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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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ChromeOS is insanely successful though? In Europe it's one of the most popular systems for student laptops and cheap hardware. It's sold as a standalone option (x86 and ARM) in technology stores all over the UK.
Of course Windows still reigns supreme but even a fraction of that is a commercial success to a competitor like Google. Much like how Bing is a "failure" but handles a third of search engine traffic in some places; Which is colossal considering it was technically inferior to Google until the AI features brought it some rep recently.
Not that I like ChromeOS but it's a lot more successful and commercially viable than a lot of the projects that they've shelved in the last few years.