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I think modern browsers could be a baseline for network based OS in couple of years to come. It is really complex and has zillion features that not many develop

• SllX 7y ago
  Networking is already first class on most operating systems worth naming, even the ones without a good browser. A modern browser as a basis for the Shell/userland of an operating system is essentially Chrome OS with a difference in user experience that’s about as different as the set of features from browser to browser. A lean userland might be desirable, but even operating systems with lean out of the box userlands usually have a package manger that can quickly expand the base of software available to you on the system. And speaking of package managers, the stuff going on with Nix and Guix is a lot more interesting than reinventions of Chrome OS. Check them out, the system can be about as lean or thick as you like depending on how you configure it.