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Yeah, ChromeOS is actually pretty good for nearly everyone. Perhaps most importantly, they're incredibly popular in schools right now and have been for a few ye

Yeah, ChromeOS is actually pretty good for nearly everyone. Perhaps most importantly, they're incredibly popular in schools right now and have been for a few years. Google has definitely been working towards a long play with shifting the younger generations mindshare towards ChromeOS and away from Windows for productivity. It's interesting because it does actually have some of the necessary holes punched through to allow for serious power/dev usage, but is also secure by default and as usable as the websites you go to.

JohnFen 3y ago
> ChromeOS is actually pretty good for nearly everyone. It's been a while since I've given it a try, but I dislike ChomeOS for the same reason that I dislike MacOS. They make me feel like I'm wearing a straightjacket and get in my way. And, of course, any OS that requires me to have an account on any other server is not fit for purpose (to me).
- GauntletWizard 3y ago
  And you're absolutely right about that - But it's a great OS for devices that you don't own. Leaving aside the (frequent, ugly, and probably illegal) times that school districts require parents to purchase children chromeOS devices that get joined to the school's domain, it's a very common problem to want to have devices that are locked down according to organization policy. When you are giving a device you own to someone else to physically control, the ChromeOS Straight Jacket is a great tool. There's a distinct problem with it being the only tool around, though.
autoexec 3y ago
ChromeOS is actually "pretty good" for someone who only looks at websites like facebook and reads email. It's also extremely confining and spies on you which makes it unacceptable for a lot of people and it's a sin that students are often stuck with them.
pjmlp 3y ago
US Schools, they are almost unseen in the rest of the world.

JohnFen 3y ago

> ChromeOS is actually pretty good for nearly everyone. It's been a while since I've given it a try, but I dislike ChomeOS for the same reason that I dislike MacOS. They make me feel like I'm wearing a straightjacket and get in my way. And, of course, any OS that requires me to have an account on any other server is not fit for purpose (to me).

GauntletWizard 3y ago
And you're absolutely right about that - But it's a great OS for devices that you don't own. Leaving aside the (frequent, ugly, and probably illegal) times that school districts require parents to purchase children chromeOS devices that get joined to the school's domain, it's a very common problem to want to have devices that are locked down according to organization policy. When you are giving a device you own to someone else to physically control, the ChromeOS Straight Jacket is a great tool. There's a distinct problem with it being the only tool around, though.

autoexec 3y ago

ChromeOS is actually "pretty good" for someone who only looks at websites like facebook and reads email. It's also extremely confining and spies on you which makes it unacceptable for a lot of people and it's a sin that students are often stuck with them.

pjmlp 3y ago

US Schools, they are almost unseen in the rest of the world.