Google OS! Are these the first screen shots?

[LazyLion]

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/3...-google-chrome-os-my-what-big-icons-you-have/

More Alleged Screenshots Of Google Chrome OS. My, What Big Icons You Have.

We’ve just received a pair of screenshots that may be of Google’s upcoming Chrome OS operating system. Google announced the entirely browser-based OS in July, and since then a number of alleged screenshots have popped up that have ranged from laughably bad to somewhat plausible. Because we haven’t seen any confirmed screenshots from Google, anyone with a copy of Photoshop can throw together some Google icons and claim to have the goods, so take these with a grain of salt.

The screenshots below depict Google’s Chrome browser, with a dock of unnecessarily large app icons lining the right side of the screen (including what appears to be a Google media player app). Thing is, Google Earth, which is included in the dock, primarily uses a downloadable client, as does Picasa. This doesn’t really mesh well with the fact that Chrome OS is a browser OS. On the other hand, Google does offer a browser plug-in for Google Earth, and you can use a web version of Picasa to browse albums, so they’re still within the realm of possibility.

Photoshopped or real?

 

[killadoob]

This is old but those look fake to me.

 

[LazyLion]

Previous screen shots here....

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/09/first-google-chrome-os-screenshots-leaked/

 

[LazyLion]

This is old but those look fake to me.

Old? How so? The date on the article is 31 August... yesterday.

 

[blaaislaai]

So they are using the linux kernel?

 

[LazyLion]

So they are using the linux kernel?

Yes, not sure which one.

 

[dequadin]

I dunno about these...

If you look at Google track record with new products

• Android
• Chrome (Browser)
• GMail
• Wave

Developer builds, API's etc have always been made available very soon after the product was announced and often before access to the general public.

They just don't seem as secretive about these kind of things as others, so just wait for something to pop up on googleblog.blogspot.com. I'm sure something will be available by the end of the year...