ChromeOS is Ubuntu backend?!?

[tekkidd]

I was playing around with Hexxeh's ChromeOS builds today and found this:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5E6u8dMOmUY/Ti...jpg?imgmax=800

Look closely and you will notice that ChromeOS actually gets its backend updates from Ubuntu servers.

Read my article about this on my blog: http://tekkidd.blogspot.com/2011/07/...ly-ubuntu.html

[sffvba[e0rt]

Only people down under will be able to read that easily :/


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[tekkidd]

Apperently the attachment is upside down. The link is right side up though.

Only people down under will be able to read that easily :/


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[lukeiamyourfather]

This has been public knowledge for a while. Though they don't really flaunt it. Not sure why?

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15127..._create_chrome

[tekkidd]

I knew that, but I thought that canonical was only helping to build little parts, not providing the whole backend

[Legendary_Bibo]

Those little sneaky googles, they tried covering their footprints by outputting that info upside down.

[MonolithImmortal]

According to Wikipedia "Chrome OS is built using Portage from Gentoo with a specific overlay called the Chromium OS portage overlay".
So I'm kind of confused.

[Roasted]

According to Wikipedia "Chrome OS is built using Portage from Gentoo with a specific overlay called the Chromium OS portage overlay".
So I'm kind of confused.

This is the first I've heard of this. All sources I've read (about a dozen) say Ubuntu.

[christoph411]

According to Wikipedia "Chrome OS is built using Portage from Gentoo with a specific overlay called the Chromium OS portage overlay".
So I'm kind of confused.

I've heard the Gentoo thing before too! So I'm also confused... I mean, it says ubuntu right there in plain English!
I guess Wikipedia isn't the most accurate source of information, but it's usually pretty damn right.

[drawkcab]

I've always heard that the staff at Google were secret admirers of Ubuntu.