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I use ChromeOS btw. (kbin.melroy.org)
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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 90 points 1 year ago

Tbf ChromeOS is worse than Windows with regards to privacy and usability.

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago
[-] jeze@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Worst is first, or so I'm told.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

It is easy to manage and doesn't have Windows update nor does it have all the bloatware.

If I had to choose between daily driving Chrome OS with Linux apps and daily driving Windows with Linux apps I would go for Chrome OS

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I had to use ChromeOS for work in the past and I really feel like the trend of "every app is secretly just chrome" should be destroyed in the fires of hell

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 54 points 1 year ago

This is similar to the Can Android phones be considered Linux phones? debate. At some point you've walled off and pigeonholed the device or OS enough it becomes something else entirely.

[-] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 38 points 1 year ago

Unironically the importance of being GNU/Linux instead of just Linux.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Unironically the importance of being GNU/Linux instead of just Linux.

So Alpine with its musl libc is bad? How about embedded distributions with Busybox instead of GNU userland?

[-] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago

Alright, you got me. I mainly care about the GPL license and the ability to modify your own devices as you like. But that doesn't make as good of a one liner.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

the ability to modify your own devices as you like

GPLv2 does not mandate that, though. That was the main reason why GPLv3 was written.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, permissive licensing instead of copyleft is bad. Things like Alpine and Busybox exist mostly to allow corporations to exploit Linux without giving back to the community, build user-hostile Tivoized devices, etc.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

user-hostile Tivoized devices

GPLv2 does the same. Linus Torvalds explicitly said he's fine with that and disapproves the GPLv3 for this very reason.

I guess you use an OS with a GPLv3 kernel then? Hurd?

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

like when they say os x is just linux with a pretty ui. yeah they share a lot of components with bsd but that's about it.

[-] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My brother tried to use his macbook to put spongebob on the TV and it wouldn't let him due to drm reasons. Don't let this shit become the new normal. It's GNU Linux or nothing for me.

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 8 points 1 year ago

Doesn't MacOS have more in common with BSD than Linux?

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[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I would say that both osx and Linux are flavors of Unix, not that macs run Linux.

[-] dan@upvote.au 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

MacOS is actually the only desktop OS that's officially a Unix OS (meaning it's officially certified). The others are mostly mainframe OSes. https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

Linux is "Unix-like", but it's not actually Unix. Linux was inspired by Minix, not by Unix.

People sometimes confuse Unix with POSIX. MacOS is also fully POSIX compliant whereas Linux is mostly POSIX compliant (but don't think it's quite 100% especially with newer POSIX standards).

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 year ago

i downloaded debian from the microsoft store what more do you want?

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

i downloaded debian from the microsoft store what more do you want?

Fun fact: You can just as well enable a Debian container on ChromeOS: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-library/guides/containers/containers-and-vms/#quickstart

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 points 1 year ago

Crouton is available as well if you're feeling wild

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[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I feel like OP has his own definition for "tbh" in this comic, because that doesn't make any sense.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago

Get Linux to become hardcore

Get Linux the brown hedgehog

Get Linux today brother human

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I feel like OP has his own definition for “tbh” in this comic, because that doesn’t make any sense.

Brits use "to be honest" as random filler in a sentence that has nothing to do with a statement being right or a lie.

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[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

i assume it means something along the lines of "to be honest, i think you should get linux"

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[-] spikespaz@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

It's supposed to be a reply to an existing conversation.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Agreed. This meme is in media res.

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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Oh. Well I've also got this Android tablet...

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

That's why the "GNU/" part is important. It's how you differentiate good Linux from bastardized Linux.

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

What about Alpine Linux, postmarketOS etc.?

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[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure, ChromeOS also uses a GNU userland.

[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Preach brother

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 17 points 1 year ago

I was wondering if ChromeOS did more than just use a Linux Kernal and turns out most of the behind the scenes stuff is Gentoo. Fascinating.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago
[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Nah a lot of improvements have come to the linux ecosystem because of Android/ChromeOS (since they're just linux distributions, really). Use away.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Linux user: "I wish 2024 would finally be the year of Linux on the desktop."

Monkey's paw: curls

[-] lung@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I just installed Arch with Wayland and Pipewire & my Chromebook went from barely usable and laggy w/ a Linux VM in it — to running with full fps animations and somehow 3x as many chrome tabs. Also holy shit Pipewire, I didn't know about this, but Linux has finally and conclusively fixed audio/video routing & is now best in class

So yeah fuck ChromeOS w/ it's shitty outdated Linux sandbox

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[-] rwhitisissle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Me, a Linux expert: "Cool. Do you, bro."

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[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

_I use arch ON a Chromebook!

Specifically this one!

MABOX

[-] wer2@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I think that both ChromeOS and Android are Linux. They may not embody a free software mentality, but they are Linux.

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[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Linux users are pretty much one of the biggest obstacles in the way of Linux adoption.

[-] jeze@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 1 year ago

Use Linux but not that Linux!

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And may the gods help you if you ask a noobish question related to Linux on some distros' forums or reddit.

Q: How do I frob the qux in the GUI?

A1: only morons frob the qux, you need to fleem the flarb and you'd know this if you read the wiki

A2: read the wiki. No I'm not going to link to it out of principle, do it yourself

A3: only morons use the GUI, use the terminal!

A4: [unrelated answer involving hammers and plankton]

A5: everybody should know how to frob the qux you fuckin noob

Ok it's not quite this bad anymore and I'm being hyperbolic, but reality isn't too far from this either. It's like people looked at Linus' abusive rants and went "yes this is exactly how we should behave as a community"

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