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When I got my Chromebook in December 2020 or '21, I installed Firefox inside the Linux container (not via flatpak), and run fast.com for lolz, only to realize I

When I got my Chromebook in December 2020 or '21, I installed Firefox inside the Linux container (not via flatpak), and run fast.com for lolz, only to realize I got better speeds in it than in the native Chrome. What killed it for me was lack of proper touchscreen support. Then I learned how to use Linux chroot on the Chromebook (skipping the container layer) and some sort of Wayland proxy and my life was much better. Then I figured how to almost run Docker natively on it (it 95% worked, but I needed a custom modified runc and some of the isolation features disabled). Then I changed jobs. Was fun though

heap_perms 3y ago
Just wondering, in what context did you have to do that work? Seems like an interesting rabbit hole to dive into.
- Gabrys1 3y ago
  Rabbit hole indeed. That wasn't related to my job at the time, lol. The job change came with a company-provided computer and that put an end to the tinkering. BTW, I found my hacks to make runc run on Chromebook: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/compare/main...gabrys:runc-chromeos:chromeos https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/compare/main...gabrys...
k4rli 3y ago
So much extra to get it working (like a proper laptop). Did you buy it or just for work?
- Gabrys1 3y ago
  Bought it. Still love the form factor of this thing and I use it (with Fedora) as my private device (mostly running Firefox, some terminal, calculator, etc)
juujian 3y ago
The sad thing is that Firefox actually does have proper support for touch screen but you have to manually enable it. The Flags are hidden no away and not available in the settings. I got a laptop/tablet hybrid to run Linux on, and it was definitely a frustrating experience.
- Gabrys1 3y ago
  On Fedora, it's touch-friendly from the get go. No tweaking required and all work sensibly (zoom, scroll, focus, text selection)
  - RosanaAnaDana 3y ago
    I have an HP with a touch screen and yet I'm hesitant to go linux on it. Am I being silly?

heap_perms 3y ago

Just wondering, in what context did you have to do that work? Seems like an interesting rabbit hole to dive into.

Gabrys1 3y ago
Rabbit hole indeed. That wasn't related to my job at the time, lol. The job change came with a company-provided computer and that put an end to the tinkering. BTW, I found my hacks to make runc run on Chromebook: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/compare/main...gabrys:runc-chromeos:chromeos https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/compare/main...gabrys...

k4rli 3y ago

So much extra to get it working (like a proper laptop). Did you buy it or just for work?

Gabrys1 3y ago
Bought it. Still love the form factor of this thing and I use it (with Fedora) as my private device (mostly running Firefox, some terminal, calculator, etc)

juujian 3y ago

The sad thing is that Firefox actually does have proper support for touch screen but you have to manually enable it. The Flags are hidden no away and not available in the settings. I got a laptop/tablet hybrid to run Linux on, and it was definitely a frustrating experience.

Gabrys1 3y ago
On Fedora, it's touch-friendly from the get go. No tweaking required and all work sensibly (zoom, scroll, focus, text selection)
- RosanaAnaDana 3y ago
  I have an HP with a touch screen and yet I'm hesitant to go linux on it. Am I being silly?