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Re:Fuchsia is not Linux by jacksmith21006 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:21PM (#16816283)
Hard to imagine going to be used for ChromeOS before Android. Android runs native on Chromebooks because it shares a common kernel with Android so it can run in a container.

That would be lost which is a huge deal. The new gnu/Linux on ChromeOS would be fine as it runs on a VM and would still work.

Now they could move Android to using a VM but that it less efficient and most importantly takes more RAM and CBs do not normally have a ton of RAM.

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Re:Fuchsia is not Linux by pjmlp on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:59AM (#16818602)
Linux kernel is not directly exposed to userspace Android apps, so it is actually irrelevant.

In fact, starting with Android 7 they have started to lock down NDK apps that try to use APIs not listed as stable.

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Re:Fuchsia is not Linux by jacksmith21006 on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:28PM (#16831509)
It is relevant as unless they replace both ChromeOS and Android kernels you lose the ability to run Android native on a ChromeOS box.
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Re:Fuchsia is not Linux by bitmapbrother on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:50PM (#16816483)
With the introduction of Project Treble wouldn't a kernel swap be relatively easy providing the Treble interface contracts are met?
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