Chrome OS on a USB Stick, Not for Faint of Heart

The prophecies have come true, the 3rd great operating system has landed on earth. Juggernaut Google, has blessed a Linux flavor and is readying it for it's entrance into the OS marketplace. No offense intended Ubuntu, you've made good in roads in the netbook arena but Google may have the muscle to actually get Linux mainstream. While driver support is pretty minimum, a couple console cowboys have managed to work together a USB bootable version of the Chrome OS so you can try it at home or wherever. It's not for everyone, getting this to work will take quite bit of know-how. Due for release later next year, this represents Google's "work in progress" and is definitely not a final product. Peripheral support is limited and Wi-Fi is even more rare.

Google's OS is a flag in the ground for a future where much more computing is done on the web. The OS as application will fade and applications will move to the web. This means that the OS will be a launchpad for the browser. With any luck this will mean lower boot times and less hardware requirements for client machines i.e. cheaper. Google is targeting the end of 2010 to release a device with native Chrome OS support, so this will have to suffice for the next 12 months.