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I guess it will be running Google's new operating system (a "modern OS designed for Intelligence") that combines elements of Android and ChromeOS. Edit: Probab

by troymc 5mo ago

I guess it will be running Google's new operating system (a "modern OS designed for Intelligence") that combines elements of Android and ChromeOS. Edit: Probably Android at the core, and then a desktop-grade Chrome browser on top.

pier25 5mo ago
maybe Fuchsia?
incognito124 5mo ago
EDIT: removed URL as the content is completely hallucinated, sorry
- bsimpson 5mo ago
  Weird - is that a fansite that registered a Google codename as a domain?
- idle_zealot 5mo ago
  Why does this entire page read like an LLM wrote it in response to "Imagine Google is making a new desktop operating system built on Android. It's focused on total app compatibility, parity with the Apple ecosystem, Linux development and power users, and deep AI integration. Write the promo page for this operating system."? Also > Intelligent Window Management The OS learns your workflow patterns and proactively arranges windows, prepares files, and opens apps before you ask. Bleh. Edit: Oh, it is that. A fan decided to make an LLM write a promo page assuming the role of Google marketing for an unreleased, unannounced project and make up all the details.
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j2kun 5mo ago
Wouldn't it be Fuchsia?
- llm_nerd 5mo ago
  The dream of Fuchsia is effectively dead, and aside from some older Nest devices, Google only remaining efforts with the OS is basically as a tiny runtime that they'll run in VMs on Android for some secure process needs. It was just a speculative research project and a bunch of bloggers went wild declaring it the end of Android, Linux (Android of course sitting on Linux), ChromeOS, etc. That was never real.
  - strongpigeon 5mo ago
    Calling it "just a speculative research project" is severely underestimating how big of an effort Fuschia was. At its peak it had a couple hundred eng IIRC.
    - llm_nerd 5mo ago
      I don't think that description underestimates it at all. Google took a moonshot and threw a lot of resources at it, but they in no way put eggs in that basket so when it didn't yield something substantial they just scattered the team and now they keep trying to get something out of that investment.
  - raggi 5mo ago
    45 commits landed in the repository so far today, it's mid way through the work day in the valley. https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/q/status:merged https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/q/status:merged Zircon is still under development with recent RFC's extending the memory synchronization and attribution model for processes. There was also more extension added to one of the key disk formats in March which has an eye to more flexible long term evolution and adaptation to particular device form factors. The publicly available evidence does nothing to support your claims, entirely the opposite. I used to work on Fuchsia, I have not for many years now and have no idea what their current roadmap looks like, but I do know where to actually look up what's been done recently, which is all public and you could do as well. Anyway I have no idea if this has any fuchsia code in it.
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mehagar 5mo ago
Yeah, this is the one. Android in a desktop form-factor.
dangus 5mo ago
That’s what I don’t get about this product. I’ll be blunt and say this looks like a rebrand of ChromeOS with a normal keyboard and AI slapped in it. Chromebooks are associated with low quality garbage that people only buy if they’re desperate. I don’t think this product will be successful. Someone buying a laptop at all needs more compatibility than Google’s OSes offer. Even with Android apps, those are all really shoved in haphazardly. Why am I buying this when I can get a MacBook for $499?

by troymc 5mo ago

pier25 5mo ago

maybe Fuchsia?

incognito124 5mo ago

EDIT: removed URL as the content is completely hallucinated, sorry

bsimpson 5mo ago
Weird - is that a fansite that registered a Google codename as a domain?
idle_zealot 5mo ago
Why does this entire page read like an LLM wrote it in response to "Imagine Google is making a new desktop operating system built on Android. It's focused on total app compatibility, parity with the Apple ecosystem, Linux development and power users, and deep AI integration. Write the promo page for this operating system."? Also > Intelligent Window Management The OS learns your workflow patterns and proactively arranges windows, prepares files, and opens apps before you ask. Bleh. Edit: Oh, it is that. A fan decided to make an LLM write a promo page assuming the role of Google marketing for an unreleased, unannounced project and make up all the details.
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j2kun 5mo ago

Wouldn't it be Fuchsia?

llm_nerd 5mo ago
The dream of Fuchsia is effectively dead, and aside from some older Nest devices, Google only remaining efforts with the OS is basically as a tiny runtime that they'll run in VMs on Android for some secure process needs. It was just a speculative research project and a bunch of bloggers went wild declaring it the end of Android, Linux (Android of course sitting on Linux), ChromeOS, etc. That was never real.
- strongpigeon 5mo ago
  Calling it "just a speculative research project" is severely underestimating how big of an effort Fuschia was. At its peak it had a couple hundred eng IIRC.
  - llm_nerd 5mo ago
    I don't think that description underestimates it at all. Google took a moonshot and threw a lot of resources at it, but they in no way put eggs in that basket so when it didn't yield something substantial they just scattered the team and now they keep trying to get something out of that investment.
- raggi 5mo ago
  45 commits landed in the repository so far today, it's mid way through the work day in the valley. https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/q/status:merged https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/q/status:merged Zircon is still under development with recent RFC's extending the memory synchronization and attribution model for processes. There was also more extension added to one of the key disk formats in March which has an eye to more flexible long term evolution and adaptation to particular device form factors. The publicly available evidence does nothing to support your claims, entirely the opposite. I used to work on Fuchsia, I have not for many years now and have no idea what their current roadmap looks like, but I do know where to actually look up what's been done recently, which is all public and you could do as well. Anyway I have no idea if this has any fuchsia code in it.
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mehagar 5mo ago

Yeah, this is the one. Android in a desktop form-factor.

dangus 5mo ago

That’s what I don’t get about this product. I’ll be blunt and say this looks like a rebrand of ChromeOS with a normal keyboard and AI slapped in it. Chromebooks are associated with low quality garbage that people only buy if they’re desperate. I don’t think this product will be successful. Someone buying a laptop at all needs more compatibility than Google’s OSes offer. Even with Android apps, those are all really shoved in haphazardly. Why am I buying this when I can get a MacBook for $499?