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Most of the action on desktop takes place in a browser though. So I think you could go a long way by getting to the point where you can run Firefox or Chrome (o
by rixrax 8y ago
Most of the action on desktop takes place in a browser though. So I think you could go a long way by getting to the point where you can run Firefox or Chrome (or some other webkit etc. based browser). Isn't this sort of what ChromeOS does already.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago> Most of the action on desktop takes place in a browser though. Then who cares about the OS? Why even bother. Just use ChromeOS.
- notriddle 8y agoThe obvious answer is "because ChromeOS is spyware." But the really fun possibility is having an OS where "Web" and "Posix" are equally-placed personalities that the OS ran, not only preventing rogue web pages from touching the posix system, but also preventing rogue posix processes from touching the browser (except where the end-user intentionally joins them through the system-provided Open File dialog or by opening the case and removing the debug pin to unlock cross-VM debugging). ChromeOS sort of implements that today, by running custom Linux environments in containers, but I'd rather trust Xen than Docker as the underlying isolation layer.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThis is about the most boring thing I've ever heard. This is trivial to accomplish today, hell, QubesOS does the whole concept much better.
- sandov 8y agoThe whole point of a desktop PC is that you can produce, not only consume. Otherwise you might as well buy an iPad and browse the web/watch YouTube.