Re:WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator
by petermcneeley on Sunday October 20, 2024 @03:23PM
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Runs great on my ChromeBook.
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ChromeOS is not a Linux distribution, change my mind.
Re:WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 20, 2024 @04:11PM
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ChromeOS is a Linux kernel with some software bundled on top to make a usable system; it is by definition a Linux distro. Curiously, it's even a GNU/Linux distro, as it uses glibc and GNU coreutils, unlike ex Android which is a non-GNU distro.
I will grant that it's a slightly odd distro, but is it any weirder than NixOS or Fedora Silverblue?
Only runs browser instances. Even Crostini is sandoxed in a way similar to WSL2.
Re:WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 20, 2024 @04:53PM
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User-facing apps are browser instances and VMs, and under that is a pretty normal userland. It's still a distribution of software on a Linux kernel. And for that matter, is Silverblue any less a Linux distro with its read-only root and apps in flatpak/distrobox? Are Qubes OS or Proxmox with everything in VMs?
People buying a Chromebook down at the mall will never see GNU userland.
Folks using Silverblue and Flatpak distributions get to use GNU userland.
Forgot about that, which isn't GNU/Linux anyway.
By what metric? It's a gentoo deriviative with glibc, coreutils, etc.
A JavaScript userspace juggling Chrome instances.
...no, it isn't?
Even if you're claiming (incorrectly) that the window manager, etc. contain javascript, the same would apply to GNOME!
GNOME allows GNU userland to be used.