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More details in XDA Developers interview with Kan Liu. Also suggesting GPU acceleration support later this year https://www.xda-developers.com/chrome-os-linux-

by indescions_2018 8y ago

More details in XDA Developers interview with Kan Liu. Also suggesting GPU acceleration support later this year https://www.xda-developers.com/chrome-os-linux-app-support-google-pixelbook/ https://www.xda-developers.com/chrome-os-linux-app-support-g... My prediction: VS Code / Pixelbook becomes a formidable devenv for many in the coming months ;) You can always try Neverware on a live usb to get a taste https://www.neverware.com/freedownload https://www.neverware.com/freedownload

solarkraft 8y ago
The ironic thing is that VS Code is made in web technology.
- gcb0 8y ago
  linux -> android -> browser -> linux -> browser -> VS
  - microcolonel 8y ago
    Not exactly, it's more like +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Linux kernel + Android kernel bits | | | | | | | | Various and sundry | | | | | | | | Wayland compositor -----------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | Wayland browser windows Wayland surfaces proxied from Qemu-KVM | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
- avip 8y ago
  I've missed the irony here.
gcb0 8y ago
> Google hardware with Microsoft software praised on HN :)
- bitmapbrother 8y ago
  Technically, VS Code is based on Google software.
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
  - chungy 8y ago
    Which in turn is based on Apple and KDE software.
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      Look at all the nice things you get from open source software!
    - bitmapbrother 8y ago
      I must have missed their cross platform GUI development framework.
  - make3 8y ago
    just curious, isn't vscode based on Atom, which afaik is a GitHub project?
    - denisw 8y ago
      VS Code and Atom are based on Electron, which is a platform by GitHub using the Google Chrome browser engine, which was forked off Apple‘s WebKit engine, which was forked off KHTML from the KDE project.
      - make3 8y ago
        that's a pretty big leap to call it a fork of a Google project
arthurfm 8y ago
Official announcement at 32:50 in the Google I/O Developer Keynote. https://youtu.be/flU42CTF3MQ?t=1970 https://youtu.be/flU42CTF3MQ?t=1970

solarkraft 8y ago

The ironic thing is that VS Code is made in web technology.

gcb0 8y ago
linux -> android -> browser -> linux -> browser -> VS
- microcolonel 8y ago
  Not exactly, it's more like +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Linux kernel + Android kernel bits | | | | | | | | Various and sundry | | | | | | | | Wayland compositor -----------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | Wayland browser windows Wayland surfaces proxied from Qemu-KVM | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
avip 8y ago
I've missed the irony here.

gcb0 8y ago

> Google hardware with Microsoft software praised on HN :)

bitmapbrother 8y ago
Technically, VS Code is based on Google software.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- chungy 8y ago
  Which in turn is based on Apple and KDE software.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Look at all the nice things you get from open source software!
  - bitmapbrother 8y ago
    I must have missed their cross platform GUI development framework.
- make3 8y ago
  just curious, isn't vscode based on Atom, which afaik is a GitHub project?
  - denisw 8y ago
    VS Code and Atom are based on Electron, which is a platform by GitHub using the Google Chrome browser engine, which was forked off Apple‘s WebKit engine, which was forked off KHTML from the KDE project.
    - make3 8y ago
      that's a pretty big leap to call it a fork of a Google project

arthurfm 8y ago

Official announcement at 32:50 in the Google I/O Developer Keynote. https://youtu.be/flU42CTF3MQ?t=1970 https://youtu.be/flU42CTF3MQ?t=1970