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I have an old netbook that came with Windows but runs Lubuntu now. Why the excitement about Chrome OS compared to other resource-light Linux distros? I can run

I have an old netbook that came with Windows but runs Lubuntu now. Why the excitement about Chrome OS compared to other resource-light Linux distros? I can run Chromium on Lubuntu, so doesn't that give me access to all the Chrome OS software plus a bunch of other Linux software too? I don't understand why Chrome OS is considered to be something revolutionary.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> I can run Chromium on Lubuntu, so doesn't that give me access to all the Chrome OS software No, Chrome on Linux does not include all features of Chrome OS. (At least, IIRC, based on Google Chrome release blog posts with Chrome-OS-only features identified.)
- thescriptkiddie 11y ago
  Aside from proprietary codecs and DRM, what exactly does ChromeOS implement that Chrome does not?
  - dkuntz2 11y ago
    Ease of use from an administration perspective. Google provides great tools for admins to be able to manage fleets of chromebooks. From your average user's perspective, it also generally looks nicer than lxde and other lightweight DEs (though that's entirely subjective). For technical users, there's probably not a good reason not to just use a lightweight linux distro, but technical users aren't really their target audience.
- mchahn 11y ago
  > No, Chrome on Linux does not include all features of Chrome OS. Hmm. I'm not aware of any unique features in a chromebook. I use a chromebook pixel as my all-day dev machine and I use chromixium (linux with fake chrome desktop) on my two older machines. I've been able to do whatever I wanted on all three.