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Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#11

Post by pjmlp »

Technically Chrome OS has some interesting bits, like its use of virtualization, containers, based on Rust and Go.

As general purpose OS, I never got the point of it.

Any OS other OS is able to offer browser juggling support alongside the benefits of having a proper OS, better hardware that a Web browser is capable of (does not matter how good is the GPU, Web GL 2.0 can only do so much).

And the security story is kind of meaningless when everything that matters is stored in someone else's computer, with the traffic going through Google's servers.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#12

Post by gruez »

sly010 wrote: post #4
ramenmeal wrote: post #2

Dumb question: > constant crashes, an insanely slow single-core Intel Atom processor, and questionable build quality would make it clear to anyone that it was very much a product built for dogfooding, not as a replacement for your Windows or Mac notebook This use of "dogfooding" confuses me, wouldn't the chromebook being used for dogfooding mean it was meant as a replacement for your windows/mac notebook? Or if not,…

Perhaps he meant it's table scraps?

No, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogfood#Verb

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#13

Post by pjmlp »

tytso wrote: post #8
pgrote wrote: post #6

Since 2013 the main computer I used was the Acer C720. i3, 4 gig of RAM chromebook. Never had an issue with it. Runs as fast now as it did then. It quit receiving updates in June of 2019. Never understood the thought process behind this as supporting the machine is probably negligible given the platform. I looked at other chromebook solutions, but unless I wanted to spend close to $1000 there was nothing close perfor…

The Acer C720 used a 3.8 Linux kernel, as documented at [1]. Updating to a new kernel would have required a full QA of the hardware to make sure that the device drivers in a newer kernel still worked correctly with that hardware. [1] https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-f... Support costs aren't too bad so long as you don't have to update the kernel and requal everything. But newer userspace sta…

The Asus laptop I got in 2009 with Windows 7, has gone through all Windows updates, is now using the very latest Windows 10 version.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#14

Post by omnifischer »

I really like a stalled out OS. Really give me 20 year stability. Do not change interface and add eye candy every year just to sell new stuff. Just security updates.

Really hope there is RHEL (10+ year release) type ChromeOS.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#15

Post by [deleted] »

tytso wrote: post #8
pgrote wrote: post #6

Since 2013 the main computer I used was the Acer C720. i3, 4 gig of RAM chromebook. Never had an issue with it. Runs as fast now as it did then. It quit receiving updates in June of 2019. Never understood the thought process behind this as supporting the machine is probably negligible given the platform. I looked at other chromebook solutions, but unless I wanted to spend close to $1000 there was nothing close perfor…

The Acer C720 used a 3.8 Linux kernel, as documented at [1]. Updating to a new kernel would have required a full QA of the hardware to make sure that the device drivers in a newer kernel still worked correctly with that hardware. [1] https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-f... Support costs aren't too bad so long as you don't have to update the kernel and requal everything. But newer userspace sta…

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Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#16

Post by nashashmi »

pgrote wrote: post #6

Since 2013 the main computer I used was the Acer C720. i3, 4 gig of RAM chromebook. Never had an issue with it. Runs as fast now as it did then. It quit receiving updates in June of 2019. Never understood the thought process behind this as supporting the machine is probably negligible given the platform. I looked at other chromebook solutions, but unless I wanted to spend close to $1000 there was nothing close perfor…

I had an Acer c270. Probably the best laptop I will ever buy. Also went out of update but I sold it right before then. My biggest pet peeve was that it would not receive android play store.

Now I have a Dell chromebook with android. And it sucks. Incredibly slow. Even on guest mode. And it is new. And recent.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#17

Post by hocuspocus »

I really wanted to buy my mom a Pixelbook (and then the Go), but it's literally sold in three countries: US, Canada, UK.

Pretty much like the Pixel phones that still ignore a few major markets after all these years. What should I feel about a company that doesn't even try to sell its hardware seriously?

Meanwhile, any 2nd tier Chinese OEM will manage to have its products sold at the electronics shop down the road.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#19

Post by accosine »

I got the original Cr-48 Chromebook back in the day. That thing was phenomenal good at just-surf-the-web™️. If ChromeOS was really stalled out, I could use it as something else than a paperweight.

Re: Chrome OS has stalled out

#20

Post by zamadatix »

pjmlp wrote: post #11

Technically Chrome OS has some interesting bits, like its use of virtualization, containers, based on Rust and Go. As general purpose OS, I never got the point of it. Any OS other OS is able to offer browser juggling support alongside the benefits of having a proper OS, better hardware that a Web browser is capable of (does not matter how good is the GPU, Web GL 2.0 can only do so much). And the security story is kin…

It's not targeting the general purpose OS market it's purpose built for specific kinds of customer use cases. Once you get past that it makes a lot of sense. Well not as in "it makes a lot of sense for you personally to go out and by" but it makes a lot of sense why it exists and sells so much.
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