Updated: Surprise! Google Launches Chrome OS Beta Comments

'Roots' not routes for it's Linux ancestry.

These developments are the kick up the rear that MS is so in constant need of.

sites.google.com is where users can create their own websites, and the site has been disabled by Google. This could have been put up early by a staff member, but given the update in the article, it sounds fake to me.

A shame if it is a fake/hoax; this grabbed my attention and my hopes were raised by your suggestion that "Google is looking to strike more of a desktop/web based balance", being rather Cloud-skeptic myself. Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait another six months or so for the real thing.

Er guys bad news it seems to be a fake:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=1157

Also the page you linked to has been pulled by google.

Guys you should probably pull this story or put the update at the top. This fake has been doing the rounds for a month or so. The give away for me was the hungarian (think before the site was pulled) at the bottom.

Chrome OS won't be based on an existing Linux OS. It may have the Linux Kernel but everything else will be google based, look at the statements they made when they announced features.

I'd go for hoax as Google have now disabled the site...

... Site disabled due to terms of use violation. Fake.

Apparently, this is a fake. There is no Chrome OS.

The link's been disabled. Guess we'll have to wait some more.

But where's the story about Google Navigation. The Android takeover gathers pace.

aaaaa link does not work... some say that its a fake, theres no release !!!!!

I agree with Frank. More MS rivals emerging. First with had Linux and now Chrome OS (Mac OS is only for kids).

that's the download page deleted by google for terms of use violations

The site has now been disabled due to terms of service violation - so probably a fan site and not the real deal

Sounds like you've been had Gordon!

"its" not "it's" for the possessive form of "it". That's for you, Gordon, and you, Frank. I think I'm fighting a losing battle there, but I don't intend to give up.

This has to be a fake. After what Google said about Chrome OS when they first announced it, the idea that it'd be based on GNOME is pretty ridiculous. And given that there are no official builds of Chrome for Linux currently available, this is not likely to get the person who did this in good favour at Google.

How it was done:
http://lifehacker.com/5369361/try-out-a-fan+made-chrome-os-linux-build
and
http://lifehacker.com/5370209/use-suse-studio-to-build-a-linux-os-from-scratch

Oh Gordon you big tease.

would be nice to install it on my 10yr old laptop...

Nice spot Mawich, I was very tired that day : - )
Not a losing battle when "it's" a reminder.

Soon we'll have the real story, that there is a Chrome OS.