ĬhromeOS was initially intended for secondary devices like netbooks, and not as a user's primary PC. Developers also noted their own usage patterns. To ascertain marketing requirements, developers relied on informal metrics, including monitoring the usage patterns of some 200 machines used by Google employees. The operating system is now usually evaluated in conjunction with the hardware that runs it.

Since 2018, ChromiumOS/ChromeOS version 69 onwards also support Linux applications, which are executed in a lightweight virtual machine with a Debian Linux environment. ChromeOS (but not ChromiumOS) from 2016 onwards can also run Android applications from Google Play. Īll ChromiumOS and ChromeOS versions support progressive web applications (such as Google Docs or Microsoft Office 365), as well as web browser extensions (which can resemble native applications). ChromeOS was used primarily to run web applications. Google announced the project in July 2009, initially describing it as an operating system where applications and user data would reside in the cloud. It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. com /codesearch /chromium /src /+ /refs /heads /master-original /chromeos /Īura Shell (Ash), Ozone ( display manager) X11 apps can be enabled in recent ChromeOSĬhromeOS, sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is a Linux-based operating system developed and designed by Google. Preinstalled on Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, Chromebits, ChromebasesĬlosed-source with open-source componentsġ.181 (February 23, 2023 12 days ago ( ) ) ġ.54 (March 2, 2023 5 days ago ( ) ) Devġ.0 (January 25, 2023 41 days ago ( ) ) Ĭhromium. C, C++, assembly, JavaScript, HTML5, Python, Rust

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