> 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 an

> 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.