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well this was found the other day. https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/306706/ https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/306706/ libchromeos is tra

well this was found the other day. https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/306706/ https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/306706/ libchromeos is transitioning to libbrillo and chromeos namespaces and include directory is changing to brillo. brillo is Google IoT OS, https://developers.google.com/brillo/?hl=en https://developers.google.com/brillo/?hl=en they say its based on Android? also the new Google onHub Router are running ChromeOS http://thehackernews.com/2015/10/root-google-onhub-chromeos.html http://thehackernews.com/2015/10/root-google-onhub-chromeos.... I think the idea is Google are just aligning there Core Linux base between all there products allowing for a whole range of improvements from resource sharing to a even better security. and it may even allow them to upgrade Android at a better update rate, with reports that the Google Pixel C a Tablet running Android is getting updates every 6 weeks. i would also like to point out Microsoft has basically done the same thing with the Windows 10 Core its now on XBOX ONE, Windows Phone, PC and even a Raspberry Pi runs this core but they all have there own user space setups/gui.

notatoad 11y ago
This would, imho, be the best possible outcome of this: libchromeos becoming the underpinning for all Google's consumer OS projects, and then having a distinct userland slapped on top of it. Especially if it meant the device-specific stuff all happens in the brillo/core layer, and we can slap a chromeos, iot, or android layer on top of it regardless of the device. Want to turn your nexus player into a desktop computer? replace the androidTV user layer with the ChromeOS user layer. Want to turn your chromebook into a media centre? do the opposite. turn an old phone into a home automation server by replacing android with the IOT layer.
patrickaljord 11y ago
Thanks for sharing this. Sounds like a great outcome.

notatoad 11y ago

This would, imho, be the best possible outcome of this: libchromeos becoming the underpinning for all Google's consumer OS projects, and then having a distinct userland slapped on top of it. Especially if it meant the device-specific stuff all happens in the brillo/core layer, and we can slap a chromeos, iot, or android layer on top of it regardless of the device. Want to turn your nexus player into a desktop computer? replace the androidTV user layer with the ChromeOS user layer. Want to turn your chromebook into a media centre? do the opposite. turn an old phone into a home automation server by replacing android with the IOT layer.

patrickaljord 11y ago

Thanks for sharing this. Sounds like a great outcome.