Introduction to Google Chrome OS

Manu Vats 8CSE C3 11082747

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Contents
What is OS? Google Chrome Browser Android Chrome OS:
Introduction Architectural Overview Features

Further Development Advantages Limitations References

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What is OS?
Program designed to run other programs Main Roles :
IO management Processor management File management Memory management

Market Position
Till today 58 stable standard OS released Most of them have GUI and Network connectivity. Windows Operating Systems share most of the Market

Chrome Browser
First Microsoft Windows Beta release : 2 September 2008 ; Stable release : 11 December 2008 39 times faster Java script than Internet Explorer HTML 5 and CSS3 Support Available for All major Platforms More than 40M users now 11.60% usage 5

Android
Mobile operating system Built on Open Linux Kernel Provides a better platform for smartphones Captured 11% smartphone usage market world Developers can create rich applications to

Google Chrome OS : An Internet OS

Tim OReilly defines: simply use our facilities, and the complexity will go away thing is Internet OS. Extension of Chrome Browser and Android Targeted for use on Netbooks First OS dedicated to Internet

Chrome OS : Closer Look

Chrome browser mounted on Linux Kernel Browser based OS Created specially for computers of new age More speed.. More Simple.. And more secure..

Simplicity

Just a browser with tabs Requires Google ID to log in Customizable as per users requirement
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Speed
Traditional OS Google Chrome OS

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Boot processes

7 Seconds of Boot time

3 Seconds of Log in 10 time

Security
Small list of verified programs : signed and verified before each use Run in secured sandbox mode File System is Locked down :
Read only Root File System in EEPROM Self Automatic updates for entire OS

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Security
Traditional OS Chrome OS

Applications have permission same as user Can communicate with each other easily

Web application have limited permission They are treated as untrusted apps and run in Encapsulated environment
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Security
Data is stored in cloud Data is always synced with cloud to avoid data loss Cache data is Encrypted using image fileper user which is locked and encrypted
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Malware Security

Digital Signatures are provided for every firmware update If malware found System recovers itself to clean image
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Running Applications on Chrome OS

Only web applications are supported User can save favorite applications in Application tabs Environment designed to minimize gap between web apps and system apps. Web Apps have permission to use Graphical resources, threads, Real time communication
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Multiple Workspaces

Based on Linux : supports Multiple workspaces New browser as a workspace can be opened
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Persistent Window

Feature provided for Media player, Chatting service Persistent Window = Minimizable independent 17 Panel

Other Features
Supports external Memory Devices Ex. SD Card Explores external devices in Chrome Browser itself Embedded Video Player is provided as a feature of HTML 5 Videos are played as separate tab Chatting feature is readily available V8 JavaScript engine is used to increase browser speed
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More Features
Chrome OS is hardware dependent currently supports x86 and ARM architecture 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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Further Development
Open Source project named Chromium is stared Open Source Communities are adding code to Chromium Google Developers and Open Source Developers are working on same tree for betterment of OS Google is working with OEM to make Google Chrome OS machines available in market at the end of this year Expected that Chrome OS and Android will converge together
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Advantages
Free, Open Source : Lots of opportunity for developers Low hardware cost New web based applications need to be User friendly

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Limitations
Hardware specific No physical data storage Does not support Microsoft Office Virtual Private Network(VPN) software can not be used for secured data transfer

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Thank You!

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