Tbf ChromeOS is worse than Windows with regards to privacy and usability.
Worst of both worlds
Worst is first, or so I'm told.
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
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
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.
Unironically the importance of being GNU/Linux instead of just Linux.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
I would say that both osx and Linux are flavors of Unix, not that macs run Linux.
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).
i downloaded debian from the microsoft store what more do you want?
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
Crouton is available as well if you're feeling wild
I feel like OP has his own definition for "tbh" in this comic, because that doesn't make any sense.
Get Linux to become hardcore
Get Linux the brown hedgehog
Get Linux today brother human
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.
i assume it means something along the lines of "to be honest, i think you should get linux"
It's supposed to be a reply to an existing conversation.
Agreed. This meme is in media res.
That's why the "GNU/" part is important. It's how you differentiate good Linux from bastardized Linux.
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.
Nah a lot of improvements have come to the linux ecosystem because of Android/ChromeOS (since they're just linux distributions, really). Use away.
Linux user: "I wish 2024 would finally be the year of Linux on the desktop."
Monkey's paw: curls
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
I think that both ChromeOS and Android are Linux. They may not embody a free software mentality, but they are Linux.
Linux users are pretty much one of the biggest obstacles in the way of Linux adoption.
Use Linux but not that Linux!
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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