ChromeOS
| ChromeOS | |
|---|---|
| Developer | |
| Written in | C, C++, assembly, JavaScript, HTML5, Python, Rust |
| OS family | Unix-like (Linux)[1] |
| Working state | Preinstalled on Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, Chromebits, Chromebases, Google meet hardware |
| Source model | Closed-source with open-source components |
| Initial release | June 15, 2011 |
| Latest release | 140.0.7339.201 (September 18, 2025[2]) [±] |
| Latest preview |
141.0.7390.24 (September 16, 2025[3]) [±]
|
| Repository | chromium |
| Update method | Rolling release |
| Package manager | Portage[a] |
| Supported platforms | ARM32, ARM64, IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel)[6] |
| Userland | Aura Shell (Ash), Ozone (display manager); X11 apps can be enabled in recent ChromeOS |
| Default user interface | Google Chrome |
| License | Proprietary[7] |
| Official website | chromeos |
ChromeOS (sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS) is an operating system designed and developed by Google.[8] It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS operating system and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
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.[6]
ChromeOS supports progressive web applications, Android apps from Google Play and Linux applications.[9][10]
- ^ Pichai, Sundar (July 7, 2009). "Introducing the Google Chrome OS". Official Google Blog. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ Luis Menezes (September 18, 2025). "Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex". Retrieved September 19, 2025.
- ^ Alon Bajayo (September 16, 2025). "Beta Channel Release for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex". Retrieved September 16, 2025.
- ^ Alon Bajayo (September 4, 2025). "Dev Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS-Flex". Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ^ "Dev-Install: Installing Developer and Test packages onto a Chrome OS device - The Chromium Projects". www.chromium.org. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "Kernel Design". The Chromium Projects. Archived from the original on May 22, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ "Google Chrome OS Terms of Service". Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ Peters, Jay (July 14, 2022). "It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Install Android apps on your Chromebook", Chromebook help, Mountain View: Google, Inc., 2022, archived from the original on June 16, 2022, retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "Set up Linux on your Chromebook", Chromebook help, Mountain View: Google, Inc., 2022, archived from the original on May 29, 2021, retrieved June 16, 2022.
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