ChromeOS
ChromeOS,[8] sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is a Linux-based operating system developed and designed by Google. It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
This article is about the operating system. For the web browser, see Google Chrome. For open-source version of OS, see ChromiumOS.Developer
Preinstalled on Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, Chromebits, Chromebases
Closed-source with open-source components
June 15, 2011
Aura Shell (Ash), Ozone (display manager); X11 apps can be enabled in recent ChromeOS
Google announced the project in July 2009, initially describing it as an operating system where applications and user data would reside in the cloud. ChromeOS was used primarily to run web applications.[9]
All ChromiumOS and ChromeOS versions support progressive web applications (such as Google Docs or Microsoft Office 365). ChromeOS (but not ChromiumOS) from 2016 onwards can run Android applications from Google Play.[10] Since 2018, ChromiumOS/ChromeOS version 69 onwards also support Linux applications, which are executed in a lightweight virtual machine[11] with a Debian environment.[12][13]
Software[edit]
The software and updates are limited in their support lifetime.[91][92] Each device model manufactured to run ChromeOS has a different end-of-life date, with all new devices released in 2020 and beyond guaranteed to receive a minimum of eight years from their date of initial release.[93]