No. Chrome OS is an OS using the Linux kernel and a custom userland. Android is also not "Linux".
If it runs the Linux kernel, it's Linux. It isn't Windows, Mac, BSD, SunOS, or any other OS...it's Linux.
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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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.
Incorrect. If it runs the Linux kernel, it is Linux. Period. End of story. Android is Linux.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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would it be correct, to say, it is a linux, but not gnu linux ?
No, it wouldn't! Linux is the kernel only. A small part, and very important, of the ChromeOS ecosystem.
You could say this about almost any Linux-based GUI-first system.
Linux is a small part, and very important, of the Ubuntu ecosystem.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#15Google 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)_/¯
Do google developers develop on Chromebooks ?
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#16Google 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)_/¯
Do google developers develop on Chromebooks ?
All new devs are given Chromebooks unless they need a specific device (like a MacBook for iOS devs)
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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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.
Incorrect. If it runs the Linux kernel, it is Linux. Period. End of story. Android is Linux.
What do you think is incorrect, exactly? ChromeOS is a GNU/Linux distribution - a Linux kernel with GNU and other userspace components on top - derived from Gentoo.
Android, it's true, is a non-GNU Linux distro, which does use mostly custom userspace parts over the Linux kernel.
I wasn't intending to discuss Android, just to point out that ChromeOS is a GNU/Linux system, and a surprisingly vanilla one at that.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#18You could say that ChromeOS is Google's desktop environment with a Linux kernel, also. Which actually is!
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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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.
Incorrect. If it runs the Linux kernel, it is Linux. Period. End of story. Android is Linux.
You're correct, but the person you replied to is correct as well. ChromeOS is GNU/Linux. Android is Linux but not GNU/Linux
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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No, it wouldn't! Linux is the kernel only. A small part, and very important, of the ChromeOS ecosystem.
You could say this about almost any Linux-based GUI-first system. Linux is a small part, and very important, of the Ubuntu ecosystem.
The GUIs running on top of a Linux kernel are written in C, C++, or another programming language. That's not Linux.