What happened to the Fuchsia project?
It's still going and Google still refuses to explain why it exists. It was rumored that some of the team was laid off during recent cost cutting.
ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#72Google 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)_/¯
I loved Chromebooks. However I've been pretty turned off by them when my Chromebook which was working perfectly fine recently told me it's not getting security updates anymore. Now because the OS and browser are the same machine, the whole system is insecure. Next laptop will be a framework, so I guess I'll see how that goes.
Similar to you, I'm a happy Chromebook customer with a good Chromebook that no longer receives updates since earlier this year. But Google also offers ChromeOS Flex [1] which I now run on my Chromebook.
You can even install ChromeOS Flex on a non-ChromeOS PC.
[1] https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_ca/os/chromeosflex/
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#73Yeah, 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!
I haven't used F keys in years.
Leaving a lot of productivity on the table. Those and rest of the hotkeys allow me to duck out early at work. ;-)
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#74Yeah, 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!
Buy laptop without ChromeOS.
Install ChromeOS Flex.
Be happy.
I did this with a Lenovo X1 Nano, my favorite chromebook ever.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#75Google 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)_/¯
Paying top dollars/euros for a laptop with 8GB/128GB isn't my idea of an ideal developer laptop.
8GB/128GB goes a lot further on a Chromebook than it does on creaky, old, slow, bloated Windows. And Chromebook prices are very good.
I recently got a Chromebook and I'm amazed at how snappy and fast it is. And its built in Linux is amazing.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
ChromeOS is wildly underrated in general, not only for software development. App sandboxing on standard (non-ChromeOS) Linux distributions is painful and finicky, while it "just works" on ChromeOS. I wish there was a non-hacky way to use Chromebooks without a Google account. The hacky options are: - "Switch to dev mode". But I don't want to be prompted to factory reset each boot. - "Create a dummy Google account and…
Chromium OS might be a good choice for you. I ran it on my Pinebook Pro for a bit and really liked it, and it's much more open.
Nobody has the time to build, test, and maintain Chromium OS. Distros barely manage to build and maintain chromium.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#77Google 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)_/¯
I loved Chromebooks. However I've been pretty turned off by them when my Chromebook which was working perfectly fine recently told me it's not getting security updates anymore. Now because the OS and browser are the same machine, the whole system is insecure. Next laptop will be a framework, so I guess I'll see how that goes.
I think they're decoupling the os and browser releases, although I'm not sure if it works for old ones or not. https://www.androidpolice.com/chromebook-decouple-chrome-fro...
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do google developers develop on Chromebooks ?
All new devs are given Chromebooks unless they need a specific device (like a MacBook for iOS devs)
You can request the computer you want. They will push you towards Chromebook but you can pick a normal Linux machine or a MacBook or even a Windows computer (don't do this).
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#79Google 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)_/¯
Completely agree. Now if they would just add a meta key to the bottom row of the keyboard I'd be a happy user. Ctrl and Alt are not enough. And seriously, they are comically large on every chromebook I've owned. Give me a meta key in all that wasted space.
Re: ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
#80Google should invest in ChromeOS as a serious PC/Laptop OS. It is ridiculous that Google made the choice to make ChromeOS the "cheap" OS.