ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by devonnull » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:25 PM UTC

ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by _ea1k » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:40 PM UTC

Yeah, it is funny how successful Linux became as a desktop while basically noone was paying attention.

I just wish the keyboards were more developer friendly. Give me F keys!

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by mksybr » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:42 PM UTC

_ea1k wrote: post #2

Yeah, it is funny how successful Linux became as a desktop while basically noone was paying attention. I just wish the keyboards were more developer friendly. Give me F keys!

Yeah, I put Linux on my Chromebook, but I've yet to figure out how to use the F keys, in ChromeOS fn does it.

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Post by loa_in_ » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

_ea1k wrote: post #2

Yeah, it is funny how successful Linux became as a desktop while basically noone was paying attention. I just wish the keyboards were more developer friendly. Give me F keys!

My F keys go to 24, and I've got 7 macro keys in addition to that. It was just about enough for everything at any given time. Normal keyboards feel limited now.

Actually the best thing was having keys nobody else has so their function was up to me to decide at absolutely all times.

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by hulitu » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland.

Android is also not "Linux".

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by maxamillion » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

Google put in a ton of work to make all the Linux and Android sandboxing while still being able to do file sharing into the sandboxes, Wayland GUI app bridging, usb pass-through, and a bunch of other stuff.

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/HEAD/con...

ChromeOS got good and is wildly underrated for software development. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by systems » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #5

No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland. Android is also not "Linux".

would it be correct, to say, it is a linux, but not gnu linux ?

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Post by phpnode » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:51 PM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #5

No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland. Android is also not "Linux".

Linux is the name of the kernel

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:51 PM UTC

systems wrote: post #7

hulitu wrote: post #5

No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland. Android is also not "Linux".

would it be correct, to say, it is a linux, but not gnu linux ?

No, it literally is GNU/Linux, with glibc and coreutils and everything.

EDIT: Rereading the thread I should spell out: I only meant ChromeOS; Android is indeed different.

Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment

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Post by vore » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 7:51 PM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #5

No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland. Android is also not "Linux".

If it runs Linux, it's Linux.