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That's not really "Linux on the desktop" as its advocates imagine it. For most ChromeOS users, the Linux-y parts like the shell and the GNU toolchain are largel
by themacguffinman 9y ago
That's not really "Linux on the desktop" as its advocates imagine it. For most ChromeOS users, the Linux-y parts like the shell and the GNU toolchain are largely restricted.
- ty_a 9y agoNot to be overly pedantic but the "shell" and "GNU toolchain" are literally not Linux.
- themacguffinman 9y agoYou're right, and I didn't mean to imply those things comprise Linux. They are, however, what most people are talking about when they say they "use Linux". GNU + Linux comprise the "desktop Linux" platform.
- tootie 9y agoWell, were you expecting "Linux on the desktop" to be a giant terminal shell? Of course it was going to hide all the Linux-y stuff. That's what desktop UIs are for. Windows is "DOS on the desktop" and OS X is "BSD on the desktop".
- themacguffinman 9y agoI don't expect a giant terminal shell but I do expect the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and other open source parts of the Linux ecosystem such as systemd and X11/Wayland. The kernel itself isn't the only part of "desktop Linux" in the sense that many people refer to it in.