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Except that most people view Linux as open source etc. Chromebooks aren’t Linux in the sense people who want a Linux computer care about

c-hendricks 3y ago
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/ https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/
- jauntywundrkind 3y ago
  That'd be more interesting a reference if it were actually possible to run without making your own conformamt special hardware. Google built their own embedded controllers to power this platform, unlike anything else that came before. The source may be open, but no other machine anywhere will run this. It has taken heroic efforts to port ChromoumOS to conventional x86 hardware platforms. Google then bought the people who spent years porting their proprietary impossible to run system on normal laptops. I don't know enought to say how actively Neverware's efforts have been continued, but so far it still seems like running Chromium OS elsewhere requires epic feats, that integration has not proceeded any further than before the acquisition. https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22179242/google-neverware-chromebook-laptops-chrome-os-software https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22179242/google-neverwar...
  - SirGiggles 3y ago
    It's to my understanding that the Neverware acquisition eventually led to ChromeOS Flex which is ChromeOS designed to run on any generic x86_64 platform. https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_ca/os/chromeosflex/ https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_ca/os/chromeosflex/ https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11552529 https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11552529
Bu9818 3y ago
Most of it is open source similarly to the Chrome/Chromium situation. But you're right that many Linux desktop users won't care about it due to it being locked down and limited, which was demonstrated in the article. It's not something I'd use on my personal devices.

c-hendricks 3y ago

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/ https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/

jauntywundrkind 3y ago
That'd be more interesting a reference if it were actually possible to run without making your own conformamt special hardware. Google built their own embedded controllers to power this platform, unlike anything else that came before. The source may be open, but no other machine anywhere will run this. It has taken heroic efforts to port ChromoumOS to conventional x86 hardware platforms. Google then bought the people who spent years porting their proprietary impossible to run system on normal laptops. I don't know enought to say how actively Neverware's efforts have been continued, but so far it still seems like running Chromium OS elsewhere requires epic feats, that integration has not proceeded any further than before the acquisition. https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22179242/google-neverware-chromebook-laptops-chrome-os-software https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22179242/google-neverwar...
- SirGiggles 3y ago
  It's to my understanding that the Neverware acquisition eventually led to ChromeOS Flex which is ChromeOS designed to run on any generic x86_64 platform. https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_ca/os/chromeosflex/ https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_ca/os/chromeosflex/ https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11552529 https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11552529

Bu9818 3y ago

Most of it is open source similarly to the Chrome/Chromium situation. But you're right that many Linux desktop users won't care about it due to it being locked down and limited, which was demonstrated in the article. It's not something I'd use on my personal devices.