Earlier this morning for a brief moment, Google posted the specs on Chrome OS, as well as some download links. Like most new Google stuff, it had a clear BETA label, and since the page has now been pulled I thought I’d re-post what I saw here:

Chrome OS is a brand new free operating system built around the revolutionary Google Chrome browser.

The project aim is to provide a lightweight Linux distribution for the best web browsing experience.

Featured software in Chrome OS:
GNOME 2.24 desktop environment
Google Chrome 4.0.223 web browser
Google Picasa 2.7 photo manager New!
OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite
GIMP 2.6 image editor
Flash Player 10.0 plugin
and much more!

System requirements of Chrome OS:
Processor: Intel Pentium, Xeon or newer; AMD Duron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron or newer
RAM: min. 256 MB
Hard disk: min. 1 GB
Graphics card: supports most modern graphics cards

Those details came from this page, so if you’re interested keep checking back there!


UPDATE: Don’t get too excited; I’m told this is simply a fan-built Linux distro with Chrome bolted on created using SUSE Studio.