Why I switched from OS X to Linux

Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux by danieldk on Thursday January 12, 2017 @03:23AM (#13380715)

I find it ironic that the GNU/Linux is the one that helped make the GNU/Linux desktop less relevant by fostering web apps. Anything that is able to run a recent browser is good enough.

True, but it also boosts the non-traditional Linux desktop. Something like the Chromebook would be a flop 15 years ago.

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Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux by pjmlp on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:38AM (#13381012)

I don't consider Chromebooks a Linux desktop, because normal people don't even know what is Crouton.

They only see a window manager taking care of Chrome instances, with ChromeOS specific APIs.

Google can release a Chromebook without any access to Crouton, replaced the Linux kernel by something else, and no USA school buying Chromebooks would notice.

Same applies to Android, specially after the Android 7 locked on linking to private shared objects.

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Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux by ekianjo on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:45AM (#13381057)

chromeOS is based on gentoo.

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