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Re:The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition by jrm4 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @02:00PM (#32928805)
I appreciate the folks here being open about their biased opinions, because they are completely out of line with the reality I've seen. I teach IT in a college and I run a non-profit the refurbishes computers.

I have not seen a remotely significant difference between ChromeOS and Linux (with Chrome Installed) for the vast majority of users.

It is true that Linux on ChromeOS is annoyingly fiddly and my suspicion is that this is the Google mind (perhaps subconsciously) not wanting to reveal how generally unnecessary "ChromeOS" would be in a world that collectively "knew that the Linux Desktop existed." And I do mean this "without modification," i.e. most of your top 20ish Distrowatch distros fare perfectly well here.

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Re:The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition by yunohn on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @05:50PM (#32931986)
> remotely significant difference between ChromeOS and Linux (with Chrome Installed) for the vast majority of users

You provide IT support, eg for school kids, and somehow they grok Linux just as well as a browser? That is not my experience.

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Re:The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition by jrm4 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @06:14PM (#32932275)
No, I mean they turn on computer, there's a Chrome icon, and a start menu etc etc. It's pretty much the same experience. I'm not sure if they literally can much tell the difference.
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