Google Chrome OS

Nisha Anilkumar
IT7
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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

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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

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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 market share
in Feb-10
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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 provide
more relevant user
experience

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 Google Chrome OS : An Internet OS

Tim O’Reilly defines: • Extension of Chrome

Browser and Android
‘simply use our facilities, and
the complexity will go away’ • Targeted for use on
thing is Internet OS. Netbooks

• First OS dedicated to
Internet

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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..

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 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

=
7 Seconds of Boot time
3 Seconds of Log in time
Boot processes
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 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

• Web application have limited

• Applications have permission
permission
same as user • They are treated as untrusted
• Can communicate with each apps and run in Encapsulated
other easily 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 file per 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 Panel

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 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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 References

• http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/:
Chromium Developments site

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JyFbF7QFlY : Google Chrome OS

Open Source Project Announcement

• http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

• http://www.android.com/about/

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Questions

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Thank You!

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