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Brad

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Google working on a new OS?
« on: August 12, 2016, 11:20:51 PM »
Called "Fuchsia" (you can't make this stuff up) the OS could be a combination of Android and Chrome or then maybe not.

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/08/google-may-new-os-called-fuchsia-works.html

They better hurry, while W10 is still screwed up.

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Re: Google working on a new OS?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2016, 01:12:50 PM »
With some PR (never their strong suit) they could get good take-up at the moment.

I've always been satisfied with Windows as my needs for an OS are not difficult: Let me run things, let me find things, play nicely with my toys and don't p##s me off.
Windows is currently failing on several on those fronts.  I moved some of the team to ChromeOS and that works well. It currently fails for me on "let me run things" - I have too many weird windows only tools.  I'm slowly moving away from those though.

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Re: Google working on a new OS?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2016, 02:15:48 PM »
You can always run your windows tools on a windows vps. Can be a little pricey and large amounts of data can be a pain, but for smaller jobs it works great.

If MS keeps getting worse, I can see myself converting to a 'nix shop of some flavor and doing this for win tools.

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Re: Google working on a new OS?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2016, 06:59:10 AM »
I moved some of the team to ChromeOS and that works well. It currently fails for me on "let me run things"
As far as they are concerned, that is a feature rather than a bug.

They'd prefer to kill desktop software so everything becomes cloud-based, so they can either track users & charge advertisers for access to the captive audience or in some cases charge other recurring fees for it.

They generally prefer the ad-based business models tied to monopoly marketshare so that customer support is a non-concern.

Look at how Chrome...
  • eventually required all apps to be installed from their official store where users must be logged in
  • abitrarily banned AdBlock Plus until they could negotiate a beneficial biz dev deal
  • prevents apps being given away free via bundling, (even though Chrome got much of its marketshare via bundling on Flash security updates & even on software like CCleaner)
  • disallows clicking into websites that bundle downloads & give huge red warning screens, (even though Chrome got much of its marketshare via bundling on Flash security updates & even on software like CCleaner)
  • auto-overwrote some search provider settings back to Google
  • etc.

Just yesterday someone complained to me about not being able to install Firefox on a Chromebook.

As they gain marketshare, their predation against the user will only get worse.

I am still with Windows for now, but if I quit that then I'd probably opt for a Mac & after that I'd do Ubuntu or maybe I would learn to configure Linux (or write an OS) :D before I'd consider using any of Google's spyware.

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Re: Google working on a new OS?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2016, 11:49:34 AM »
You can always run your windows tools on a windows vps. Can be a little pricey and large amounts of data can be a pain, but for smaller jobs it works great.

If MS keeps getting worse, I can see myself converting to a 'nix shop of some flavor and doing this for win tools.

Agreed. This would be the way I would go: run either a Mac or Linux with Windows in emulation or a virtual machine.