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Also, Does anyone know if this has any snapping/splitting/keyboard support (a la TMUX/Awesome WM/StumpWM)?
I really don't get why ChromeOS should exist .. wouldn't an Android tablet with a keyboard (e.g. Asus Transformer) be a much better choice?
http://www.silicon.com/technology/software/2011/02/16/androi...
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Once Chrome becomes stable on Android and it replaces the stock browser, I don't know why you'd still want ChromeOS on a separate device, or say even dual booting with Android. Would there really that huge of a security advantage to do that, instead of simply running Chrome from Android? Because besides the security issue, I don't see any advantage at all for ChromeOS in that scenario. And even so, the convenience of…
You could probably boot and shutdown ChromeOS 10 times in the time it takes Android to boot.
The terminal, which used to be a full screen affair has been missing from the last few dev builds (haven't tried this one yet so I can't say if it is back yet). But being able to use it alongside a page I'm working on would be great. Maybe someone who has given it a try can chime in. Also, Does anyone know if this has any snapping/splitting/keyboard support (a la TMUX/Awesome WM/StumpWM)?
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Google started work on ChromeOS before Android became successful in the market and long before it arrived on tablets. Additionally, I don't think Google really wants everybody on an OS that runs native apps. Their speciality is the web. Their money comes from the web and the more time people spend searching and browsing the more money they make. ChromeOS is probably what they wish everybody were using, but they aren'…
I would have agreed with you if this was the Google of 4 years ago, but I think the faction of the company that thinks web-first is either gone or silenced. Android has the worst support for web apps as first class apps of any of the major mobile OSes.
The terminal, which used to be a full screen affair has been missing from the last few dev builds (haven't tried this one yet so I can't say if it is back yet). But being able to use it alongside a page I'm working on would be great. Maybe someone who has given it a try can chime in. Also, Does anyone know if this has any snapping/splitting/keyboard support (a la TMUX/Awesome WM/StumpWM)?
Supposedly it's back now/recently (I haven't tried either): http://www.chromiumosforge.com/2012/04/crosh-is-back-google-...
* ctrl-w tries to close the window, which meant I needed to remap "change window" in vim from ctrl-ww...not a huge issue, but it was an annoyance. Ctrl-v is ctrl-shift-v so they seemed to get some things right, but not all ChromeOS is pretty bad about key remapping, I'm still holding out for a way to change ctrl-h to backspace (as God intended it) instead of this useless history being brought up.
Enjoying the rest of the update, there are in fact split screen snapping (and the ability to resize both open windows at the same time). here's hoping for keyboard shortcuts (I'm not holding my breath).
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You could probably boot and shutdown ChromeOS 10 times in the time it takes Android to boot.
Which is not very relevant on these devices that get rebooted maybe once or twice a month.