Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead
Articles like this often make me laugh just because the person writing them doesn’t seem to understand that new technology that will apparently take place of something tried and true doesn’t always appeal to everyone.
Saying goodbye to the traditional Linux desktop as we know it just because Google released the source code to Chrome OS is a bit presumptuous. I work as a developer as many others do. What’s one thing as a developer that doesn’t appeal to me? Strictly web based operating systems.
Here’s a short list of things that I need that an operating system like Chrome OS will not contain:
- compilers
- interpreters
- IDE’s
- debugging tools
- benchmarking tools
So when Chrome OS comes to fruition in 2089, will this mean the end of KDE and GNOME? This is just a wild guess here… no.
