They can be a good alternative for those who heavily use Berkeley Lab's G Suite collaboration tools, Zoom, Microsoft Office 365, Service Now, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or other browser based tools such as Maximo, Peoplesoft, LETS, Confluence and JIRA. These are the same Apps and Extensions available for install in the desktop Chrome browser on Mac OS and Windows. View available Apps in the Chrome Web Store. Chrome OS devices are inexpensive ($200-$500 dollars generally) and require far less maintenance than traditional computersĬhrome OS devices ( Chromebook, Chromebox, Chromebase and Chromebit) cannot run traditional native Windows or Mac programs, but often there is a Chrome App version of the traditional desktop application.Chrome OS devices protect against loss or corruption of data by not storing documents and data on device hard drives.Berkeley Lab Chrome OS devices provide protection against loss or theft of data, Chrome OS devices can be wiped remotely and/or completely disabled until recovered.One way to achieve this objective is to offer low-cost, low maintenance Chrome OS laptop and desktop devices to users in lieu of expensive Windows or Mac OS computers. As a result, Chrome OS primarily supports web applications, such as G Suite (formerly called Google Apps for Work, Google Docs etc.) Why Chrome OS?īerkeley Lab's IT User Support Department is continually striving to stretch dollars for science. Chrome OS is an open source derived operating system designed by Google that is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Google Chrome Web Browser as its principal user interface.
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