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Coincidentally enough (or not) just yesterday while skimming through the Google laptop "Googlebook" announcement and thinking "Meh... none of that is new" and w

by utopiah 6mo ago

Coincidentally enough (or not) just yesterday while skimming through the Google laptop "Googlebook" announcement and thinking "Meh... none of that is new" and wondering if I could genuinely do all that with my current Linux/GrapheneOS setup I thought "Ok... maybe the Android windows is new" and I checked more scrcpy virtual display and display id which I use for mirroring Quest headsets. I thought "OK ok Google I give you that tiny feature" only to wake up this morning, nope, not even that.

lern_too_spel 6mo ago
That's not a new feature. ChromeOS has had app streaming since 2023. https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-app-streaming-guide-limitations-recommendations/ https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-app-streaming-guide-lim... Similarly, the other features for the Googlebook are just normal features from Google's Android builds. The announcement is really that there will be a Chromebook Plus class of devices running the new Android-based ChromeOS, so everything in Android now comes to these devices for free, and apparently, most of the features from the current CheomeOS will be ported too. I just hope this means that Linux app support in Android will match Crostini by the end of the year.
- utopiah 6mo ago
  Thanks for the clarification I'm clearly not deep enough in the ChromeOS/Android ecosystem to be aware of that. Makes me wander what works or doesn't with AndroidXR too.
- ramses0 6mo ago
  Ahhhh.... "when is google phasing out chromebook and chromeos and presumably near-native linux support on their machines?" """Court documents and executive statements reveal a plan to retire the existing ChromeOS software stack by 2034. This legacy system is expected to be replaced by a unified platform internally codenamed "Project Aluminium," which migrates ChromeOS fully onto the Android tech stack.""" ...so this is effectively the first pass at "Project Aluminium" hardware? The death knell of the year of linux on the desktop? w/ 8-year EOL, that does put us right at the 2034 date.

by utopiah 6mo ago

lern_too_spel 6mo ago

That's not a new feature. ChromeOS has had app streaming since 2023. https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-app-streaming-guide-limitations-recommendations/ https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-app-streaming-guide-lim... Similarly, the other features for the Googlebook are just normal features from Google's Android builds. The announcement is really that there will be a Chromebook Plus class of devices running the new Android-based ChromeOS, so everything in Android now comes to these devices for free, and apparently, most of the features from the current CheomeOS will be ported too. I just hope this means that Linux app support in Android will match Crostini by the end of the year.

utopiah 6mo ago
Thanks for the clarification I'm clearly not deep enough in the ChromeOS/Android ecosystem to be aware of that. Makes me wander what works or doesn't with AndroidXR too.
ramses0 6mo ago
Ahhhh.... "when is google phasing out chromebook and chromeos and presumably near-native linux support on their machines?" """Court documents and executive statements reveal a plan to retire the existing ChromeOS software stack by 2034. This legacy system is expected to be replaced by a unified platform internally codenamed "Project Aluminium," which migrates ChromeOS fully onto the Android tech stack.""" ...so this is effectively the first pass at "Project Aluminium" hardware? The death knell of the year of linux on the desktop? w/ 8-year EOL, that does put us right at the 2034 date.