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Conversely, a ChromeOS device is much less locked down than an iOS device, since you can run full Linux (with root) in a chroot on a ChromeOS device.
by eigenvector 8y ago
Conversely, a ChromeOS device is much less locked down than an iOS device, since you can run full Linux (with root) in a chroot on a ChromeOS device.
- millstone 8y agoWe may be doomed to an infinite regress here. After all, a Chromecast is more locked down than an iPad... Someone considering running chrooted Linux on a Chromebook is going to be more interested in a Mac than an iPad, so IMO that's the more useful comparison. I did run Crouton on a ChromeOS device and came to regret it. ChromeOS devices don't run a mainline kernel, they run something that Google provides which eventually stops receiving updates. The audio app I wanted to run required a newer kernel, and there was no way to get it short of forward-porting a bunch of device support and building it myself. IMO for Linux development, users are better served by a real Linux laptop than by a ChromeOS chimera.
- jsight 8y agoI would prefer a powerful ChromeOS device with the ability to run Linux containers over an iPad or a Mac. I suspect that I'm not the only developer who thinks that way. But I sort of agree with you too. I'm running Linux desktops rather than Chrome machines for that reason.
- jacksmith21006 8y agoI would prefer a ChromeOS box as it has commercially supported Linux drivers and it is Linux versus OS x close but not Linux. Plus going to be far more secure and optimized for the hardware.