Chrome OS
Chrome OS has been announced today, and from a quick look at this video, it very much looks like it is some kind of Coreboot (formerly LinuxBIOS), X and Chrome combination. As such, it seems it's not something you're going to fully enjoy on any computer.
Update: Apparently, they use their own firmware and a Linux 2.6.30 kernel. If they went the custom firmware route, and wanted a fast boot, I wonder why they didn't start with Coreboot, instead.
2009-11-19 21:32:56+0900
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2009-11-19 22:35:14+0900
Webconverger 5.7 fully boots on a EEEPC 900 in just under a minute. It’s not that bad.
It shuts down in 0 seconds. :-)
If people used Webconverger with suspend then I don’t understand why fast cold booting is all that important and worth the custom firmware route.
I need to study it a bit more, though they seem to start with debootstrap & karmic.
2009-11-19 22:56:59+0900
“I wonder why they didn’t start with Coreboot, instead.” Because it’s Google and they have strong NIH syndrome.
2009-11-23 15:15:12+0900
“I wonder why they didn’t start with Coreboot, instead.†…”NIH syndrome”… Nah, cause coreboot povides less free-rider value then the kernel (as in “just works everywhere”).