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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Google documentation on the project says, "On Chrome OS, the system UI (ash window manager, login screen, etc.)
Lacros separates this functionality into two binaries, henceforth known as ash-chrome (system UI) and lacros-chrome (web browser)."
Part of the project involves sprucing up the ChromeOS OS, and Google's docs say, "Lacros can be imagined as 'Linux chrome with more Wayland support.'"
Users probably won't notice anything, but the feature should make it easier to update Chrome OS and might even extend the lifetime of old ChromeOS devices.
Currently, there can be a delay while Google does the extra build work for ChromeOS, so the standalone browsers get security fixes first.
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