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minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoYes you can, but they are actually in a LXC container with Wayland/X from outside (I think it is also in a KVM/QEmu). (Interesting project : https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2/+/HEAD/vm_tools/sommelier/README.md) If you look at the architecture it looks more normal than Android. https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/software-architecture/ Others note this: https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/now-more-than-ever-chromeos-is-linux-with-googles-desktop-environment/ It’s made of lots of FOSS, but it is a dystopian version of a Linux desktop.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoOK maybe you are technically correct which is the best kind of correct. It just goes against every nerve in my body to categorize Chrome OS as part of Desktop Linux.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoYeah, I hear you. It’s not going to be the case for long anyway.
Yes you can, but they are actually in a LXC container with Wayland/X from outside (I think it is also in a KVM/QEmu). (Interesting project : https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2/+/HEAD/vm_tools/sommelier/README.md)
If you look at the architecture it looks more normal than Android.
https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/software-architecture/
Others note this:
https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/now-more-than-ever-chromeos-is-linux-with-googles-desktop-environment/
It’s made of lots of FOSS, but it is a dystopian version of a Linux desktop.
OK maybe you are technically correct which is the best kind of correct.
It just goes against every nerve in my body to categorize Chrome OS as part of Desktop Linux.
Yeah, I hear you. It’s not going to be the case for long anyway.