4 ms·

I guess it started something like: "<Insert your favourite emacs is an OS/window manager/whatever>" "Uh, wait, what if the browser was actually the OS? After

I guess it started something like: "<Insert your favourite emacs is an OS/window manager/whatever>" "Uh, wait, what if the browser was actually the OS? After all most people work in the browser most of the time right?" "<Mind blown meme>" "How hard would it be to run chrome directly kn hardware?" "Nah, just put a little Linux kernel and a bit of strictly necessary user land and we can pretend chrome runs natively" ... Time passes "We need a file manager, we need a notification bar, we need a dock, we need a clipboard, we need support for Android apps, we need ... an OS that's not just a browser"

kotaKat 3y ago
> "We need a file manager, we need a notification bar, we need a dock, we need a clipboard, we need support for Android apps, we need ... an OS that's not just a browser" That's what 100% absolutely kills me with Chrome OS. When I first used the CR48 it felt like a companion device to my main desktop Chrome environment. Now it's trying too hard to be a primary device, and now with Google deploying Android tablets and Chrome OS-powered tablets it's like nobody knows what platform needs to be on what endpoints anymore. Will the laptop run Chrome OS? Lacros? Android? Who knows! I really really wish I could have a ChromeOS fork that goes back to the simple "the browser window is the OS, no more, no less".