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ChromeOS is a browser based OS, so I would guess you could use JavaScript to do a lot of things you would do in C# or Pyhton on your old PCs. Also, ChromeOS ha

by octopus 13y ago

ChromeOS is a browser based OS, so I would guess you could use JavaScript to do a lot of things you would do in C# or Pyhton on your old PCs. Also, ChromeOS has a developer mode and you can always install a chroot Linux along side ChromeOS. In essence you can do pretty much everything if you are a programmer and you spend a few minutes searching online. For the average user (read non programmer), less options is always better.

d0 13y ago
A browser is not a universal programming environment. Neither is a chroot on a ChromeOS device. How do you install openoffice on that chroot and start hacking on it?
- blueskin_ 13y ago
  Well, most chromebooks are hackable to the point of installing a full Linux system on them to replace Chrome OS, at which point they just become a cheap laptop with a convoluted initial OS install process.
  - d0 13y ago
    But that's then not a ChromeOS machine.