Richard Stallman Takes No Shine to Chrome OS

[Gremlinzzz]

Chrome, the new operating system Google is currently testing, will push users into careless computing habits and give them far less control over their data, according to Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman. Though it may be based on Linux, "Google Chrome is not free software in the sense of free and open source software," the FSF's Matt Lee told TechNewsWorld.
I agree with Stallman.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Wh...ome-71469.html

[Spice Weasel]

He's perfectly right.

Google Chrome = Nonfree
Chromium = Free

[alexan]

ehm....



Chromium?


EDIT: Spice was faster than me

[Paqman]

Well, I take no shine to the Free Software Song, so let's call it even.

[Spice Weasel]

(post no longer relevant. Someone nuked the thread)

[Yougo]

i was wondering where i left my tinfoil hat... i remember now i gave it to my friend richie he needs it more than i do.

he does have a bit of a point though, but that point gets kind of lost when he proceeds with the whole "all users are idiots" and "big corps and governaments are eeeevill" routine.

yes, sharing your stuff on the intenet is potentially stupid
yes people know about that
no, people don't care that much
yes, if it's really important, people will keep it to themselves.

...yes, there are the unavoidable bunch of idiots who manage to be the exception, but those almost kind of deserve it.

[DoubleClicker]

Even if you dislike Stallman, his assessment of Chrome is factually correct. ChromeOS does take a lot of control out of your hands, and does subject your data to easier government access. Whether or not that's a bad thing is up to you to decide for yourself.

[3Miro]

The article is about Chrome OS, not Google Chrome. The OP made a mistake in posting the wrong name.

Either way, Chrome OS is definitely not FOSS and I thought the idea of the cloud was a horrible idea from day one. On-line storage for some of your data is OK, storage of everything is not OK.

The only way this can be redeemed is if the system is open source (as in open the code) and absolutely ALL data on the cloud is encrypted. That is: connect my camera, download my picture, encrypt the picture on my machine using my password (or a key linked to my password), send the encrypted picture to the cloud and store it. However, this is not how things work.

Chrome OS = not FOSS. Cloud for a desktop/laptop = bad idea.

[Evil-Ernie]

Ok has the source code to Chromium OS been released freely?

[RiceMonster]

Who cares?