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> The article touches on open-source OS alternatives and touts ChromeOS as one of them, however its open nature is only skin deep -- the vast majority of your a
by Touche 13y ago
> The article touches on open-source OS alternatives and touts ChromeOS as one of them, however its open nature is only skin deep -- the vast majority of your activities occur within the confines of Google's ecosystem (or some other closed-source ecosystem).
That's up to the individual. You can exclusively use web services running on your own servers if you so choose.
- abrowne 13y agoLike run your own Google server so you can create an account and log in? (I'll give you that after logging in you could probably exclusively use your own services. But that's a big exception.)
- Touche 13y agoThe parent was talking about open source alternatives to Chrome OS, which is Chromium OS, which doesn't require a Google account.
- abrowne 13y agoCan you log in to Chromium OS without a Google account? I tried it (Hexxeh build) before I got my Cr-48, and I don't remember being able to then, but that was a while ago now.