It's compelling edge is that it's being sold on dirt-cheap, crappy laptops. It is bullet-proof by being locked down and very appliance-like. It makes Google lots of money by enabling them to spy on users and lock them into Google services. It needs a compelling edge for the average consumer over Windows & Mac OS.ĬhromeOS hits all four of those points in rather unfortunate ways: It needs to be bullet-proof for average users. It needs to make someone money - particularly someone who is a mega-corp who can eat support costs. Because I realized that what really needs to happen for Linux to be a successful desktop is: ![]() I'm very curious to hear your thoughts- and if anybody has any links to thoughtful opinion pieces that would be neat.ĬhromeOS is part of what killed my motivation to evangelize and promote Linux to the average user. It seems to be a VERY curated experience - kind of the polar opposite of the freedom that open source is supposed to give. On the other hand - every problem I've ran into (can't test my game with a controller because there's no USB pass-through!) Has really only made me laugh at the thought of some linux power user recoiling in horror at this crippled experience that Google has given people and attached the name linux. ![]() Getting them used to linux and having to come into contact with open source philosophies has to be a net good - right? I think Google is playing the long game here, because a lot of chromebook users now are school children, who hopefully (from Googles POV) end up growing up and being brand loyal. On the one hand it seems like it would be good to introduce young people to FOSS software. I'm getting into retro development so I have Vice c64 emulator and some c64 programming software and I've been humming right along. I like to read in bed and some of these full size laptops have battery life measured in minutes and get hot enough to heat a small room, but I digress.Īnyway, I was pleasantly surprised to find the option of running a linux terminal and installing and running some linux apps. I've used linux a bit in the past (mainly playing with my raspberry pis) and I recently bought a chromebook on a whim because it was cheap and it had a nice form factor and battery life.
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