia about MeeGo.

MSI Wind U160 With Moblin OS

MSI Wind U135 and Samsung N127 were the only 2 netbooks that were spotted with Moblin OS on CES 2010 last month. Now at Mobile World Congress, another netbook — the MSI Wind U160 — has been spotted running Moblin OS too. Below is a video from Netbook Italia overviewing the MSI Wind U160 with Suse Moblin OS.

This MSI Wind U160 with Moblin has the same specification as the Windows version: 10.1” 1024 x 600 display, Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3x USB (1 is eSATA), VGA, 2.0MP webcam and a 6-cell battery good for 15 hours. No words on the price and availability yet, but the Windows version of Wind U160 is already available for pre-order on Amazon for $379.99.

ChromeOS Zero Acer Aspire One 150

The Chromium OS is an open-source project from Google that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience. Google is going to release the final code for the Chromium OS later this year, but for now, you can already grap the Chromium OS Zero by Hexxeh which features automatic delivery of system updates, a reduction in the startup delay on Broadcom wifi adapters, and a slick, customized bootsplash graphic, and serious speed improvements. Check out the following video for the demonstration of the Chromium OS Zero running on Acer Aspire One 150 netbook:

KDE 4.4 ‘Caikaku’ Features Netbook Interface

KDE is one of the popular desktop environment for Linux. In the recent release of version 4.4 (known as ‘Caikaku’), they’ve included a new interface designed specifically for netbooks — the Plasma Netbook interface. Check it out in the videos below. The Plasma Netbook interface is optimized for mini-laptops with small screens. It has a full-screen application launcher and search utility. You can use widgets to display content from web sites in a newspaper-like layout. And there’s also an emphasis on integration with social networking sites.

via: Netbooked

Jolicloud Public Beta Version Now Available

Jolicloud is an Ubuntu Linux based operating system which is designed specifically for netbooks to run web applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, Facebook, and Twitter.. This operating system has been in private alpha testing for months and is now finally released to the public. You can now download it here and install without invitation code. Make sure you check the list of netbooks that are compatible with Jolicloud before installing.

While the Jolicloud has just been released to the public, some folks with private invitation has been able to download and tested the OS while it’s still in private alpha version. Below are some walk through video on the Jolicloud by these folks.

It turns out that the Jolicloud has a pretty fast boot-up time of less than 40 seconds.. and different from Google Chrome OS, the Jolicloud is more than just a web browser. It can run native Linux applications such as OpenOffice.org, Boxee, and GIMP, which makes it pretty useful when you’re on an airplane or another location where you may not have an internet connection.

Boot up time comparison: Chrome OS vs Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 9.10

The Google Chrome OS project was just released not long ago, and we can already see enthusiast news about Google’s OS preview keeps popping up. Below is an interesting video that compare the booting time between Chrome OS, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10.

Here’s the result:

  • Chrome OS – 24 sec to login screen; 2 to 3 seconds to desktop
  • Windoes 7 – 40 sec to login screen; 15 sec to desktop
  • Ubuntu 9.10 – 50 sec to desktop (with auto login)

Google Chrome OS is taking only 24 seconds from power-on to the login screen, and then another 2 to 3 seconds to the “desktop”, which is significantly faster than the other two. This is expected as the Chrome OS is really just a browser, while the other two are real Operating System.. I do agree with Google though that for most people, a web browser is all they need as we can do almost everything on the Internet nowadays.

Google Chrome OS First Look Review

The Google Chrome OS, or Google Chromium, is Google’s latest open source project which aims to build a fast, simple, and secure OS for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here’s a first look review video on the Chromium OS. Basically, it’s just an operating system kernel with Google Chrome browser and network manager. The boot time is super fast, but features are really limited. Keep in mind though that the Chromium project is still at the very beginning stage of development.. and the real product will only release to consumers at the end of next year. It will definitely be a much more complete version of OS by then.

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