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Re:ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting mo... by freedomben on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:40PM (#36978808)
They're not "turning ChromeOS into Linux." ChromeOS can and will still be a hardened secure browser-only computer that works identically with your login across systems on the platform. Having separate binaries for the UI shell and the Chrome browser doesn't nullify everything else. TFA even points out that users won't really notice any difference.
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Re:ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting mo... by kotaKat on Thursday August 03, 2023 @08:39AM (#36985060)
It's pretty much turning ChromeOS into Linux.

I remember when - and miss - the OS being "a single Chrome window, that's the shell, that's it". It was simple. Unbloated. Now it's an absolute mess that Google doesn't know what to do with - treat it like an Android device, or treat it like a computer.

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