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Hey! Thanks for the detailed reply. What I don't get is: ChromeOS is open source, so why do all these things only work on certain hardware? Isn't there a way to
by terhechte 9y ago
Hey! Thanks for the detailed reply. What I don't get is: ChromeOS is open source, so why do all these things only work on certain hardware? Isn't there a way to install ChromeOS on any laptop today and already use Anroid apps et al, without said machine being a Pixelbook?
I have a machine that is not an official ChromeBook and I'd love to install ChromeOS with Android support to try it out. But I've done quite some google-fu and could not figure out whether this is possible (and how I'd set that up).
- andrewaylett 9y agoChromiumOS is to ChromeOS as Chromium is to Chrome: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
- sounds 9y agoTo expand on andrewaylett's comment, that it is open source doesn't automatically mean "100% hardware compatibility." Even for the linux kernel, someone somewhere has to figure out how to get it to boot on every piece of hardware. It's not magic. The nice thing is that if the first person who gets it working can just 'git push' their code to kernel.org, then the next person doesn't have to redo all that work.
- bhaavan 9y agoYou're correct in sentiment. But one can't git push to Linux master without having the patch reviewed and merged by a maintainer.
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