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Also the big one, atomic and transparent updates and upgrades. I love Ubuntu (and worked there for a long time!), but no way I'm giving a mutable OS to someone
by jcastro 6y ago
Also the big one, atomic and transparent updates and upgrades. I love Ubuntu (and worked there for a long time!), but no way I'm giving a mutable OS to someone unless I expect to be their sysadmin. They're one google search away from a broken computer, they can't really break chromeOS.
- m-p-3 6y agoSeriously, the amount of time I needed to assist my relatives since they switched to ChromeOS became almost null. They don't play AAA games, they don't really do administrative work (and the times they do, Google Drive can help), and they can't really break it even if they tried.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago> they can't really break chromeOS You'd be surprised. They can (and will): - install crapware extensions - allow notifications from random shady sites, which will then make them install more crapware extensions - change their default search engine (and a lot of data that Chrome sends goes to the default search engine, e.g. keystrokes in the address bar) It doesn't break the OS per se, but it still results in "my computer has a virus" support calls.
- wmf 6y agoI assume those can be locked down in an education/corporate environment.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoYes, it's a problem mainly if you set up a chromebook for a relative, outside of a managed environment.