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Chromebooks have become popular alternatives to Windows and Mac laptops in recent years due to their simplicity, security, and ease-of-use, among other things. The fact that many entry-level models are super cheap probably doesn’t hurt.
But Google doesn’t necessarily hold a monopoly on the idea of building an operating system that puts the web browser front and center. Mozilla’s Firefox OS may have been a short-lived experiment, but developer Rudra Saraswat plans to create a new web-based operating system that puts Firefox front and center.
Right now just about all we know about the project is the name: Ubuntu Web.
Saraswat has a bit of experience creating Ubuntu-based operating systems. He’s the creator and lead developer of Ubuntu Unity Remix and Ubuntu Education, as well as the Krob Linux project that’s optimized for Raspberry Pi computers.
The idea of building a Firefox-based alternative to Chrome OS isn’t all that far-fetched. After all, Google’s operating system is basically what you get when you take a Linux kernel, add the Chrome web browser, and then build out a user interface and additional tools and features from there.
More~ Ubuntu Web is an upcoming Firefox-based web OS to rival Chrome OS
But Google doesn’t necessarily hold a monopoly on the idea of building an operating system that puts the web browser front and center. Mozilla’s Firefox OS may have been a short-lived experiment, but developer Rudra Saraswat plans to create a new web-based operating system that puts Firefox front and center.
Right now just about all we know about the project is the name: Ubuntu Web.
Saraswat has a bit of experience creating Ubuntu-based operating systems. He’s the creator and lead developer of Ubuntu Unity Remix and Ubuntu Education, as well as the Krob Linux project that’s optimized for Raspberry Pi computers.
The idea of building a Firefox-based alternative to Chrome OS isn’t all that far-fetched. After all, Google’s operating system is basically what you get when you take a Linux kernel, add the Chrome web browser, and then build out a user interface and additional tools and features from there.
More~ Ubuntu Web is an upcoming Firefox-based web OS to rival Chrome OS
