The Internet has evolved into a critical component of the computing experience. Home computing was primarily a unique experience before the Web took off in the late 1990s. Computer users created documents on a PC and saved them to a hard or floppy disc, and they might have worked in an office network. Traditionally, file sharing entailed moving a disc from one machine to another.

Nowadays, computing is mostly a Web-based experience, and you do many of your Internet tasks using software known as a Web browser. That browser, which may be a programme like Firefox or Internet Explorer, allows you to access information from the Internet on a daily basis, combine it with other online documents, and share it with individuals all over the world. Google is attempting to transform the computing experience by creating the new Chrome operating system, which is based on its expertise of the Web (OS).

Traditional operating systems, such as Windows, necessitate a significant amount of hard drive space and take some effort on your part. You must manually instal the programmes you desire, as well as manage OS and security updates and device drivers.

Chrome OS, from Google, wants to change that. With Chrome, the browser is also the operating system; in this example, the Chrome OS is based on the Google Chrome browser. The Chrome OS is based on an open-source Linux distribution and includes the Chrome browser, a minimal media player, and that's it.

Because of the great recent popularity of netbooks, Google embraced the concept of an ultra-simple, Web-centric OS. Netbooks are small laptop computers meant to allow users to access the Internet and not much else; they have low-cost, limited-feature technology and aren't designed to run high-powered software like Photoshop, for example.

Chrome, unlike Windows, will not be accessible for download. Netbook makers who follow Google's hardware specs will have it pre-installed. Chrome is optimised for solid-state storage devices rather than traditional spinning hard drives, in part because solid-state drives are less prone to failure, but also because they are smaller — remember, Google wants you to keep your data online. You also don't need local software storage because the OS employs Web-based applications.

It's no coincidence that Google emphasises Chrome's online capabilities. The cloud computing model is at the heart of the Chrome project. All of your data and programmes are saved online, in the "cloud," and can be accessed from any computer, anywhere.

This concept, according to the business, will aid in the development of a better overall OS experience, with a focus on speed, security, and simplicity. Google claims that by hacking out all of a standard OS's non-Web related features, these goals should be easier to realise. And the firm isn't performing all of the design work on its own. Google receives feedback from intelligent software developers all over the world because this is an open-source project (under the name Chromium OS).

It's vital to keep in mind that Google doesn't want Chrome OS to be your primary operating system. Instead, Google sees a Chrome OS netbook as a secondary computer that you use after you've finished using a more powerful office computer for heavy-duty workloads.

Chrome OS, like most Google products, is available for free. That fact, along with the marketing and distribution strength of Google, should pique your interest. Continue reading to learn how Chrome may disrupt the computer landscape as we know it.