The Chromium Projects

The Chromium projects include Chromium and Chromium OS, the open-source projects behind the Google Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS, respectively. The site, http://www.chromium.org/, houses the documentation and code related to the Chromium projects and is intended for developers interested in learning about and contributing to the open-source projects.

Chromium
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web. This site contains design documents, architecture overviews, testing information, and more to help you learn to build and work with the Chromium source code.

Chromium OS
Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to provide a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web. Learn more about the project goals, obtain the latest build, and learn how you can get involved, submit code, and file bugs.

Google released Chromium OS open source project

In July Google announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web. In 11/19/2009, Google Google released Chromium OS open source project.

This release of Chromium OS includes:

* Source code
* Design docs
* User interface experiments
* How to build and contribute
* Short overview video

Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html

What is Google Chrome OS?

Telling the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating system. Produced by Epipheo Studios.

Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS

7/07/2009, Official Google Blog was announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System.

According to the blog, Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year Google will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips. Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Source: Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS