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by josefresco 6476 days ago
Google using Linux as a base OS to deliver Chrome+Applications?

I'm not holding my breath. One only has to look at how they handled Chrome to see how they will handle the OS. Instead of taking an established open source browser like Firefox, Google started from scratch and took the best from FF3, IE7 and Opera to create Chrome (along with their own special sauce)

If we translate that to the OS, they'll take the best parts from XP/Vista, OSX and Linux and create their own. There's simply too much legacy, assumptions and classic thinking in your typical Linux distro for Google to be interested.