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Re:Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market by asdigonationio on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:38PM (#36775301)
The ChromeOS use case is a strict subset of the use case of a normal Linux laptop. There is nothing stopping you from treating an Ubuntu installation as if it's as limited as a Chromebook. It's every bit as lightweight and can be every bit as locked down.
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Re:Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market by yencabulator on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:07PM (#36802590)
> can be every bit as locked down

I've never seen the security stuff from ChromeOS be ported to live outside of ChromeOS. When I looked at it (trying to build the inside-container agents for acustom container image), the error messages for setting it up incorrectly were.. let's charitably say hard to understand. I doubt anyone outside of ChromeOS developers understands it, really.

It's pretty intricate, e.g. giving Wayland access to virtual machines in a safe way.

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