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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by xnx on Friday November 22, 2024 @09:00AM (#42213887)
I hope this doesn't mean the end of running Chrome on unofficial hardware via ChromeOS Flex. I would have to think that would be affected since x86 is no longer supported by Android.
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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday November 22, 2024 @10:38PM (#42219037)
A lot of Chromebooks (I suspect a majority, even) are on x86 processors. Therefore, if ChromeOS is folded into Android, I would speculate that one result is that x86 becomes a fully supported Android platform rather than them losing that platform outright.

(And if they do that, then it shouldn't be hard to also include some version of Flex. Or worst case in that universe I'd give good odds of LineageOS or someone doing an unofficial version for arbitrary PC hardware.)

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