Google Chrome Operating System

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Contents

• What is OS?• Popular Operating Systems• Chrome OS• References

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What is OS?

• Program designed to run other programs

• Main Roles : Program Execution

IO Management

Processor Management

File Management

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Popular Operating Systems

•Windows•Ubuntu•Macintosh• Linux•Red Hat

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Chrome OS:» History» Introduction» Interface» Architecture» Features» Advantages» Limitations» References

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History

• Google announced Chrome OS on July 7th,2009, describing it as an operating system in which both applications and user data reside in the cloud.

• On November 19, 2009, Google released Chrome OS's source code as the Chromium OS project.

• By February 2010, Google switched its development Linux distribution for Chrome from Ubuntu to Gentoo Linux.

• In April 2012, Google made the first update to Chrome OS's user interface since the operating system had launched.

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Introduction• Google Chrome Operating System is a new invention by search

engine giant Google.

• Google Chrome Operating System is an open source , light weight Operating System. That will initially targeted at net books .

• It works based on Linux Kernel.

• Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most

of their time on web.

• A Google account is required to access the Google Chrome OS

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Interface

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Architecture

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Features:

» Speed» Cloud Storage» Security» Updates» Applications

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Speed

Traditional OS Google Chrome OS

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=7 Seconds of Boot time

3 Seconds of Log in timeBoot processes

Cloud Storage• All your applications, documents, and settings data are

stored safely in the cloud. So even if you lose your computer, you can just log into another Chrome notebook and get right back to work.

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Security

• Applications have permission same as user

• Can communicate with each other easily

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• Web application have limited permission

• They are treated as untrusted apps and run in Encapsulated environment

Traditional OS Chrome OS

Updates• Every time you turn it on, it upgrades itself with the

latest features and fixes.

Applications

• Through Google Chrome Web Store we can get millions of applications to run on this operating system

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Web Store

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More Features

• Chrome OS is hardware dependent currently supports x86 and ARM architecture

• Supports external Memory Devices Ex. SD Card

• Developer mode is included with a switch mode button

• Developer mode allows developer to install their own builds of Chrome OS

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Advantages

• Free, Open Source : Lots of opportunity for developers

• Low hardware cost

• Light weight OS

• User friendly

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Limitations

• Hardware specific.

• No physical data storage.

• Virtual Private Network(VPN) software can not be used for secured data transfer.

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References

• http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/:

Chromium Developments site

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JyFbF7QFlY : Google Chrome OS Open Source Project Announcement

• http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

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Thank you!

A Presentation by

Vishnu Vardhan

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Questions?

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