Chrome OS To Support “Legacy” PC Apps Via “Chromoting”

Chrome is the browser of the OS on top of a Google-customized version of Linux, "Goobuntu. Six applications Internet access controlled by the browser, and even if you can install or update these web applications, Chrome OS, you can not recover your multimedia application CD, throw it into a scanner, and hope something magical happens.


Google software engineer Kacmarcik Gary, who first spilled the beans in the operation, called the "process, Chromoting .." According to a message sent to a public mailing list Chrome OS, however, is a new feature in the works that give users access to legacy applications "PC" by some process in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"We are adding new features all the time." We'll have more information to share in the next month chromoting ".. Thank you for this (not officially called" chromoting), Chrome OS is not only great platform for the implementation of modern Web applications, but allow access to legacy applications PC's browser "Kacmarcik wrote.

Current speculation among fans of Chrome is that the process is more like a Chromoting / VPN sharing capabilities than anything else. In this case, you should have to leave your desk or mobile applications to gain access to a computer connected via Chrome OS, which in itself is almost a technological leap Since many users of the applications now provide access functions such as screen sharing and remote control.

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