In 2009, Google announced that they were in the process of developing an as known as the Google Chrome as. This operating system would be based on the Linux kernel. Google has also announced that the operating system is mainly targeted at netbooks, but it would work fine on desktops as well. Programmers will be glad to know that the operating system will be open source by the end of 2009. Google has also stated that the operating system would be completely different from the Android and would be targeted for users who spend most of their time on the Internet.