What is the Chromium OS?

The Chromium OS is an open source project for Google Chrome OS computer operating systems, which is provided for developers, and everyone can check, modify, or even compile their own version of the code.

The operating system (OS) has become an essential part of our lives. A new operating system model that uses "cloud computing" to achieve most of the functionality and where local computers store only a small amount of information is emerging, compared to traditional local operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS. Chromium OS is such a lightweight, cloud-oriented operating system.

Is it chromium OS or Chrome OS?

Google's new operating system is indeed called Chrome OS, but that was after the official listing. Before the official listing, Google's Open source development package name is called Chromium OS, so all of the titles in this article use Chromium OS.

What is Chromium OS?

You can actually think of Chromium OS as a Super Web browser in which you can edit Word files, watch movies, listen to songs, organize photos with Picasa, and more. The Chromium OS is characterised by the fact that the operating system itself does not store content (except for a small amount of personal information, passwords, etc.) and that a lot of software is delivered to cloud computing. Our operating system now needs to store a large amount of software and information on the local hard drive. For example, if you want to use Photoshop to edit the picture, you must first get the Photoshop installation file, then install and run it on your computer, and the edited picture will be on your local hard drive. This localized operation is widely used by traditional operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS. But Chromium OS is not like that. It does not allow the installation of software, all applications are based on the web, the role of the local PC is only to provide the basic platform and the function of the Internet. All you have to do is click the window, enter the URL, or select the program you want in the Chromium OS application option, and then the programs run on a remote server, the Web page displays the results, and the data that is processed can only be stored on the Web server.

In Chromium OS, even if you use the highest level of administrator account, basically can not change the system files, effectively ensure the security of the system. Due to the transfer of a large number of programs and applications to the cloud server, the Chromium OS does not have an increasing volume, of course, there is no registry, partition, disk fragmentation, speed is not more slow, and no crash and system reload risk.

Google Chrome OS differs from Chromium OS

At present, for many netizens may always see Google's operating system on the Internet one will be called Google Chromium OS, while some people call it the Chrome OS, and many are curious whether there is a difference between the two? Of course it is, Chrome. OS to Chromium OS is like chrome to chromium, the latter is open source projects, mainly for developers, everyone can check, modify the code or even compile their own version. and Chrome OS is a netbook that Google will offer to OEM manufacturers next year, so now all the various Google OS downloads you see on the web are the Chromium OS that developers are getting out of, not Google's masterpiece Chrome OS.

The difference between Google Chrome OS and chromium OS is probably the following:

1. Chromium OS is not intended for consumers, and now everyone on the internet to see everything in the Chromium OS, perhaps until next year Google's official release of Google Chrome OS based on the Internet device is completely different.

2. Second, Google does not issue the official compiled Chromium OS, so if you download the Chromium OS, it is definitely not Google, but from other places, after downloading files must use anti-virus software scan to ensure credibility.

3. Although Google is doing its best to help everyone discuss chromium in the forum, they do not officially support a compiled version of anyone.