Chrome OS To Support "Legacy" PC Apps Through Remote Access 95
adeelarshad82 writes "According to a message posted to a public mailing list dedicated to Chrome OS, a new feature is in the works that will grant users access to 'legacy PC applications' through some kind of remote desktop connection process. Google software engineer Gary Kamark, who first spilled the beans on the feature, calls the process 'Chromoting.' The current speculation amongst Chrome enthusiasts is that the Chromoting process is more akin to a VPN/sharing functionality than anything else. In that case, one would have to leave one's Windows-based desktop or laptop system on in order to access apps via a connected Chrome OS computer — which is hardly a technological leap given that numerous applications today offer users an analogous screen-sharing / remote access functionality."
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Re:news at eleven (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bored with all the Google hype (Score:4, Funny)
I'm getting really bored with all the hype flowing from Google lately. What with Chrome OS and Google TV, there seems to be an awful lot of fuss being made over what in both cases is essentially vaporware. Anyone having tried the latest Chromium OS builds (the code base from which Chrome OS will be built) will see that this project has a very long way to go before it is anything like usable.
Agreed. I also don't really understand the appeal of Chrome OS - it's only a browser. If this gets you excited, install the Chrome browser and fullscreen it - tadda!
Re:news at eleven (Score:5, Funny)
Or 10 years ago on an iPaq [wikipedia.org]. Or 23 years ago on an NCD [wikipedia.org]. And I'll bet someone will be out in a moment to tell me to get off their lawn and come up with an earlier example.
Re:news at eleven (Score:3, Funny)
It is revolutionary to the uninitiated, just like the "my first smartphone" iPhone adding multitasking is revolutionary.