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Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

With Chromebooks? ChromeOS is a pretty solid Linux distro if you'd ask me. It is built around cloud-sync and Google Drive, but otherwise perfectly fine to use offline. Even Steam is supported nowadays

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    The best thing I ever did with that one used Chromebook I bought was install Gallium OS on it. I ended up with a fully functioning laptop that was able to fulfill my mobile computing needs for $50. It's a shame Gallium got discontinued. ChromeOS was very primitive and restrictive when I tried it 5 or 6 years ago, but you say they even support Steam now, so apparently they've made some improvements. Still wouldn't want to use it over a Linux distro like Gallium that would let me have full control of the device, though.

    In case anyone reading this is interesting in alternatives to ChromeOS, more info can be found here: https://mrchromebox.tech/#alt_os

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