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It uses X11, gdk-2.0 and clutter-1.0 for drawing, and gtk-2.0 widgets. All from your Ubuntu system on which you would build an image.

So, it us just a layer on top of Ubuntu's "core" (glibc, X11, gtk, dpkg) with custom kernel, pam_google (!) desktop manager, window manager, installer and updater.

Good coders code, great - reuse. This seems like Google's favorite mantra.

update: http://src.chromium.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chromiumos.git;... - to those who understands =)



"Good coders code, great - reuse."

This would work if the reusable stuff had been made by good coders.




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