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> Google has an OS that is literally a browser engine It's not though. Chrome OS is literally Linux. You can install Firefox.

• kevingadd 6y ago
  You may be able to install Firefox now, but originally it was literally a web-only affair. "Chrome OS is literally Linux" is about as accurate as "Android is literally Linux". Chrome OS is not just some rebadged Debian distro. Do all chromebooks support linux apps now? AFAIK that's not true, and only a subset of them support it.
  • Daho0n 6y ago
    Linux != a distro though.
  • modeless 6y ago
    > "Chrome OS is literally Linux" is about as accurate as "Android is literally Linux". Chrome OS is not just some rebadged Debian distro. It's not rebadged Debian. The default Linux in Chrome OS is literally Debian. It has apt, bash, Wayland, X11. And of course the Linux kernel is there. What more do you want before you call it Linux? > Do all chromebooks support linux apps now? According to this page all 2019+ Chromebooks support Linux apps: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-suppo...
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      Chrome OS is Gentoo based and did not let you install arbitrary Linux apps until relatively recently. I think the comparison is apt.
    • heavyset_go 6y ago
      It's a Debian container.
  • sellyme 6y ago
    > "Chrome OS is literally Linux" is about as accurate as "Android is literally Linux". I agree, but I don't think that you're making the point you wanted to.