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Re: Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week by ErrantX on Friday November 13, 2009 @07:00AM (#939838)
Linux does have some minor issues still in the Netbook arena. So this could be where it stems from.

Personally if this is true:

> nd we’ve also heard conflicting rumors that Google is mostly relying on hardware manufacturers to create those drivers.

That's awesome! Even if that is all Google manages to achieve with Chrome it would rock - getting manufacturers to produce Linux compatible drivers is something barely anyone else has managed!

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Re: Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week by blasdel on Friday November 13, 2009 @04:09PM (#940819)
No, that's terrible — do you have any idea how ridiculously terrible these Taiwanese companies are at driver development?
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Re: Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week by pqs on Friday November 13, 2009 @02:08PM (#940541)
That is what I thought. Do you think that Chrome OS will help to improve the availability of drivers for other GNU/Linux systems?
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Re: Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week by wmf on Friday November 13, 2009 @04:25PM (#940842)
No. Every device that you might find in a netbook either already has a driver or will never have a working driver (FSVO never).
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