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Chrome OS straight up lets you install Linux desktop apps. It runs a wayland compositor.
by adrusi 6y ago
Chrome OS straight up lets you install Linux desktop apps. It runs a wayland compositor.
- pjmlp 6y agoCrostini only works in some models, and follows the same approach as WSL, running GNU/Linux in a virtualized Linux kernel, completely unrelated to ChromeOS Linux kernel. ChromeOS vNext could be based on Fuchsia and still offer Crostini.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoPoint is that, like Android, it eschews the typical Linux Desktop stack, because it is a garbage pile that reasonable people don't want to deal with.
- brmgb 6y ago> because it is a garbage pile that reasonable people don't want to deal with. I mean to be fair now that Wayland and PipeWire are there it's finally starting to look like a modern OS.