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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA (ostechnix.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

Oh so you can install KDE/Gnome/XFCE apps on Chrome OS and they will work?
You know the "desktop" in Desktop Linux means compatibility is on the desktop apps,and that goes way beyond terminal commands right?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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