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I really wish the "Yay, linux on the desktop" crowd would rally around ChromeOS. ChromeOS is literally what the "linux on the desktop" crowd has been wanted fo

by skrowl 7y ago

I really wish the "Yay, linux on the desktop" crowd would rally around ChromeOS. ChromeOS is literally what the "linux on the desktop" crowd has been wanted for decades now.

Zak 7y ago
Heavily integrated with proprietary services is definitely not what the "linux on the desktop" crowd wants.
axaxs 7y ago
What...why? I'm perfectly happy using linux on the desktop as my full time OS, as I have for more than a decade. I tried ChromeOS on chromebooks, and see nothing they offer me that I don't already have. Not to mention the privacy implications of using such an OS...
AdmiralAsshat 7y ago
The vast majority of Chromebooks are completely useless without Google services. That's not exactly the "freedom" that the Linux community envisioned when they spoke about "The Year of Linux on the Desktop".
- dflock 7y ago
  Well, you can install regular linux and run whatever you want: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
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  - yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    Then why bother with ChromeOS? I can just... install regular GNU/Linux and run whatever I want.
  - benbristow 7y ago
    And then you've just got an underpowered Linux laptop. Chromebooks are great for what they are. Fantastic for people that just need access to the web. They're pretty much immune to the technically-challenged.
FigBug 7y ago
Can you run a 'normal' Linux desktop application written in C or C++ on a Chromebook? Or is it just Android Apps and Web Apps?
- dflock 7y ago
  Yes, you can: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  You certainly can if you install Linux on your Chromebook. I've been using my Chromebook this way for years. But I use a real Linux distro independent of Google (my system will not run Android apps). I have no idea if Google's relatively recent Linux offering works as well.
asark 7y ago
Chrome OS doesn't give me the benefits that drive me to sometimes use the Linux desktop, so it doesn't really matter whether it addresses any of the (many, serious) problems that keep me from using Linux for everything.
- dflock 7y ago
  You can run real linux as well a ChromeOS: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
  - eitland 7y ago
    But if one isn’t going to go the supported route, why don’t get a real laptop and install a real distro on it?
  - asark 7y ago
    Looks like its hardware support is limited to the point of being nearly useless (under "check what's not supported yet"). Besides, then you've still got spyware under your Linux, so at that point just run Win10.
  - ori_b 7y ago
    Yeah, but I can do that without buying a laptop from Google.
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by skrowl 7y ago

I really wish the "Yay, linux on the desktop" crowd would rally around ChromeOS. ChromeOS is literally what the "linux on the desktop" crowd has been wanted for decades now.

Zak 7y ago

Heavily integrated with proprietary services is definitely not what the "linux on the desktop" crowd wants.

axaxs 7y ago

What...why? I'm perfectly happy using linux on the desktop as my full time OS, as I have for more than a decade. I tried ChromeOS on chromebooks, and see nothing they offer me that I don't already have. Not to mention the privacy implications of using such an OS...

AdmiralAsshat 7y ago

The vast majority of Chromebooks are completely useless without Google services. That's not exactly the "freedom" that the Linux community envisioned when they spoke about "The Year of Linux on the Desktop".

dflock 7y ago
Well, you can install regular linux and run whatever you want: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
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- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  Then why bother with ChromeOS? I can just... install regular GNU/Linux and run whatever I want.
- benbristow 7y ago
  And then you've just got an underpowered Linux laptop. Chromebooks are great for what they are. Fantastic for people that just need access to the web. They're pretty much immune to the technically-challenged.

FigBug 7y ago

Can you run a 'normal' Linux desktop application written in C or C++ on a Chromebook? Or is it just Android Apps and Web Apps?

dflock 7y ago
Yes, you can: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
dreamcompiler 7y ago
You certainly can if you install Linux on your Chromebook. I've been using my Chromebook this way for years. But I use a real Linux distro independent of Google (my system will not run Android apps). I have no idea if Google's relatively recent Linux offering works as well.

asark 7y ago

Chrome OS doesn't give me the benefits that drive me to sometimes use the Linux desktop, so it doesn't really matter whether it addresses any of the (many, serious) problems that keep me from using Linux for everything.

dflock 7y ago
You can run real linux as well a ChromeOS: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
- eitland 7y ago
  But if one isn’t going to go the supported route, why don’t get a real laptop and install a real distro on it?
- asark 7y ago
  Looks like its hardware support is limited to the point of being nearly useless (under "check what's not supported yet"). Besides, then you've still got spyware under your Linux, so at that point just run Win10.
- ori_b 7y ago
  Yeah, but I can do that without buying a laptop from Google.
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