[clug] Is this FOSS? Do we care? Google Chromebooks (Samsung & Acer) available in Oz: JB Hi-Fi & Harvey Norman

[Carlo Hamalainen]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:24 AM, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>wrote:

> Via technology spectator:
>
> <
> http://google-au.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/a-new-computer-built-for-web.html
> >
>

> They require no setup or maintenance and there’s no need to worry about
security updates,
> anti-virus protections, malware or installing software. This means that
you get a faster, simpler
> and more secure experience, without the hassles involved with other
computers — they just work.

They just work eh?

http://support.google.com/chromeos/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=known_issues.cs
(click the sections to expand)

:-)

-- 
Carlo Hamalainen
http://carlo-hamalainen.net