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> And what I think makes ChromeOS really powerful is Crostini, a full Linux VM that you can run inside ChromeOS. It runs Debian (it seems you can run other dist
by sedatk 2y ago
> And what I think makes ChromeOS really powerful is Crostini, a full Linux VM that you can run inside ChromeOS. It runs Debian (it seems you can run other distros though) with a deep integration with ChromeOS, so you can run even graphical programs without issues (including OpenGL!)
Agreed. WSL2 makes Windows really powerful too.
- kokada 2y agoAuthor of the post here. WSL2 is not even in the same league of Crostini integration though. Also I find Windows really annoying nowadays. In desktops I much prefer to use NixOS with a minimal window manager (i3/Sway/Hyprland).
- sedatk 2y agoWhat do you mean by not in the same league? You only mentioned running GUI apps, and WSL2 can do that fine.
- consteval 2y agoWell, for starters, you get hardware acceleration and device pass through. So you can use your webcam and stuff under linux and you get animations, smooth video playback, etc. Also you can access your linux files directly from chrome os, and vice versa.
- sedatk 2y agoWSL can do hardware acceleration (for video too), and supports GPU passthrough so Linux CUDA apps can run fine. You can also use your USB devices. You can access your Linux files from Windows easily too. They are under \\wsl$\distroname\…
- sedatk 2y ago(and vice versa of course, through /mnt/c /mnt/d etc)