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ChromeOS is an incredibly secure and simple base. There are a few Linux distributions that act like it (Fedora Silverblue, Endless OS) but they're not ideal for
by tapoxi 8y ago
ChromeOS is an incredibly secure and simple base. There are a few Linux distributions that act like it (Fedora Silverblue, Endless OS) but they're not ideal for everyday use yet.
- freedomben 7y agoWhy do you think Fedora Silverblue isn't ideal for everyday use? I'm going to try out F30 Silverblue here pretty soon, but I had heard that is was great, so I'm just curious what problems you've run into.
- tapoxi 7y agoFor example, the PyCharm Flatpak has difficulty understanding the window scaling setting I use, and appears unreadable. Some RPMs wouldn't install because they needed to write to /opt, but that may have been fixed. I had difficulty using external repos. I'm running normal Fedora 30 now and tried Silverblue during the Fedora 28/Fedora 29 release cycles. I hear it's getting better but I'll give it another year or so.
- freedomben 7y agoMakes sense, thanks. My buddy said that installing RPMs was easy, but the more I hear the more I think that is bad information :-) The Silverblue docs seem to imply that you're really going against the grain by doing that and that it may not work. You also have to reboot after every install IIRC. I'm still gonna try it out but I may be on regular F30 pretty soon.