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Chromebooks. Remember that part of the industry lives in China and has large ambitions. Thanks for the reality check.
by lugu 2y ago
Chromebooks. Remember that part of the industry lives in China and has large ambitions. Thanks for the reality check.
- pjmlp 2y agoChromebooks are not GNU/Linux, rather a browser running on top of a POSIX kernel that happens to be Linux kernel, and could be Zirkon or a BSD tomorrow if Google felt so inclined, with the ability to run GNU/Linux workloads inside of a VM. It is as desktop as running a Linux distribution inside Virtual Box.
- rstuart4133 2y ago> Chromebooks are not GNU/Linux, rather a browser running on top of a POSIX kernel that happens to be Linux kernel That happens to be build using gcc, glibc and wayland. If you enable "developer mode" you get access to a subset of coreutils like "cp". You also get "chromebrew" which allows you to install the rest. I think it's fair to say it's GNU/Linux stripped back to the bare essentials, with a custom desktop and a few GUI apps added. And the ability to add a fair chunk of the stripped stuff back. https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-library/guides/device/developer-mode/#dev-mode https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-library/guide... > could be Zirkon or a BSD tomorrow if Google felt so inclined, with the ability to run GNU/Linux workloads inside of a VM. Yes, well Windows could also be a Zirkon or a BSD tomorrow, with the ability to run Windows workloads inside of a VM.