The biggest surprise for me from this years google io was how much I like and use the chromebox. Chrome os is the best linux desktop distro I've used by far. A

The biggest surprise for me from this years google io was how much I like and use the chromebox. Chrome os is the best linux desktop distro I've used by far. A fast, stripped down kernel and intuitive, minimal ui and seamless auto updating. It isn't cable of running a local dev server or compiling code, which are things I still need from my computer (I'm hoping for a chrome os pro supporting guest vms) but everything else is so easy I see the os gaining serious ground and think it is silly to leave it out of a discussion of desktop linux.