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Disclaimer I work at Google My own personal reason is that I have never had an ideal experience running Linux on laptops. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy tinkerin

by rifung 8y ago

Disclaimer I work at Google My own personal reason is that I have never had an ideal experience running Linux on laptops. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy tinkering and it was fun when I was in school, but nowadays I don't have much time so if I want to develop something I don't want my time to be spent fixing technical difficulties. With Chrome OS the main benefit to me is the same as running OS X or Windows: you don't have to worry about your stuff working. I also personally really like Chrome OS for it's simplicity and speed but of course you could say I'm biased. Indeed I like it so much I transferred to work on Chrome OS a couple months ago. Compared with OS X.. that really just depends on your preference. I have nothing bad to say about it and enjoyed using my MBP when I had one. I just like having a really lightweight OS but again that's really subjective and for many people the right answer is OS X! I'm just happy we have the choices now.

type0 8y ago
> With Chrome OS the main benefit to me is the same as running OS X or Windows: you don't have to worry about your stuff working. Has not been my experience with either of these three. There are plenty of Linux distros that are miles more stable.
- rifung 8y ago
  That's fair I should have prefaced by saying I have only used the Pixelbook and my experience on Linux is limited to Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Mint, and Slack. I've only really used a Thinkpad and MBP for the laptops so of course your experience may differ depending on your hardware. Also when I said things work I didn't mean stability/crashes which I admit do happen. I was referring to hardware (wifi) not working which in my opinion is much more annoying.
- azangru 8y ago
  Yep, I've heard so many people complain about Windows subsystem for Linux that I am terrified of even touching Windows. It's been mostly a smooth ride on MacOS for me, but there were some minor quirks that I encountered on MacOS that were not even an issue on my Linux machine (an example most vivid in my mind is how the default ssh client broke on High Sierra: https://superuser.com/questions/1279450/ssh-could-not-resolve-hostname-high-sierra https://superuser.com/questions/1279450/ssh-could-not-resolv... or how Docker on MacOS could not resolve ipv6 addresses).

by rifung 8y ago

type0 8y ago

> With Chrome OS the main benefit to me is the same as running OS X or Windows: you don't have to worry about your stuff working. Has not been my experience with either of these three. There are plenty of Linux distros that are miles more stable.

rifung 8y ago
That's fair I should have prefaced by saying I have only used the Pixelbook and my experience on Linux is limited to Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Mint, and Slack. I've only really used a Thinkpad and MBP for the laptops so of course your experience may differ depending on your hardware. Also when I said things work I didn't mean stability/crashes which I admit do happen. I was referring to hardware (wifi) not working which in my opinion is much more annoying.
azangru 8y ago
Yep, I've heard so many people complain about Windows subsystem for Linux that I am terrified of even touching Windows. It's been mostly a smooth ride on MacOS for me, but there were some minor quirks that I encountered on MacOS that were not even an issue on my Linux machine (an example most vivid in my mind is how the default ssh client broke on High Sierra: https://superuser.com/questions/1279450/ssh-could-not-resolve-hostname-high-sierra https://superuser.com/questions/1279450/ssh-could-not-resolv... or how Docker on MacOS could not resolve ipv6 addresses).