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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA (ostechnix.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This isn't entirely right because Chrome OS is using a lot more of normal desktop Linux than Android does, which basically uses none.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChromeOS

Android is this completely different thing (built round OpenBinder) that ended up using the Linux kernel for good hardware support. It's basically got nothing to do with desktop Linux, bar needed it to actually build Android. You can argue that Google basically tried forking Linux for Binder and control.

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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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