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Originally Posted by Rekna
Neither the mac or the G1 are running the linux kernel. They have emulated some of the interface but it is not the linux kernel.
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Huh? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the G1 is running Android, which is built on the Linux kernel. By your definition, the G1 is therefore Linux.
This discussion is completely derailed and useless. I accept culpability for this.
It's all semantics anyway. I still don't understand your first post in this topic. I read it as being dismissive and I don't understand why.
Chrome seems like a great OS for netbooks. If I had a netbook I'd be much more excited than I am. It looks cool, and I hope for a chance to play with it when it drops.
EDIT - For clarity, you seem to be misunderstanding my point. One could call any operating system built on the Linux kernel 'Linux,' in the same way one could call any operating system built on the NT or 9x kernel 'Windows.' This is a descriptor based on the underlying technology, and while generic would be broadly accurate. My initial intent was to highlight that this:
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Originally Posted by Rekna
I think it is funny that people say it is a new OS when it is really just an extension of linux....
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Is misleading. You seem to be suggesting that because Chrome OS is built on the Linux kernel that it is not a new operating system. The kernel is one component of the operating system and arguably the most important one, but that doesn't mean that everything built on one kernel is the same. Your above statement is either poorly worded or outright false, as it implies that being built on the Linux kernel means that Chrome is not a new OS, when clearly it is. Your choice to call it an 'extension of Linux' is also curious; I suppose one could look at an operating system as an extension of prior versions or underlying code, but that's like saying that Left 4 Dead is an extension of Half-Life 2 because it's built on the Source engine.
So, I'm going to ask once in as direct and unambiguous a fashion as I can for you to clarify precisely what you meant by that statement. I may have misinterpreted it. Otherwise, I think I'm done with that aspect of this discussion. Circles still make me dizzy.